| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Convenor: | |
| When: | Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30-12:00 3rd Tuesday each month |
| Venue: | Cwmbran Library (Room A) |
| Cost: | £2.00 for room hire |
This group discusses current local, national and global affairs, using articles and headlines from a range of sources including newspapers, magazines and social media.
Members are encouraged to suggest suitable topics for discussion based on events occurring during the month.
Good news, as well as bad will hopefully be on the agenda.
Join us to keep abreast of events and participate in discussions.
Our December meeting will be a social event. Watch this space for details
Current Affairs Topics Discussed
May
* The age of Criminal Responsibility in England and Wales
* The projection of increased life expectancy
* The Proportional Representation system used in the recent Senedd elections
June
* Artificial Intelligence
* Effects of Social Media, good and bad
* The World Economic Forum
* How much can we trust information from the media
July
* Censorship in literature - "Are even Janet and John now under suspicion"
* The appropriateness of topical social issues in TV soap operas
* The casual use of psychological therapy jargon
* The paucity of language being used to describe the nation's World Cup disappointment
* The legitimacy of Andy Burnham's appointment as Prime Minister
* Count Binface's policies
August
* Extended eligibility times for disabled bus passes in England
* Hippocratic oath for AI designers
* Europe's rivers running dry/climate change
* Brazilian prisoners literacy project to reduce sentences
* Professor Jason Arday
* Mobile phone alerts in Welsh
September
* Harry and Megan's return to the UK and its implications.
* Sightings of the Lions Mane Jellyfish off the Pembrokeshire coast.
* RNLI volunteers facing online and physical abuse.
* UK government announcement of sanctions regarding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
* Discussion on differences between genocide and ethnic cleansing.
* Merits and failings of various sports commentators.
October
* A Bristol woman winning a legal claim of £127k for caring for her mum at home
* 60 years after Aberfan, coal tips still loom over Welsh valleys
* Prime Minister on Gogglebox in aid of Stand Up to Cancer
*The architect who accused her neighbour of using his truck as a “phallic symbol”
* Intergenerational inequality amongst “Millennials” based on homeownership of parents.
PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to attend a group meeting then we recommend that you contact the group convenor beforehand to check whether there are any changes to time or venue.