Friends Events
The next Dorchester Lecture will be in September 2020
The next Friends Outing will be in May 2020.
Please watch this page for further details of our plans or contact our membership secretary, Honor Juniper, (01865 343228).
There will be an evensong to celebrate our Beauforest Society on Sunday 17th November 2019.
Past Dorchester Lectures
| Year | Speaker | Topic |
| 2019 | The Very Revd Professor Martyn Percy | “Millennials: Faith in the Future” |
| 2018 | Professor Louise Richardson | “Universities in Turbulent Times” |
| 2017 | Dame Helen Ghosh | “What are the challenges facing The Trust today?” |
| 2016 | Sir Charles Pollard QPM | “Tackling Crime in London and the Thames Valley” |
| 2015 | Professor Roger Ainsworth | ‘Creative Partnerships –The Brunels, Father and Son’ |
| 2014 | Prof Tony Travers | “Afghanistan – strategy and tactics” |
| 2013 | Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles | “Is Local Government Dying?” |
| 2012 | Robert Hardman | “Our Queen, a thoroughly modern monarch” |
| 2011 | Lord Stern | “Climate Change” |
| 2010 | Lord Carlile | “Morality and the Law. National Security” |
| 2009 | Lord Winston | “Medicine and Morality” |
| 2008 | Lord Bishop of London, Richard Chartres | “The Use of Church Buildings in Contemporary Society” |
| 2006 | Baroness Julia Neuberger | “The Moral State We’re In” |
| 2005 | Lord Hurd | “Morality and Politics” |
Friends Outings
There is an annual coach trip for The Friends on the second Monday in May.
It always includes a guided tour of a Cathedral or Abbey and usually includes some contact and social gathering with the Friends of the place we are visiting.
The tour is usually in the afternoon which leaves plenty of time for people to explore the town independently and there is occasionally a voluntary guided walk of the town or visit to another attraction.
| Year | Location |
| May 2019 | Worcester Catherdral |
| May 2018 | Wells Cathedral |
| May 2017 | Salisbury Cathedral |
| May 2016 | Llandaff Cathedral, South Wales |
| May 2015 | Malmesbury Abbey |
| May 2014 | Tewkesbury Abbey and a visit to the ruins of Hailes Abbey. |
| May 2013 | Chichester Cathedral |
| October 2012 | Coventry Cathedral, which included a celebration of all the Art Treasures of the cathedral – their making and meaning. |
| May 2012 | Bath, including Bath Abbey |
| May 2011 | Westminster Abbey |
| May 2010 | St George’s Chapel Windsor |
| November 2009 | Christ Church Cathedral Oxford |
| May 2008 | Ely Cathedral |
| May 2009 | Winchester Cathedral |
