Activity: Tea and Talk
Topics: History
Date: Tuesday 21st October 2025 [CANCELLED]
Time: 5.00 PM
Tickets: $5000 (early-bird), $6500 (regular)
You are warmly invited to our next event:
ACTIVITY: Tea & talk
TITLE: El Dorado: myth and mindset
DATE: Tuesday 21st October 2025
TIME: 5.00 pm
VENUE: Moray House Trust, 239 Camp & Quamina Sts.
COST: $5000 until Friday 17th October, $6500 thereafter.
Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Tickets purchased by Friday 17th October will cost $5000 – the earlybird rate.
We accept payment via MMG. Please telephone us [2260724] for details.
Our talks this year focus on settlements in Guyana. We began with a look at Stabroek, followed by Georgetown in the early decades of the nineteenth century and then the concept and reality of plantation life. Now we will consider the mythical settlement of El Dorado and the state of mind that it embodies, a state of mind that is arguably as pervasive and enduring as the myth.
The talk will be hosted by Russel Lancaster.
Tea will be provided by Homemade with Love.
We took the difficult decision to cancel this event due to torrential rain and localised flooding on the day it was due to be held. Apologies to our audience.