Last month – via Mark Keeble’s story of George Whitman and Shakespeare and Co – we learned a novel way to cut your hair, using a lit candle and a healthy dollop of bravado. We also discovered the true political affiliations of Herge’s Tintin thanks to poet Chris Parkinson, while Gareth Stevens taught us about the Cobra Effect and how well-meaning actions can have disastrous consequences, especially when dealing with a plague of venomous snakes.

This month sees the welcome return of performer and magician Paul Zenon and two new speakers. Subjects, as always, will be revealed on the night…

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