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By Susannah Hubert
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Posted 13 September, 2026

Bluffers’ Lunch No.94

Julian Guest returns to the Bluffers Lunch podium. After a 75-minute lecture illustrated with audio-visual clips on the cinema screen in Slepe Green Barn, we head over into the house […]

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 Bluffers’ Lunch No.89 – Drunkards & Drinking in Opera
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Posted 13 September, 2026

Bluffers’ Lunch No.89 – Drunkards & Drinking in Opera

Dorset Opera Festival Chairman, Garry Batt, kicks off the new Bluffers Lunch season with a spirited romp through drinking and drunkards in opera. After a 75-minute lecture with audio-visual clips [...]

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 Bluffers’ Lunch No.92
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Posted 10 September, 2026

Bluffers’ Lunch No.92

For this Bluffers Lunch lecture, Seymour Adams descends once more from the surtitles box to explore how Scottish culture, history and landscape have influenced opera composers and librettists, [...]

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 Bluffers’ Lunch No.90 – The Life and Loves of Hector Berlioz
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Posted 10 September, 2026

Bluffers’ Lunch No.90 – The Life and Loves of Hector Berlioz

At this Bluffers’ Lunch, Adrian Thorpe explores the life and works of Hector Berlioz, one of France’s most fêted composers, who lived as dramatically as any of his characters. Adrian […]

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