– Title of the talk: The Philosophy of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon – Speaker: Ian Rizzo – Date and time: Friday 21 April at 7:30 pm – Venue: Arthall, 8, triq Agius de Soldanis, Victoria, Gozo – Description of the Event: March 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the album ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ released by Pink Floyd in 1973. As one of the first conceptual albums in rock music to deal with the pressures of modern life, this album has long been hailed as revolutionary. Most of the songs are accompanied by sound...

– Title of the talk: Marquis de Sade. A talk on Sade’s influence on Western thought. – Speaker: Erin Steele – Date and time: Friday 17 March at 7:30 pm – Venue: Arthall, 8, triq Agius de Soldanis, Victoria, Gozo – Description of the Event: “In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.” Sade. Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, best known as the Marquis de Sade, was a French aristocrat and author who was famous for his libertine lifestyle and his writings on sexuality. He was arrested or committed on several occasions over his lifetime, spending...

– Title of the talk: William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell – Speaker: Mikolaj “Nick” Kubera – Date and time: Friday 3 March at 7:30 pm – Venue: Arthall, 8, triq Agius de Soldanis, Victoria, Gozo – Description of the Event: In 1790 the English mystic, artist, poet & printmaker William Blake wrote his 27 pages long magnum opus, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, that offered one of the most radical and unique interpretations of Jesus, Milton and selected biblical stories, while revealing his highly personal vision of reality, where If the doors of perception were cleansed...