A British institution in Puerto de la Cruz for over 100 years
The next Library Film Club showing is Yesterday, a romantic rock’n’roll comedy starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon and Ed Sheeran, and directed by the legendary Danny Boyle.
All Library Film Club screenings are strictly for members only and there is no entrance fee. Refreshments will be on sale, including ice creams, during the interval.
Lights go down at 2pm on Thursday, January 30th.
Paying a return visit to The English Library is Ramón Michán, renowned local Philologist and retired Hotelier, who will give a talk entitled “The Cavendish Banana and a Murder”, on Thursday 13th February at 12noon.
Members, please contact the Treasurer to book tickets: 10€ including wine and buffet.
The combination of Dame Agatha Christie and Dame Margaret Rutherford produced plenty of fireworks on the big screen so it’s appropriate that Library President Ken Fisher should give a light-hearted talk on the pair at the Library 12 12 noon on Tuesday, November 5.
The talk will be followed by a buffet lunch. Admission is €10 and you’ll need to be quick tickets for this one will soon be snapped up. As usual, book through the Treasurer’s Desk.
Ken’s talk form parts of the 2019 Agatha Christie Festival in Puerto de la Cruz
The next Library Film Club showing is A Dog’s Way Home, an American-made family tear jerker based on W Bruce Cameron’s best-selling novel of the same name.
It tells the story of rescue pup Bella and her adventures as she embarks on a journey of over 400 miles through the wilds of New Mexico and Colorado to find the owner who rescued her from abandonment on a demolition site.
Along the way she meets an assortment of lovable characters, enriching the lives of each of them.
All Library Film Club screenings are strictly for members only and there is no entrance fee. Refreshments will be on sale, including ice creams, during the interval.
Lights go down at 2pm on Thursday, August 29.
KEN FISHER, Library President and leader of the popular Tenerife History Group has produced a series of articles on some of the extraordinary 19th century figures who set out to scale the heights of Mount Teide when the island’s upper reaches were still wild and untamed.
They were variously scientists, explorers, botanists or just plain and simple adventurers, though they all shared the same passion and thirst for unlocking the mysteries of the world around them.
Find the articles at https://theenglishlibrary.es/category/teide-adventurers/
The Tenerife History Group meets on Thursdays mornings between 11am and 12.30pm and to supplement their discussions Ken, who is also the Library President,
