On Friday 6^th May a small (but distinguished!) group of SENDRA members gathered for coffee and cake at 45, Trinity Street to hear Rosemary Fennell talk about her recent trip to Ravenna.

She gave us a fascinating, illustrated description of the vibrant mosaics and beautiful marble interiors within the many beautiful buildings in that ancient city. And she skilfully placed these priceless art treasures within a geographical, historical, political, and even a theological context! Her keen eye for detail, and her penetrating observations made the people and events depicted in these mosaics really come alive in surprising, and often humorous ways, notwithstanding that they mostly date from before the eighth century AD.

We so grateful to Rosemary for a most entertaining and informative morning. If other SENDRA members would like to share their holiday experiences we would be only too delighted to organise further little gatherings of this sort.