LISTEN to some of the north west universities' best minds at the Warrington Lit and Phil Society.

The varied programme launches on October 6 at Friars Green Independent Methodist Church Hall in Warrington town centre from 7.30pm.

Themes include Shyness, Slave Trade Links in the North West, Landscape Art, the Weather in Literature and Iron Age Burials.

Meetings are on the first Monday of the winter months (except January). For more details, visit warringtonlitandphil.org.uk