The members of Tenby Arts Club are well fed. Full of turkey, mince pies, Bombay mix, grilled kipper and all things nice. Ravenous still for they have a tremendous appetite for cutture.

Let the hoi polloi worship their pop idols, football stars, and all things bad. The Arts Club look forward to three months of the most exquisite good taste. History, local history, a relaxed sojourn to the Middle East (believe it or not); crafts and photography.

We shall then be instructed into how to speak in the Pembrokeshire dialect, Boy.

Posture in our very own Antiques Roadshow. Travel afar with three glamorous members of the club. (This will not be a trip to Butlins, please note). Or rather we hope not.

Then, as always, our Master Impressario, John Beynon will be cracking the whip with his 'Voices from the Great War'. Always, John Beynon delivers goods. Those who miss this event will regret it all their days. Wilfred Owen, Seigfried Sasson, Robert Graves et al. Here them now. We, and politicians everywhere, should heed their words.

Words of beauty. Words of caution. "Where have all the soldiers gone?" Enough said.

And the following week the saints will come marching in. The club have beaten off opposition from Sky, Metro Goldwyn Mayer and the BBC to clinch this deal. The Memphis Six will get your pulses soaring. Nostalgia in the air. All the way, for us, from Tennessee.

Then the annual general meeting. Always full of passion. Who will be the figurehead for the next 12 months? Already at fever pitch.

At about this time our United Kingdom will be involved in a General Election. So what? Your correspondent prefers the Arts Club. So refined and sophisticated.

Swingometers, exit polls, tactical voting, canvassing, blatant electioneering, political correctness... and so on. Take a break from all this. Come to St. Johns Church Hall, Warren Street, on Friday, January 9, to cleanse yourself from all of this nonsense. And then join the club!

Annual membership £10. Members at meetings pay £2. Non members £4.

This, or national politics?

To your correspondent, the answer is clear.

The Arts Club every time. And it is so welcoming with hostesses at the door.

Oh I have forgotten. The committee asked your reporter to wish all readers a prosperous New Year.

P.M.