In the last few days some 20 or so townsfolk have asked me just how the Arts Club operates. It is therefore apposite to attempt a layman's guide. Basically there is one grand event in summer, the Paintings Exhibition which has now passed by. An exhibition of the finest paintings in all modes by members of the club's painting group. St. Johns Hall stages this event and in July, the walls are covered with the most wonderful works both to admire and to purchase. Visitors to the town are goggle-eyed with what they see. The event lasts two weeks. It is a revelation and I offer an opinion that it stimulates the mind in a season when the Tenby heat can stultify. No Tracy Emins. No Jackson Pollocks. Our member artists are more Constable, Turner, with quite a bit of impressionist style thrown in. But needless to say somewhat better than the big names. The winter programme is a six-month assortment. Commences on the first Friday of October and closes at the end of March. Each Friday a distinguished speaker, choir, orchestra, poet, author, artist, craftsman, historian, photographer, you name it, takes to the podium. Orates, performs and answers questions and then members take to the servary for tea, coffee, biscuits and to talk together; and with this it justifies the name of 'Club'. Readers may feel these distinguished performers are perhaps a figment of this writer's imagination. Not a bit of it. Typical of our recent guests are super stars of opera and never to forget that Dylan Thomas cut his teeth here, if he was important in our history. I can tell you more and I know you will agree. Visit the Louvre, the Hermitage, the Rijksmuseam, Musée D'Orsay. Take in up to three-million exhibits in one visit? Please agree. You have cultural indigestion at the end. "Never going to take in so much again. The muscles in your stomachs have knotted." We all experience this. But in contrast, an evening at the Arts Club lifts you to new heights and you wish the new week will pass quickly for the next event on Friday. And all so relaxing. Meetings start at 7.30, usually in St. Johns Hall. You will be away by 9.30 or so in time for a television bake-off, jungle tucker or 'celebrity' come-dancing. All new members will enjoy our meetings. Ten pounds per annum membership and two pounds at the door. For those who are testing the waters and initially don't want to commit to join it is £4 entry. First meeting, October 3, a celebrity choir. Second meeting, the members of the Tudor Merchants House (in costume) will dazzle and speak we hope. A few weeks later, a craftsman in wood. I know that poor Grinling Gibbons will turn green with envy. And so it goes on. The Antiques Road Show, jazz from Memphis, Tennessee. More and more and more. And gentlemen. Delicious hostesses at the door to welcome you. Not every week, for even your correspondent, a man, has been pushed into this role. So you see, ladies and gentlemen, the Arts Club offers something for all.