Our monthly talks are held at the HGS Free Church, North Square, London NW11 7AG. Doors open at 14:30, and the talk begins promptly at 15:00, concluding at 16:00. The venue is fully accessible, with disabled toilet facilities available. We look forward to welcoming you.
For information about regular group activities, please see the A-Z list of groups and groups listed by day.
What's Happened? Why? — and What We Can Do? Talk and Short Film Once upon a time Britain and America were “two nations divided by a common language”. But have we allowed ourselves to be coca-colonised to the point of no return? It started in our kitchens, extended to our communications, and inflitrated our language, …
Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Robin Lustig discusses his new book And The Cello Came Too, in which he tells the story of his German Jewish family, starting with his earliest ancestors in 14th century Nuremberg, taking in rabbis and scholars in the nineteenth century, their persecution under the Nazis and the family’s eventual rebirth after …
Drawing on the experience of many well-known authors, in an entertaining, informative talk, Bobbie Darbyshire will explain how, from a few sketchy initial ideas and the wide variety of inspirational sources available to us all, invention gradually stimulates more invention to produce a novel. Readers and non readers will gain new insight into the creative …
Join us for an engaging, down-to-earth talk on, designed especially for an older audience. We’ll explore how our eating habits have changed over time, the key food groups and nutrients that matter most as we age, and simple, practical choices that support both body and brain—plus we’ll bust a few common myths along the way. …
This engaging talk by Estelle Lovatt unlocks the ideas and creative methods behind some of the world’s greatest artworks. The talk explores how master artists reshaped art history—period after period, “ism” after “ism”—from the Renaissance to Contemporary Art. Expect Leonardo, Rembrandt, Manet, Picasso, Rothko and Tracey Emin, among others. It also looks at headline-grabbing modern …
