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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: "Americon" - What Is America Doing with Our Communication\, Culture\, and Commerce?
DESCRIPTION:What’s Happened? Why? — and What We Can Do? Talk and Short Film\nOnce 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\, shopping and politics. Should we fear Silicon (or Silly Con) Valley’s power? With our obsession for instant delivery and streaming\, has the cookie finally crumbled or can we fight back?. In this witty\, insightful session\, Steven Fogel examines America’s cultural pull—what we gain and lose—and shows a short film to take you on a journey from nostalgia to shock—and perhaps hope. \nSteven has been a keen US observer over many years. For many years he made monthly trips to the Atlantic as a US/UK law firm managing partner and then as adviser to investment and cultural organisations. After a career change from law\, he chaired an investment management company. His trustee and board work has included London University\, the Freud Museum\, a dance company and musical artists agency. He has written textbooks and won gardening awards. \nTo help us cater for this event\, please register using the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-what-is-america-doing-with-our-communication-culture-and-commerce/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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SUMMARY:And The Cello Came Too — A Story of Survival
DESCRIPTION: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 the Second World War. \nRobin Lustig began his journalistic career with Reuters news agency\, then spent twelve years at The Observer before joining the BBC in 1989. He presented The World Tonight on Radio 4 for more than twenty years and received the Charles Wheeler award for outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism in 2013. His first book\, Is Anything Happening?\, was published in 2017.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/and-the-cello-came-too-a-story-of-survival/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: A Beginning\, a Muddle & an End—Where do Novelists Get their Ideas?
DESCRIPTION: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 process that all of us express in some way\, and aspiring writers in the audience will learn they need no special skills\, just the desire to write and perseverance. \nWinner of the 2008 Fiction Prize at the National Academy of Writing and the 2010 New Delta Review Creative Non-Fiction Prize\, Bobbie is the author of five novels\, including The Posthumous Adventures of Harry Whittaker and The Third Bus. Before becoming a writer full-time\, her career was in social research and government policy\, including a stint as a cabinet minister’s private secretary. She has also worked as barmaid\, mushroom picker\, film extra\, maths coach\, care assistant\, and volunteer adult-literacy teacher\, and she has been hosting a writer’s group for 25 years.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-where-novelists-get-their-ideas/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Food and Nutrition to Optimise Healthy Ageing
DESCRIPTION: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. Expect clear takeaways\, no fads\, and plenty of ideas you can put into practice straight away. \nVal Mowlam trained as a nurse and health visitor\, working in Yorkshire\, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire. She gained a BA in humanities with Open University She worked for 3 years with a continence and stoma care product company\, leading clinical trials. \nAfter 3 years in the role of HIV/AIDS Co-ordinator at St Stephens (now Chelsea and Westminster) and Westminster hospitals\, she returned to community nursing\, as Clinical Nurse Manager and Trust Manager in Oxfordshire \nLeading up to retirement from the NHS she gained a degree in Nutritional Therapy and subsequently worked independently as a Nutritional Therapist combined with some lecturing and regulatory work in the field. She is now fully retired.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-food-and-nutrition-to-optimise-healthy-ageing/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: How Artists Change Art History
DESCRIPTION: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 moments: the 1969 moon landing\, the unmade bed\, the floating shark\, and even a pile of bricks. \nEstelle Lovatt FRSA is an art critic\, broadcaster and engaging speaker\, known for making art accessible\, lively and thought-provoking. Trained as a painter\, with a background in art history and exhibition curation\, she brings expert insight to everything from cave art to Banksy. She has contributed across print\, radio and television\, including Channel 5\, the BBC\, ITN\, Sky\, Al Jazeera\, CNN and LBC\, and leads the Constable’s Hampstead walk tour. \nPhoto credit: Cristina Schek
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-0ct26/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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