Walks and Talks



Feb 18th, 7:30pm
Camden History Society Talk: “London’s Bridges – tolls, suicides and bombs”
by Peter Matthews of the Museum of London. Non-members welcome (£1 at the door).


Feb 25th, 7pm for 7.30
LIFELINES: conversations with eminent people about their life and work: MAUREEN LIPMAN
We are pleased to welcome Guardian columnist and acclaimed theatre, TV and Film actress Maureen Lipman to Lifelines at Burgh House.

Tickets £12, Friends of BH (in advance) £10. Delicious Supper afterwards (limited numbers) at an extra charge of £18 including wine. Advance booking essential. Cheques with SAE please, payable to Burgh House Trust.


Mar 4th, 7pm for 7.30
LIFELINES: conversations with eminent people about their life and work: ANDREW SACHS
Born in Berlin, Sachs family moved to England when he was eight to escape the Nazi persecution and settled in North London. He made his screen debut in 1959 in the film The Night We Dropped a Clanger. He then appeared in numerous TV series and is perhaps best known for his role as Manuel, in Fawlty Towers for which he was BAFTA-nominated. He is now frequently heard as a narrator of television and radio documentaries.

Tickets £12, Friends of BH (in advance) £10. Delicious Supper afterwards (limited numbers) at an extra charge of £18 including wine. Advance booking essential. Cheques with SAE please, payable to Burgh House Trust.


Mar 7th, 10:30am
Heath & Hampstead Society Walk: Tales of the Heath
an interactive walk led by staff of the City of London Heath Education Centre. £2. 020 8455 1025 or 07941 528 034.


Mar 7th, 2:30pm
Hampstead Horticultural Society AGM
followed by a talk by Dr. Peter Brandham on “Reproduction and Mutation in Plants”. All welcome, small charge for non-members.


Mar 19th, 2:15pm
MUSEUM TALK: “Into the Frame: The Four Loves of Ford Madox Brown”
Angela Thirlwell will read from her just-published biography of the artist known as “King of the Pre-Raphaelites” who painted many of his greatest pictures in Hampstead. Free, no booking.


Mar 21st, 3 to 5:00pm
Victorian High Tea and Punch & Judy Show
Travel back in time to the 19th century and become a Victorian for the afternoon with JCC London. Authentic ‘high tea’, ‘Punch & Judy’ show and reading by K.A.S. Quinn from her new Victorian adventure novel, ‘The Queen Must Die’. Age 8+. £15 per person. Book online at jcclondon.org.uk or call the JCC office on 020 7431 9866.