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5th February, 10.30am
WALK: Ponds of the Heath
Led by Marc Hutchinson, Secretary of Hampstead Heath Winter Swimming Club; member of the H&HS Committee and Heath Sub- Committee.
Led by Marc Hutchinson, Secretary of Hampstead Heath Winter Swimming Club; member of the H&HS Committee and Heath Sub- Committee.
16th Feb, 7 for 7.30pm
Lifelines with Sir Simon Jenkins
Outspoken political commentator, broadcaster, former editor of The Times, Chairman of the National Trust and author of several books on history and architecture, including England’s Thousand Best Churches. £12/FoBH £10, add £18 for buffet supper afterwards including wine. Advance booking essential online or cheques payable to Burgh House Trust.
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Outspoken political commentator, broadcaster, former editor of The Times, Chairman of the National Trust and author of several books on history and architecture, including England’s Thousand Best Churches. £12/FoBH £10, add £18 for buffet supper afterwards including wine. Advance booking essential online or cheques payable to Burgh House Trust.
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17th February, 2pm
(date corrected)
Romantic Hampstead
A St. Valentine’s day inspired talk by Rebecca Lodge, Hampstead Museum Curator, looking at some of the romantic aspects of objects in the Museum collection. Free. No booking required.
A St. Valentine’s day inspired talk by Rebecca Lodge, Hampstead Museum Curator, looking at some of the romantic aspects of objects in the Museum collection. Free. No booking required.
4th March, 10.30am
WALK: Trees of the Heath
Led by Lynne Leveson, official volunteer guide, Kew Gardens.
CHANGE OF SPEAKER: Ken Nutt of the Enfield and District Fuchsia Society will give an illustrated talk 'Growing Fuchsias'.
Led by Lynne Leveson, official volunteer guide, Kew Gardens.
CHANGE OF SPEAKER: Ken Nutt of the Enfield and District Fuchsia Society will give an illustrated talk 'Growing Fuchsias'.
4th Mar, AGM 2.30, talk 3pm
The Flora of London
Hampstead Horticultural Society talk and AGM. Speaker David Bevan FLS, past President of the London Natural History Society, and retired Conservation Officer for the London Borough of Haringey. Members free, guests £1.
Hampstead Horticultural Society talk and AGM. Speaker David Bevan FLS, past President of the London Natural History Society, and retired Conservation Officer for the London Borough of Haringey. Members free, guests £1.
19th April, 7:30pm
Camden History Society talk: The pre-Fire survey (1834) of the Palace of Westminster
Professor Michael Port will display and discuss the recently discovered survey plans that were drawn up in preparation for restoration of the old Palace of Westminster, which was almost immediately thereafter destroyed by a spectacular fire.
Non-members welcome; one pound at the door
Professor Michael Port will display and discuss the recently discovered survey plans that were drawn up in preparation for restoration of the old Palace of Westminster, which was almost immediately thereafter destroyed by a spectacular fire.
Non-members welcome; one pound at the door
22nd March, 7:30pm
Lifelines with A.S. Byatt
Novelist, poet, short story writer, critic, and winner of the 1990 Man Booker Prize for Possession, her profound understanding of myth, fairy-story and legend, married to her strong feminism, and her gift for characterisation,make her one of the greatest British novelists of the past 50 years. Well aware of the “dangerous gift” of writing, A.S. Byatt is a perceptive critic and persuasive advocate of her own as well as other people’s.
£12/FoBH £10, add £18 for buffet supper afterwards including wine. Advance booking essential online or cheques payable to Burgh House Trust.
BOOK HERE
Novelist, poet, short story writer, critic, and winner of the 1990 Man Booker Prize for Possession, her profound understanding of myth, fairy-story and legend, married to her strong feminism, and her gift for characterisation,make her one of the greatest British novelists of the past 50 years. Well aware of the “dangerous gift” of writing, A.S. Byatt is a perceptive critic and persuasive advocate of her own as well as other people’s.
£12/FoBH £10, add £18 for buffet supper afterwards including wine. Advance booking essential online or cheques payable to Burgh House Trust.
BOOK HERE
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