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Boris Johnson's journey to becoming Britain's Prime Minister is anything but ordinary. From his groundbreaking journalism career to two terms as London Mayor, leading the Vote Leave Brexit campaign, and serving as Foreign Secretary, his story is full of twists and turns.
In December 2019, he secured the largest Tory majority since 1987 with the promise to 'Get Brexit Done,' only for his tenure to be challenged by the Covid pandemic and political upheaval.
Join us for an exclusive event as we explore Unleashed - Boris Johnson's candid and revealing memoir. Covering everything from his mayoral years and Brexit to his near-death experience with Covid, the book offers an unfiltered look at a leader determined to "level up" Britain.
Contact event organizer Ina Messer for payment process and any other queries at eveningspeakers@kcwc.org.uk
We’re delighted to offer our members and especially our classical music enthusiasts exclusive access to a series of intimate events normally reserved for ENO supporters, our Opera Unwrapped series.
These behind-the-scenes evenings offer a rare glimpse into the creative process, with candid insights from the cast, creative team and directors. It’s a chance to learn about the piece, the production and how one goes about making an opera. During this event we will also have the opportunity to enjoy one or two singers perform for us from the respective productions.
Doors open at 6:30pm.
The evening will start at 7pm with drinks and nibbles and last around 90 minutes.
Our second event will be Partenope Unwrapped, Handel’s first operatic rom com.
London Coliseum, Thursday 6 November 2025
Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award winning production transports four rival suitors in pursuit of Queen Partenope’s love to the roaring 20s.
For any queries contact Maria Puleo at music1@kcwc.org.uk
This workshop is an invitation to slow down, breathe deeply and reconnect with your true self.
Dao Tran-Boyd will lead us through a powerful mix of nervous system education, somatic movements and an immersive sound bath at her studio in Parsons Green.
You’ll learn how to activate the body’s natural ability to release stress, move stagnant energy and connect with inner calm.
Come as you are, leave feeling lighter, clearer and deeply restored.
For any queries contact Event Organiser Jacquie Clavey at wellbeing@kcwc.org.uk
A vibrant evening of musical performances takes place in the historic David Lloyd George Room at The National Liberal Club.
The concert features performances by violinists Tomo Keller, Leader of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Andrew Bernardi, Founder and Artistic Director of the Bernardi Music Group and the Shipley Arts Festival, in addition to pianist Alfredo Conte who will be performing a solo piano work by Italian composer Teresa Procaccini.
The programme includes popular choral works by Bach and Elgar sung by members of the London Christian Choir, directed by Maria Marchant and accompanied by pianist Paul Showell.
A sparkling and unforgettable event with two Stradivarius violins, a Steinway and a choir: not to be missed!
For any queries, contact Event Organiser Maria Puleio at music1@kcwc.org.uk
PROVENCE, 1920
Ettie moves through the remote farmhouse, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle's artistic genius possible.
Joseph, an aspiring journalist, has been invited to the house. He believes he'll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter, the great Edouard Tartuffe.
But everyone has their secrets. And, under the cover of darkness, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers.
Over this sweltering summer, everyone's true colours will be revealed.
Because Ettie is ready to be seen. Even if it means setting her world on fire.
Join us to discuss this blockbuster novel. The location will be communicated to registered participants nearer to the date. For any queries, contact Claudia at eveningbookgroup@kcwc.org.uk
A teenager disappears. Time fractures. His mother will never give up hope.
The Unbelievers, starring Nicola Walker, is a new play about the moments that shatter our world, and the ones that help us piece it back together.
Playwright Nick Payne returns to the Royal Court Theatre with a startling portrait of motherhood, faith, family - and the lengths we go to for those we refuse to forget.
NOTE: There will be an optional Pre-Theatre Dinner at your own expense. Details will be emailed from the activity coordinator closer to the event to the KCWC members who have purchased a ticket to the musical.
*Please do NOT click "anonymous" when purchasing your ticket as it causes problems for the activity leader in managing and communicating about the event.
For any queries contact event organiser Viola Hindley at theatre@kcwc.org.uk
Join us for some festive cheer and delicious food at Jones Family kitchen, tucked away in a beautiful square in Eccleston Yards.
We are having a proper Christmas feast with three courses and a glass of prosecco. As usual, a selection of food choices will be offered catering to all.
Jones Family Kitchen is an independent restaurant , with an enviable position overlooking the square, in a modern, yet cozy room, creating both a sophisticated and friendly atmosphere.
We are offering 18 spots , so in order to avoid disappointment, secure you place right away. Hope to see everyone for what will be a nice launch into the Festive Season!
Please contact event organiser Alison Wacker for any queries at aftersix@kcwc.org.uk
Glitter and Sparkle for the Festive season!
The Christmas Lights London by Night Tour has been especially designed to show you the very best of London's famous landmarks, at Christmas time, all beautifully lit up, with thousands of sparkling lights. The walk will also be an opportunity to learn more about the origins of many of our Christmas traditions. So put on your warmest coat and gloves and woollen hat and get into the spirit of Christmas by joining this sparkling and fun-filled walking tour. Our guide will be Olivia Du Parc Braham .
*The exact itinerary in Central London will be communicated to the participants nearer to the date of the walk.
For any queries contact event organiser Genevieve Sentier at londonwalks@kcwc.org.uk
Arundhati Roy’s first work of memoir, this is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her relationship to her extraordinary, singular mother Mary, who she describes as ‘my shelter and my storm’.
Distraught and even a “little ashamed” at the intensity of her response to the death of the mother she ran from at age eighteen, Arundhati began to write Mother Mary Comes to Me. The result is this astonishing, disconcerting, surprisingly funny chronicle—unique and simultaneously universal, of the author’s life, from childhood to the present, from Kerala to Delhi.
With the scale, sweep, and depth of her novels and the passion, political clarity, and warmth of her essays, Mother Mary Comes to Me is an ode to freedom, a tribute to thorny love and savage grace—a memoir like no other.
For any queries, contact Claudia at eveningbookgroup@kcwc.org.uk
June, 1940. German troops enter Paris and hoist the swastika over the Arc de Triomphe. The dark days of Occupation begin. How would you have survived? By collaborating with the Nazis, or risking the lives of you and your loved ones to resist?
The women of Paris faced this dilemma every day – whether choosing between rations and the black market, or travelling on the Metro, where a German soldier had priority for a seat. Between the extremes of defiance and collusion was a vast moral grey area which all Parisiennes had to navigate in order to survive.
Anne Sebba has sought out and interviewed scores of women, and brings us their unforgettable testimonies. Her fascinating cast includes both native Parisiennes and temporary residents: American women and Nazi wives; spies, mothers, mistresses, artists, fashion designers and aristocrats. The result is an enthralling account of life during the Second World War and in the years of recovery and recrimination that followed the Liberation of Paris in 1944. It is a story of fear, deprivation and secrets – and, as ever in the French capital, glamour and determination.
Respected, self-made businessman Joe (Bryan Cranston) prides himself on providing for his wife and their two sons.
While wartime delivers profits for the family, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action.
Peacetime brings little peace of mind as Joe’s true involvement in the activity begins to surface, and he is suddenly confronted by the consequences of his actions.
Visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge, A Little Life) reunites with Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Network) in this Arthur Miller classic that skewers the dishonest promise of the American Dream in this disturbingly prescient play.
When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
Brimming with nuanced humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim's agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first-century American literature.
See Baz Luhrmann's revolutionary film come to life on stage in the London West End.
The story follows Christian, an English writer, who travels to Paris to join the Bohemian revolution. He visits the city's biggest night club, Moulin Rouge, and falls in love with its star performer and courtesan, Satine.
The Piccadilly Theatre has been transformed into a world of splendour and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment.
A theatrical celebration of truth, beauty, and freedom and - above all - love.
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