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For more than fifty years, Jonathon Porritt has been a leading voice in environmental and social justice advocacy, while also advising governments, businesses, and NGOs.
A highly respected author, Porritt maintains that it is still possible to avoid climate breakdown—but in Love, Anger & Betrayal, he warns that the window for action is rapidly closing. The book reflects on the recently disbanded Just Stop Oil movement, exploring both its controversial impact and the wider case for direct action. Porritt argues that many of the democratic rights we value today—including civil rights and women’s suffrage—were only achieved through civil disobedience and disruptive protest.
“Deeply uncomfortable but overwhelmingly necessary.” — Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party
“A powerful reminder of the debt we owe to those whose passion and commitment challenge us to think differently.” — Tim Smit, Founder of the Eden Project
Interviewer: Claire Armitstead
Claire Armitstead is a British journalist and author, and former Associate Editor (Culture) at The Guardian. She is a prominent cultural commentator on literature and the arts, regularly appearing on radio and television. Claire also leads workshops and chairs literary events in the UK and internationally, and has judged major literary awards including the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, the PEN Pinter Prize, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
TICKETS: £25 online (£20 with our KCWC discount code)
Step1 - sign-up on this KCWC site to reserve a spot and indicate your interest.
Step 2 - contact the Activity Leader at eveningspeakers@kcwc.org.uk to request the link and KCWC Discount Code you will need to actually purchase the ticket through Kent House.
Doors open at 7pm, talk begins at 7:30pm
For any queries, contact Activity Leader Ina Messer at eveningspeakers@kcwc.org.uk
Join Floriana as she demonstrates how to prepare two dishes from the food tradition of the Campania region: spaghetti alla Nerano and parmigiana di melanzane.
Spaghetti alla Nerano is a pasta dish invented in the village of Nerano, on the Sorrento Peninsula, made with spaghetti, fried courgette, provolone del Monaco, Parmesan, extra virgin olive oil, black pepper, garlic, basil, and salt.
Parmigiana is an Italian dish made with fried, sliced aubergine layered with mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce, then baked. The origin of the dish is claimed by the region of Campania (as well as Sicily and Emilia-Romagna).
Ticket costs £30.00 and includes demo, tasting and recipes. Please bring your own wine if you would like to enjoy some with your meal.
For any queries, please contact the organiser on foodies@kcwc.org.uk.
Join Helen from Cook'd London as she demonstrates how to prepare a selection of fabulous Spanish tapas/pintxos, inspired by a recent trip to Girona and San Sebastian.
We will make a proper tortilla, jamón and manchego croquetas, gazpacho and helado con Pedro Ximénez.
Tickets cost £55.00 and include welcome coffee + Almendrados, demonstration, recipes + lunch.
Please book a free ticket here and email the organizer on foodies@kcwc.org.uk for payment instructions.
We are invited to join members of The Rag to meet and hear from the lovely Diana Penn as she talks about her fascinating memoir Quake, Wave, War.
For 25 years Diana worked in international finance before making a life changing decision on her children leaving home, to change direction, gain the necessary experience and go on to work in overseas aid. The talk shares an understanding of the extraordinarily sensitive job that aidworkers on the ground undertake.
We shall see Diana’s own unique moment photography and hear readings from her diary entries and letters home, as we learn more of the vast challenges and even moments of joy in the lives being lived in very demanding circumstances.
Wine and soft drinks are included. Books available to buy.
For any queries, contact Activity Leader Bee Robb at eveningspeakers@kcwc.org.uk
It is New Year’s Eve 1942, a skinny 27- year-old Italian-American singer is about to step onto the stage of New York City’s Paramount Theatre and give a performance that will change music history. But as Frank Sinatra’s voice captures a nation, his heart is torn between his wife, Nancy, and movie goddess, Ava Gardner. When a scandal and a hostile press send his career into a tailspin, the young crooner fights back and stages the greatest comeback in show business history.
Featuring over twenty classic hits, including “That’s Life”, “One for my Baby” and many others, don’t miss Sinatra: The Musical. It is the most revealing portrait ever told about the legendary singer!
“You only live once and the way I live, once is enough.” Frank Sinatra
NOTE: There will be an optional Pre-Theatre Dinner at your own expense. Details will be emailed from the Activity Leader closer to the event to the KCWC members who have purchased a ticket to the musical.
For any queries contact event organiser Viola Hindley at theatre@kcwc.org.uk
Kristin Scott Thomas is starring in Chekhov's final master piece that captures a world in delicate, inevitable transition - and remains as timeless and resonant as ever.
When Lyubov Ranevskaya (Scott Thomas) returns to her childhood estate after years abroad, she finds her family home and beloved cherry orchard under threat. As old loyalties falter and new ambitions rise, a world of privilege begins to crumble. Can Lyubov embrace the future, or will the pull of memory prove impossible to escape?
Don't miss this deeply moving portrait of love, loss and letting go . . .
NOTE: There will be an optional Pre-Theatre Dinner at your own expense. Details will be emailed from the Activity Leader closer to the event to the KCWC members who have purchased a ticket.
The Battle of Isandlwana, A Talk by Douglas Rattray
Experience a vivid, moving account of the Battle of Isandlwana from both the English and Zulu perspectives. Douglas Rattray—son of the internationally renowned Anglo-Zulu War expert David Rattray—brings the courage of desperate soldiers and the gallantry of proud Zulu warriors to life, capturing the events of 22 January 1879 with passion and brilliant storytelling.
Anyone who has heard Douglas speak on the battlefields of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift knows his deep knowledge, passion, and wonderful ability to captivate an audience.
Douglas Rattray, from Fugitives’ Drift Lodge near the Anglo-Zulu War battlefields in South Africa, continues his father’s legacy with authority and warmth.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of history and storytelling! Refreshments included. This event is open to partners and guests.
TICKETS: £31.05 online with our KCWC 20% discount code provided by the Activity Leader.
Step 2 - contact the Activity Leader at eveningspeakers@kcwc.org.uk to request the link and KCWC Discount Code you will need to actually purchase your ticket through the Royal Geographical Society.
For any queries, contact Event Organiser Ina Messer at eveningspeakers@kcwc.org.uk
Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup star in a new revival of Edward Albee’s Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? at @sohoplace.
In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor Nick and his wife Honey to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth-telling.
Edward Albee’s drama remains one of the most powerful and unflinching portrayals of marriage ever written. Brutal, funny and deeply human. "Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?" continues to shock and captivate audiences long after its debut.
Listening changes everything.
1984. East Germany. A writer and an actor are placed under state surveillance. From the attic above their apartment, a Stasi man listens for evidence of subversion. But . . . what was first an operation to prove guilt becomes a story about empathy and complicity. To observe a life is to risk changing your own.
Olivier Award-winner Robert Icke (Oedipus, Oresteia, Romeo & Juliet) adapts and directs this first stage version of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s acclaimed film , starring:
Keira Knightley (Black Doves, Atonement, The Misanthrope)
Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, The Tunnel, Vigil)
Luke Thompson(Bridgerton, Dunkirk, Oresteia)
"The Lives of Others" revisits a story that has only grown more contemporary over time. Living in a culture shaped by surveillance, technological identification, and loose definition of freedom, this play asks us to ponder what lives on when our thoughts and speeches are captured, even in our most intimate moments, and what the cost of humanity means.
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