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Join us for Latin Dance every Wednesday at 11:00. We meet in the spa at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington (just next to Kensington Gardens).Our teacher is Rafal Lautenbach who is a true professional and we cover a range of Latin dances including Salsa, Cha Cha, Rumba, Bachata, Samba. You don't need any prior dance experience as Rafal explains everything again when new people join us. This is not an exercise class it is just pure dance fun.
You can wear whatever you feel comfortable in but make sure that your shoes slide on the floor - not trainers. If you decide to come on a regular basis I will let you know where you can buy dance practice shoes.
For any queries contact Event organiser Jenni Kravitz at latindance@kcwc.org.uk
Please come and join us at the delightful Heidi Chelsea bakery and cafe.
Heidi Chelsea is located in the stunning Grade II listed Soane Stable Yard, part of the historic Royal Hospital Chelsea and home of the Chelsea Pensioners. This forty-cover bakery is within the historic horse stalls of the stable yard, which was built by Sir John Soane between 1814 and 1817.
The entrance is located opposite the Ormonde gate.
Note: Please do NOT click "anonymous" when reserving your ticket as it causes problems for the activity leader in managing the event.
Please contact event organiser Lisa Woodcock for any queries at mixnmingle1@kcwc.org.uk
You can make a difference by joining us for just 2 hours on the first Tuesday of every month.
KCWC supports the Wandsworth Foodbank by helping to sort, label and organise the food donations. You'll find that the 2 hours just flies by!
The Wandsworth Foodbank Warehouse is located at 9 Ferrier Street, Wandsworth, SW18 1SW, conveniently located 2 minutes walk from Wandsworth Town Station and easily accessed by many bus routes.
Make a difference by signing up and help KCWC and Wandsworth Foodbank to support those less fortunate!
If tickets are sold-out for this event, you are welcome to join the waitlist - please note that we typically only get to the first one or two members on the waitlist, so please don't be disappointed if you are not contacted.
Please email event organiser Christie Bachmann for any queries at charityvolunteers@kcwc.org.uk
*Note: If you're interested in regular volunteering, Wandsworth Foodbank are also looking for kind and compassionate people who can commit to volunteering once a week for a minimum of six months.
Join us for an afternoon admiring photographs as we take in the "Cecil Beaton Fashionable World" and Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize exhibitions at The National Portrait Gallery. No guide, no tour, just us photography enthusiasts walking around the exhibits.
Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World is the first exhibition dedicated solely to Beaton’s ground-breaking contributions to fashion and portrait photography. The exhibition showcases Beaton at his most triumphant – from the Jazz Age and the Bright Young Things, to the high fashion brilliance of the fifties and the glittering, Oscar-winning success of My Fair Lady. Via London, Paris, New York and Hollywood, his era-defining photographs captured beauty, glamour, and star power in the interwar and early post-war eras.
The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize showcases the work of talented young photographers, gifted amateurs and established professionals in the very best of contemporary photography.
We plan on starting our visit at 1:30pm with the Cecil Beaton exhibit, then move on to the Taylor Wessing Prize. We expect to finish by 4:00pm.
Please let us know if you wish to join us by booking a ticket below by 20th December. We will purchase tickets for the group thereafter.
Cecil Beaton Fashionable World: £23.00
Taylor Wessing: £9.50
For any queries, contact Activity Leaders at photography@kcwc.org.uk
Please join us for a session of unrehearsed reading/acting out of short contemporary one act plays.
We will be meeting informally at a member's house. This meet-up is purely for our own enjoyment so we can read together/act together/laugh together/ get to know each other. No prior acting experience is required, it is not about putting on a perfect play, but about spontaneous fun. If you don't want to act, you can simply read or even just listen. There is no pressure.
All reading material will be provided but if you have something you would like to read/act out in a group, please bring a few copies of it.
Refreshments will be provided.
If you register as "anonymous" you must please inform the event organisers of your name and contact details, so you can be included in all further communication.
For queries, please contact event organisers Judith Neuling or Ina Messer at popup@kcwc.org.uk
Curated by violinist Roman Mints, this year’s Another Music Festival celebrates the legacy of composers who lived and created in exile — some forced, some chosen — and how separation from their homeland reshaped their art.
From historical giants such as Chopin, Stravinsky, Hindemith, and Enescu to neglected voices like Ukrainian composer Theodore Akimenko, the festival traces a journey through music shaped by migration.
Across three evenings of chamber music, international artists perform works by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Enescu and others, alongside new works and UK premieres by contemporary composers who continue the conversation between displacement and creativity.
Each programme offers a different perspective on exile — from nostalgia and memory to renewal and transformation.
For any queries, contact Event Organiser Maria Puleio at music1@kcwc.org.uk
18 January Programme:
Paul Hindemith — Sonata in D major, Op. 11 No. 2 (1918) Roman Mints (violin), Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Tania León — Homenatge (2011) Vadym Kholodenko (piano)
Frédéric Chopin — Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 (1846) Kristina Blaumane (cello), Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Sergei Rachmaninov — Preludes – Op. 23 No. 2 (1901) – Op. 3 No. 2 (1892) Vadym Kholodenko (piano)
Stefania Turkewich — Sonata for Violin and Piano (1935, UK Premiere) Iryna Marchuk (violin), Maxym Artemenko (piano)
Alexey Kurbatov — Piano Quartet (World Premiere) Vadym Kholodenko (piano), Roman Mints (violin), Mikhail Rudoy (viola), Kristina Blaumane (cello)
For the first time ever, a novel by John Le Carré is brought to life in a thrilling stage adaptation.
"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a British intelligence officer, being sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer.
This is a story of betrayal not only between nations but between the human soul.
NOTE: There will be a Pre-Theatre Dinner option available at your own tab. Information will be provided closer to the event, and I would kindly ask you to indicate your interest at your earliest convenience.
*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
The Wallace Collection houses, among its many treasures, exquisite objects and pieces of furniture of royal provenance that belonged to Marie-Antoinette or her entourage. This tour will be an opportunity to discover not only the taste, imagination and style of the young "Dauphine" and later Queen of France, but it will also enable us to understand her story and fate: her arrival at Versailles as a young teenager, her desire to escape the stifling formality of court etiquette, her circle of friends, her enemies, her insatiable desire for light entertainment and luxury objects, her taste for the picturesque and the new sensitivity, her lack of judgement.
This tour, led by Muriel Carré, will enable you to understand Marie-Antoinette's enduring legacy as a style icon, and will be the indispensable introduction to the V&A's exhibition on until March 2026.
Note: We will meet at 10:15am at the entrance of The Wallace Collection.
For any queries contact event organiser Geneviève Sentier at londonwalks@kcwc.org.uk
Curated by violinist Roman Mints, this year’s Another Music Festival celebrates the legacy of composers who lived and created in exile - some forced, some chosen - and how separation from their homeland reshaped their art.
Join us for one, two or all three evenings (18, 21 and 23 January 2026).
21 January Programme:
Igor Stravinsky - L'Histoire du soldat (Soldier's Tale), Trio (1918) Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Lily Payne (clarinet), Sasha Grynyuk (piano)
Peter Philips - Pavana Pagget (Pavana Dolorosa) (1593) Richard Gowers (harpsichord)
Elena Langer - Landscape with Three People (2015, London Premiere) Hilary Cronin (soprano), Francis Gush (countertenor), Richard Gowers (piano), Ewan Millar (oboe), Roman Mints (Violin), Meghan Cassidy (viola), Ashok Klouda (cello)
Béla Bartók - Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71 (1914/1918) Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Andrzej Panufnik - Song to the Virgin Mary, for string sextet (1964) Natalia Lomeiko, Alexandra Raikhlina (violins), Yuri Zhislin (viola), Meghan Cassidy (viola), Julia Morneweg (cello), Ashok Klouda (cello)
Leonid Desyatnikov - The Leaden Echo (1994, UK Premiere) Francis Gush (countertenor), Roman Mints (violin), Mikhail Rudoy (viola), Ashok Klouda (cello), Julia Morneweg (cello), Stacey Watton (double bass)
Conductor: Otix Enokido-Lineham
Valentin Silvestrov - Postludium No. 1 DSCH (1981) Hilary Cronin (soprano), Roman Mints (violin), Ashok Klouda (cello), Sasha Grynyuk (piano)
Paul Hindemith - Sonata in D major, Op. 11 No. 2 (1918) Roman Mints (violin), Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Come join us for a Winter walk in the beautiful Kensington Gardens.
Enjoy a New Year stroll around the Serpentine, finishing at the Colicci Serpentine Coffee House for a chat and catch up.
As always, everyone is welcome to join us with or without a dog.
If you have any queries contact Karen at barkinthepark@kcwc.org.uk
23 January Programme:
Bechara El-Khoury - Sectett for Six Violins, Op. 218 (2009) Roman Mints & students
Franz Waxman - Four Scenes of Childhood (1925) Patrick Savage (violin), Katya Apekisheva (piano)
George Enescu - Pinao Quintet in A minor (1940) Sasha Grynyuk (piano), Elly Suh (violin), Alexandra Raikhlina (violin), Milena Simovic (viola), Julia Morneweg (cello)
Theodore Akimenko - Chant d'Automne, Op. 16 No. 1 (1897); Fantasy, Op 26bis (1903) Sasha Grynyuk (piano)
Frederick Delius - Cello Sonata (1916) Rebecca Gilliver (cello), Sasha Grynyuk (piano)
Boris Filanovsky - Supremus 3, for two violins (World Premiere) Alexandra Raikhlina (violin), Roman Mints (violin)
Alexander Zemlinsky - Clarinet Trio in D minor, Op. 3 (1896) Lily Payne (clarinet), Katya Apekisheva (piano), Rebecca Gilliver (cello)
Osvaldo Golijov - Last Round (1996) Roman Mints, Elly Suh, Alexandra Raikhlina, Patrick Savage (violins), Yuri Zhislin, Milena Simovic (violas), Rebecca Gilliver, Julia Morneweg (cellos)
We are delighted to offer KCWC members the opportunity to attend this very special evening, organised by The Burns Club and hosted at the prestigious Caledonian Club, one of London’s most distinguished Scottish venues. KCWC has secured 30 places for what promises to be an unforgettable celebration.
The Burns Club’s renowned Birthday Festival Dinner brings together all the hallmarks of a traditional Burns Supper: a drinks reception on arrival*, the ceremonial piping-in and address to the haggis, and a superb three-course dinner **.
This year’s principal toast, The Immortal Memory, will be delivered by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The evening will also feature acclaimed Scottish folk singer Robyn Stapleton (winner of BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year) and ceilidh dancing to live music from Neil Esslemont’s band.
Dress code: black tie/Highland dress
How to Book Your Ticket: As this is an external event organised by The Burns Club and hosted at The Caledonian Club, registration involves a two-step process:
1) Register for a “free” ticket on the KCWC website to confirm your place. Note: Members may bring a guest, but all guest bookings must be made through the member."
2) Once registered, the KCWC Event Coordinator will email you the official Burns Club payment link, where you can purchase your ticket for £115.00.
Interest from external groups is already high, and with only 30 KCWC places available, we strongly encourage early registration to avoid disappointment. We look forward to sharing this magical Scottish celebration with you.
*A cash bar will operate throughout the evening.
**Haggis Cockburn of Dingwall with a tot of whisky, braised feather blade of beef, berry pudding, followed by tea/coffee and Orkney tablet. Vegetarian, gluten-free and other dietary options are available.
NOTE: Please do NOT unclick "include name in list of event registrants" when purchasing your ticket as you may miss important communications about this event.
For any queries, please contact Event Organiser Patricia Marulanda at events@kcwc.org.uk
The Merchant Taylors’ Company has occupied the same site on Threadneedle Street in the City of London since at least 1347, the only ancient Livery Company to remain on its original site. Despite the Great Fire of London and the Blitz which caused a lot of damage, it still has its original medieval stone walls and has been sympathetically rebuilt. The interiors are splendid and there are many rooms to visit, as well as a large collection of artefacts to see.
Now one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London, the Merchant Taylors' Company began as an association of working tailors and received its first royal charter in 1327. Members of the 180+ crafts in London at the time realised that they were stronger collectively than individually and thus formed themselves into Companies. Medieval civic life then was based on religion and business, which the Companies embodied.
As a collective, members could ensure high craft standards and fair prices throughout the City; they could provide care and charity for their poorer, elderly or sick members and, importantly in pre-Reformation times, prayers for one's soul after death. By 1413 the Company was able to build seven almshouses on a site near the Hall, the earliest example of such social housing in London.
When the Company received a new royal charter in 1503 it was renamed The Merchant Taylors. The addition of 'merchant' recognised the growing number of national and international traders within the Company. This in turn reflected the Company's rapid increase in power, prestige and wealth.
The Great Hall pre-dates the Great Fire of London and has been used for over 700 years of fine dining, balls and large receptions. The Great Kitchen and Small Kitchen are rare examples of medieval kitchens still in active use today. There are also the Cloisters, the Court Room, the Crypt, the Library, the Drawing Room, the Grand Staircase, etc., and the silver collection, old manuscripts and paintings.
Tea/coffee will be served on arrival. The tour will last for an hour.
For any queries, please contact event organiser Mimi Rolbant at british1@kcwc.org.uk
Come and join us at one of the very best Winter Gardens in England at Anglesey Abbey near Cambridge. This stunning Winter Garden celebrates the bright colours, scents and textures of the plants shown to advantage by the low winter sun. Anglesey Abbey is also renowned for its unique and huge display of 500 different varieties of snowdrops which should be in full bloom at this time.
We will also visit the house, which evolved from a 12th century priory to a 20th century country house. It is full of treasures, some of which you can explore on the BBC programme "Hidden treasures of the National Trust".
Afterwards a taxi will convey us to Ely where we will have lunch at a highly praised Japanese restaurant (your own tab).
Following this, we will visit Ely Cathedral, one of the most beautiful cathedrals of England, first built in 1083. This also houses the foremost stained glass museum in England.
We can then explore the historic centre of Ely with its monastic buildings and also visit the former home of Oliver Cromwell, leader of the English Civil War and Lord Protector after the beheading of King Charles I.
Included in the cost of the ticket: admin fees and taxi from Anglesey Abbey to Ely.
Additional costs (your own tab, on the day):
- Train ticket (approx. £40.00)
- Taxi from Cambridge to Anglesey Abbey (approx. £20.00 per shared taxi)
- Entrance to Anglesey Abbey (£18.00 or free to National Trust members)
- Entrance to Ely Cathedral (£14.00)
- Entrance to Oliver Cromwell House (£8.00)
If you register as "anonymous" when booking your ticket, please contact the event organizer with your name and contact details so you can be included in all further communications.
This event is co-lead with the KCWC British History group.
For queries, please contact the event organiser Judith Neuling at gloriousgardens@kcwc.org.uk
With Valentine's Day approaching, we are inviting you to a specially curated tour of The National Gallery led by Muriel Carré, where we will be focusing on a selection of ravishingly beautiful paintings on the theme of love, seduction, courtship, marriage, voyeurism, fidelity, adultery, gods and mortals, beds and alcoves . . . Cupid's arrow will leave no painting untouched.
Botticelli, Van Eyck, Titian, Veronese, Watteau, Gainsborough, Reni, Rembrandt, Velazquez, Rubens and many more old masters have all conspired to paint love for our eyes only!
Note: We will meet at 2:00pm at The National Gallery - specific entrance will be given nearer to the event.
This event cost is £30.00; contact event organizer to pay.
A bold new creation by pianist-narrator Pavel Timofeyevsky and his colleagues.
Not lectures. Not concerts.
These narrated performances are an art form in themselves - where piano, voice, and story ignite to bring forgotten histories, hidden passions, and musical revolutions to life.
Pavel fuses music and narrative into living theatre, where history breathes, scandals burn, and forgotten voices sing again. These aren't "talks with music."
They are musical stories come alive - dazzling, intimate, unforgettable.
"Her Music, Their Name" (Second in a 5-part Series titled "How Women Changed the Music World)
They wrote. Men took the credit. Now the piano shouts their truth and the voice sings their stolen songs --
Fanny Mendelssohn, Alma Mahler, Florence Price. Forgotten no more.
*Please note that since this is an event sponsored by Notable: there is a 2-step process for signing up for the event and then paying for the ticket:
1) Use the normal KCWC process for signing up for a "free" ticket on this website.
Once you have registered in that way . . .
2) email the KCWC event coordinator at opera1@kcwc.org.uk and Alya will send you the link and discount code needed to purchase your actual ticket for £30
Note: if you are interested in bringing a guest, you are free to purchase their ticket at the regular Notable price once on their ticketing website.
For any queries, please contact the event coordinator, Alya Samokhvalova at opera1@kcwc.org.uk
What connects the work of French artists, Berthe Morisot and Suzanne Valadon?
Berthe Morisot (1841-95) was born into an upper-middle-class family, received formal training as an artist, and became a pioneering figure in the Impressionist movement. Despite the limitations imposed on women of her social status, she created bold, innovative works that challenged artistic and societal conventions, capturing everyday life from a distinctly female perspective.
Suzanne Valadon's (1865-1938) working-class mother raised her alone, requiring Suzanne to work from a young age. After holding various jobs, including posing as an artist's model, Suzanne began creating art herself. Unbound by social norms, she socialised in bohemian circles and developed a bold, idiosyncratic style which defied conventions.
In this session, Jo Rhymer will consider the overlaps as well as the differences between these two significant artists, both of whom made major contributions to the development of French Modern Art.
Please note: the lecture is from 10:00am - 12:15pm with a break for coffee/tea. Come at 9:30am and have a chat!
For any queries, please contact event organiser Susan Alloun at arthistory1@kcwc.org.uk
Join us for a special tour of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition and discover the stories and details that didn’t make it into the captions.
Have you ever wondered how a photography competition with more than 60,000 entries is judged or how wildlife photography can be used to make a difference to the natural world?
Get the answers to your questions and have in-depth discussions about the award-winning images as you enjoy the quiet gallery on this engaging, 45-minute tour.
We’ll not only introduce you to some of this year’s surprising and poignant stories but examine the impact these photos have on conservation efforts around the world.
Your tour ticket includes entry to the exhibition (ticket costs £24.00). Once the tour is finished you can explore it at your own pace, newly equipped with your extra knowledge.
For any queries, contact the Activity Leaders at photography@kcwc.org.uk
KCWC Antiques and Design is delighted to announce the new date for this lecture originally scheduled almost 100 years to the day the "Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels" closed in Paris - 8 November 1925. The fair, showcasing over 15,000 exhibitors of ground breaking designs by both established artists and emerging visionaries, gave birth to the movement forever after known as Art Deco. Over 16 million people attended and justified, in their enthusiasm, the aim of the French government to highlight a new streamlined style of architecture and interiors. Furniture, textiles, glassware, ceramics and jewellery were among the many areas showcasing this emerging simple modernism of geometric lines. An economic while still sumptuous language of beauty based on the mechanism of the machine ushered out the superfluous, floral, natural based adornments of the Art Nouveau. A new Jazz Age style was born defining an era of speed and progress.
V and A lecturer Anne Haworth will guide us on this celebratory centenary look back at an era that defined everything from the skyscraper to the teapot. Please join us for what promises to be a wonderful tribute to all things Art Deco.
For any queries contact Activity Leader Mary Narvell at antiques1@kcwc.org.uk
June 1912 - George Fabian-Lawrence, or Stony Jack as he is better known, picks through a heavy ball of clay brought to him by two workmen from a City of London worksite. A glint of gold attracts his attention before a pearl earring tumbles into his hand followed by a Burmese ruby then Colombian emeralds, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan and Iranian turquoise. The greatest single cache of Elizabethan treasure - The Cheapside Hoard - has fallen into Stony Jack's covetous lap.
Join us to learn from author Victoria Shepherd about the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade at the height of the Empire. Hear how mudlarkers, charlatans and chancers unearthed treasures and ghosts in her riveting and twisting tale of adventure and intrigue.
For any queries contact Mary Narvell at antiques1@kcwc.org.uk
Rachel Kolsky will lead us to explore north and south of busy Victoria Street.
We will discover the quiet backstreets of Westminster with their hidden histories including: a luxury hotel once home to WWII resistance workers; a 19th century Town Hall, now flats, once the choice society wedding venue with memories of the votes for women's campaign; early London mansion blocks and social housing; a church known as Queen Anne’s footstool; a variety of wonderfully inspiring women … and more!
Meeting Place: We will be meeting at 2:15pm inside St James 's Park tube station. More details will be given nearer to the event.
Holders of a Royal Warrant to provide jewels and perhaps a bit of Fabergé to HM King Charles, Bentley and Skinner have been specializing in fine antique gems for centuries. First invited to supply jewellery to the Royal Family in the reign of Queen Victoria, this upscale Mayfair shop remains the go-to destination when Prince William is looking for a gift for Princess Kate.
Come join us for a special evening learning about this company's heritage, their expertise in repair and - with luck - trying on a few tiaras!
For any queries contact the activity leader Mary Narvell at antiques1@kcwc.org.uk
Based on a true story, Shadowlands follows Oxford don and author C.S. Lewis (Hugh Bonneville) whose unexpected love with American poet Joy Davidman transforms his life.
Shadowlands is a timeless story, a tender and philosophical exploration of how love can illuminate even life's darkest moments.
NOTE: An optional pre-theatre dinner at one's own tab will be organised. Details will be sent to registered members closer to the date.
Micaelina Wautier - a 17th century trailblazer rediscovered.
Active in Brussels in the middle of the 17th century, she challenged the limits imposed on female artists at the time by working on an unusually varied range of subjects: from flowers and portraits to grand history paintings -which was a format usually reserved for her male counterparts.
In her most famous painting, The Triumph of Bacchus, she painted herself as a pagan bacchante in monumental scale, looking squarely at the viewer and confidently asserting her position as the maker.
Although Wautier was hugely successful in her time, her breathtaking paintings and her place in art history were almost lost in the 18th century.
This exhibition is on at the Royal Academy from 27 March - 21 June 2026.
Our lecturer will be Chantal Bortherton-Radciffe.
Please come at 9:30am for a coffee/tea. The lecture begins at 10:00am and we aim to finish at 12:15pm. There will be a break around 11:00am.
Any question please contact Susan Shriver at arthistory@kcwc.org.uk
Welcome to the London Canal Museum! Learn about the history of London's canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats. Peer down into the unique heritage of a huge Victorian ice well used to store ice imported from Norway and brought by ship and canal boat to be stored. This unique waterways museum is housed in a former ice warehouse built in about 1862-3 for Carlo Gatti, the famous ice cream maker, and features the history of the ice trade and ice cream as well as the canals.
LearnArtory has organised for us a tour which will be in 2 parts: first, step back to Victorian times for a one hour talk about the ice trade. This includes a demonstration of ice cream-making using the replica Victorian ice cream churn; you’ll watch, take part and enjoy a small sample! Followed by a short orientation talk about the museum itself that you can visit by yourself freely. A great journey through Victorian Times!
For any queries, contact event organiser Geneviève Sentier at londonwalks@kcwc.org.uk
In 1937, artists Sir Cedric Morris and his partner, Arthur Lett-Haines, set up the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing at their home Benton End in Hadleigh, Suffolk. There, alongside other celebrated art students and friends, including a very young Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Vita Sackville-West, they explored an “outside the system” approach to creativity taking inspiration from Benton End’s beautiful gardens. Cedric, also a horticulturalist, was a breeder of bearded irises naming over 90 with the Benton prefix. The gardens equally inspired many innovative designers such as Beth Chatto, the most famous of her generation.
Whether you love interiors, gardening or painting, this talk presented by Beatrice Prosser-Snelling from The Garden Museum of London, will interest you. As the project director for the restoration of the garden and house which just received National Lottery Funding, she is the ideal guide until we will have the chance later in the year to visit Benton End with BADA Friends.
Let's embark on a sensory walk through the streets of the Square Mile, London's financial district. Forget about bonds and shares, and follow our guide, Emma, along a fragrant route that winds its way among the skyscrapers and the little alleyways of the city.
Each garden of the city is a little haven of peace tucked between glass and steel towers and historic buildings.
We invite you to walk those pocket parks together, rain or shine!
Note: We will be meeting at 2:00pm in the city - the exact meeting place to be specified later.
To celebrate the centenary of the birth of HM Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Collection Trust has organised at the King's Gallery the most comprehensive display of her fashion ever assembled. 200 items of the late Queen's clothing from her childhood through her decades' long reign will be on exhibit.
Preceded by a lecture, our private visit will allow you to see - without crowds - the coordinated ensembles designed to help eager onlookers spot Her Majesty on walkabouts. Special highlights will be jewellery, her 1947 Hartnell Wedding Dress, and one of her earliest outfits worn to the 1934 wedding of the Duke of Kent. Curator Caroline de Guiltaut explains the exhibit will "tell the story of a lifetime of thoughtful style choices - from HM's hands-on-role and understanding of the soft power behind her clothing to the exceptional craftsmanship behind each garment".
Join us for some English fizz, fashion fun, a 10% gift shop discount AND a pass for Free Gallery readmission through 16/9/2027!
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