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April 2020
Literary event: In conversation with author Ingrid Persaud ONLINE EVENT
The English-Speaking Union welcomes you to an evening in conversation with Ingrid Persaud, who will be talking about her new novel Love after Love. Born in Trinidad, Ingrid Persaud won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2017 and the BBC Short Story Award in 2018. She read law at the LSE and was a legal academic before taking degrees in fine art at Goldsmiths College and Central Saint Martins. Her writing has appeared in Granta, Prospect and Pree magazines. Ingrid…
Find out more »Mid-Cheshire Branch: Lunch & Talk ‘Cheshire pubs and pub signs’ – CANCELLED
We regret that this event has been cancelled. Tony Bostock lives in Swanlow area of Winsford in the heart of Cheshire and descends from a family which has lived in the Northwich district for several hundred years. The 30 years he was an officer with the Cheshire Constabulary and later worked as a community safety coordinator with Vale Royal Borough Council and served as a GP. He has always had a passion for history and has held office with The…
Find out more »Norwich & Norfolk Branch: Lunch & Talk ‘Thomas Erpingham Hero or Thug’
Lunch followed by a talk by Ann May on ‘Thomas Erpingham Hero or Thug'
Find out more »West Sussex Branch: ‘Iran, Evil Empire or Overlooked Holiday Destination’- A talk by Edward Mynors- CANCELLED
We regret that this event has been cancelled. Iran, Evil Empire or Overlooked Holiday Destination' is a talk by Edward Mynors on 21 April 2020 at the Barley Mow in Walderton. Address- The Barley Mow, Walderton PO18 9ED
Find out more »Salisbury Branch: ‘Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA’ Isobel Williams
Isobel is a retired Consultant in Respiratory Medicine. While qualifying at St George’s Hospital, University of London, where Edward Wilson, Robert Scott’s friend and confidant, had trained some sixty-five years previously, she saw many of Wilson’s iconic pictures of Antarctica and became fascinated by the continent and the explorers of the early 1900s. She has written several books about them and speaks regularly on Antarctic subjects and Antarctic heroes. Edward Wilson and his wife made their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire.…
Find out more »South Wales Branch: Members’ Lunch with Guest speaker, Professor James Raven.
ESU member's lunch at Cardiff City Hospitality Suites with guest speaker Professor James Raven. More details and tickets available by emailing esuswb@gmail.com. Directions and ticket prices available on request.
Find out more »Devon & Exeter Branch: Annual Black Tie Dinner – CANCELLED
We regret that this event has been cancelled. Devon & Exeter Branch's annual Black Tie Dinner with a talk autobiographical talk from Billy “Scratch” Hitchen. At the end of the Easter holidays in 1963, Billy ‘Scratch’ Hitchen, instead of returning to school in Salcombe, having already been expelled by his mother, who was the head of East Portlemouth School, chose to run away to sea: he was just 14. Before the age of 19, he had sailed round the world…
Find out more »Performing Shakespeare Competition London (South West) Area Final
We regret that this event has been postponed until further notice. For more information please call 020 7529 1550 or email competitions@esu.org.
Find out more »60th ESU-Churchill Public Speaking Competition Grand Final
We regret that this event has been postponed until further notice. For more information please call 020 7529 1550 or email competitions@esu.org.
Find out more »Performing Shakespeare Competition West Area Final
We regret that this event has been postponed until further notice. For more information please call 020 7529 1550 or email competitions@esu.org.
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