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November 2023
Piano Recital with Yulia Chaplina
Join us at Dartmouth House for a lunchtime concert by pianist, Yulia Chaplina. Debuting aged seven with a performance of Bach's Keyboard Concerto in F minor with the Rostov State Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Chaplina trained in Rostov and Moscow with Naum Shtarkman and with Klaus Hellwig at the University of the Arts in Berlin. She holds a Masters of Music from the Royal College of Music where, in 2013, she was appointed the Mills Williams Junior Fellow. She has performed…
Find out more »Salisbury Branch: Churchill’s Abandoned Prisoners with Rupert Wieloch
Join Salisbury branch for an interesting lecture with Rupert Wieloch The Salisbury branch of the ESU invites you to a lecture with Rupert Wieloch to learn more about Churchill's Abandoned Prisoners. One hundred years ago a group of fifteen British soldiers serving with the British Mission to Siberia were captured by the Red Army on Russian Christmas Eve (6th January). They were held in a lice-infested room at Krasnoyarsk for three months, whilst Prime Minister Lloyd George’s representative signed a…
Find out more »London Branch: Book Club
The ESU London Branch Members' book club meets once a month at Dartmouth House to exchange views on a book chosen by the group. Discussions take place from 11.00-12.30hrs on the third Wednesday of each month. If you would like to join our friendly and informal club please contact Kathleen Earley on earley.kathleen@gmail.com Book club reading list for December 2022 - April 2023: May – June: Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont – Elizabeth Taylor, 1971, 205 pp. English social commentary. June –…
Find out more »Hertfordshire Branch: Special dinner with David Hoyle
Join ESU Hertfordshire Branch for a special three course dinner with guest speaker the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster. He will give a talk about his work running Westminster Abbey one of the world's most historic buildings. As well as one of the UK's most prime tourist destinations. He will also give us insights into his personal involvement officiating the Queen's Funeral and King's Coronation. The ticket price includes a three course meal, as well as teas…
Find out more »No books on a dead planet: Monique Roffey in conversation with Leena Norms
Join Leena Norms and Monique Roffey on Thursday, 16 November for a live recording of No Books on A Dead Planet: the podcast where Leena & friends read climate books so you don’t have to! Author of the Costa Award Book of the year ‘The Mermaid of Black Conch,’ Monique Roffey is an award-winning writer, lecturer and activist - as well as being the co-founder of Writers Rebel. They will be discussing The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh, the place…
Find out more »Lincolnshire Branch: annual dinner
Please save the date for our annual branch dinner on Thursday, 16 November with guest speaker The Air Chief Marshal The Lord Peach GBE KCB DL. More details to follow.
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ESU Devon & Exeter Branch – November Luncheon Lecture Meeting
Join us as we welcome Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury and recently retired Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, for 'Church in Society: Perspectives from the Altar Step'. For tickets, please contact the Dining Secretary, Sue Maunder, on suemaunderesu@gmail.com
Find out more »ESU Thanksgiving Dinner
Join us on Friday, 24 November at the ESU headquarters in Mayfair as we celebrate over 100 years of Anglo-American cooperation and cultural exchange with our annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Enjoy a two-course American style dinner. As well as a drink and canapés on arrival. Please arrive from 7pm, for drinks and canapés. A two-course meal will then follow. If you would like extra drinks, these can be purchased at the table. The event will end at 10.30pm.
Find out more »Oxfordshire Branch Thanksgiving Lunch
Save the date for the Oxfordshire Branch Thanksgiving Lunch which will this year again be held at Studley Wood Golf Club on 26 November. More details to follow. To book contact Dr Jan Carter jan@paddockcottage.net or ring 01865 848528 or Tim Hallchurch tim@paddockcottage.net 01865 377099
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