Join the ESU South Wales branch for what promises to be a real treat for music lovers when composer, conductor and choirmaster Patrick Larley will be taking members on an exploration of harmony via his extraordinary collection of musical instruments which includes a grand piano, a harp, a pipe organ, a lute and a harpsichord […]
The ESU Hertfordshire Branch is delighted to invite all ESU members to join them on Zoom talk about the Mary Rose given by Edward Towne. Edward Towne graduated in European Studies from the University of East Anglia and later achieved a PGCE from Cambridge, an MA in Early Modern English History from the University of […]
The English-Speaking Union invites you to an evening with author John Mullan to explore the works of Charles Dickens. Author and professor of English literature John Mullan will be in conversation with Alastair Niven, Co-Chair of the Events Committee, talking about his highly acclaimed new book The Artful Dickens (Bloomsbury, £16.99). Attendees can expect to […]
Following Baroness Hale's highly engaging Evelyn Wrench Lecture in November, we are honoured that she has agreed to chair the panel of judges at the final of the Schools' Mace debating competition at 3pm on Friday, 29 March. Twelve schools have made it through to the semi-finals (which will be held that morning) and we look […]
Historian Philip Wood will be speaking about the rise of National Socialism in 1930s Germany and making some connections with issues that we face today. ‘Philip’s enthusiasm for his subject is legendary - I’ve enjoyed several of his memorable tours of British cities and war sites in France,’ says Stephen Purcell, Chair of the South Wales branch […]
ESU London branch invites you to an evening with Dickens's great-great-great-granddaughter, art historian and author Lucinda Hawksley. In 1843, the Scottish artist Margaret Gillies painted a remarkable portrait of Charles Dickens – a painting that captured the author at the time he was writing A Christmas Carol. The portrait was exhibited in 1844 and then […]
ESU London branch invites you to an evening with Dickens's great-great-great-granddaughter, art historian and author Lucinda Hawksley. In 1843, the Scottish artist Margaret Gillies painted a remarkable portrait of Charles Dickens – a painting that captured the author at the time he was writing A Christmas Carol. The portrait was exhibited in 1844 and then […]
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The Rt Hon. the Baroness Prashar CBE is a crossbench life peer who has sat under this title in the Lords since 26 July 1999. She was the first Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission, first Civil Service Commissioner, formerly Director of the Runnymede Trust and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, former Chancellor of […]
Former British Ambassador to Russia, Sir Roderic Lyne joins the English-Speaking Union Lincolnshire Committee’s John Raine in conversation to talk about his varied and distinguished career and insight into current relationships at 6pm on Thursday, 13 May 2021 on Zoom. The event is free – please email Kelly Bevers for the access link at [email protected]. […]
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