ESU London branch invites you to an evening with Rupert Wielock who will give a talk on his lastest book 'Churchill's Abandoned Prisoners' . Drinks will be served from 6.30pm, the talk will commence at 7.00pm sharp. 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…

The English-Speaking Union invites you to an evening at Dartmouth House with Historian Andrew Lownie who will deliver a fascinating talk on his joint biography of the lives of Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife Edwina.  Wine & nibbles from 6.30pm the talk will start 7.00pm sharp Discover more about the charismatic character of the Earl of Mountbatten with lives touching the history of the 20th century, it is a rich story whose characters include: all the key figures of…