Event Recaps
Browse our reports from past events
Pub Night in Farringdon
The evening proved to be a relaxed and welcoming gathering, with a strong turnout of around 30 attendees. The informal setting made it easy for conversations to flow, whether among old friends reconnecting or new faces joining for the first time. The Fable provided...
The 2026 Boat Races Lunch and Spectacle
Report to follow... Organised by Alastair Gourlay
A Day in the Life of a rock star
The March walk for the Cambridge Society saw members in Soho, Mayfair and St James’s in pursuit of the haunts of myriad rock and pop stars. From private members’ clubs to recording studios, watering holes to gig venues, the vinyl triangle and the occasional album...
Wine Tasting with Richard Pearey
This evening we took our first steps into the world of blind tasting with a single blind flight of five whites and four reds. Single blind is where you know what the wines are, but not the order of tasting, but since some of our members had not actually read this,...
Wine Tasting with Richard Pearey
Our theme was wines to warm you in winter’s chill, so it was entirely predictable that spring suddenly appeared in the capital. Nonetheless, twelve brave Cambridge Society members supped a series of wines that increased steadily in alcohol from 13.5% to 20% with no...
Pigs, Potteries, Protest and Pop: the making of Notting Hill and Dale
Notting Hill - famous for riots, carnival, the street market and the film - was the location for the Cambridge Society’s February’s walk. Those joining the walk soon learned that there was more to Notting Hill than they might have suspected. From the Kensington...
Chinese New Year Dinner 2026
On the evening of 18th February, 80 Society members and friends celebrated the arrival of Chinese New Year – the Year of the Fire Horse – at festively decorated Peacock London on the south bank of the River Thames, overlooking the iconic Big Ben and the Houses of...
CamSocTalks: John Russell Taylor, cultural critic and eclectic collector
“It was this event that made me join Cam Soc.” "CamSoc does dinners, walks and wine talks brilliantly, but we could do with more art events." “I work in tech but art is my passion.” These were some of the comments from the 35 members who went along to Olympia...
Living in Squares, Painting in Circles and Loving in Triangles: a literary tour of Bloomsbury
Members of the Cambridge Society braved a chilly January evening to wander in the garden square neighbourhood of Bloomsbury. We were exploring the literary history of the area, both fact and fiction. We began at one great library, the British, and ended at another,...
Baubles, Cards and Crackers: How London made Christmas
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The Society’s Pall Mall Party 2025
The Society’s Annual Christmas Party on Monday provided a festive and fitting conclusion to our year. The evening brought together 150 Cambridge graduates and their guests for a relaxed celebration. Guests were welcomed with some bubbles and canapés which...
Baubles, Cards and Crackers: How London made Christmas 2
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Wine Tasting with Richard Pearey
Report to follow... Organised by Richard Pearey
Wine Tasting with Richard Pearey
Report to follow... Organised by Richard Pearey
Murder, Mayhem, a Monster and a Mousetrap
Report to follow... Organised by Richard Pearey













