Event Recaps

After our recent travels to the New World, it was time to get traditional again. Spain has been making wine for 5000 years, but wine is a very different drink since the advent of electricity and temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. Moreover, although Spain...

Historic Maritime Greenwich is a beautiful riverside spot, well worth exploring on a sunny afternoon. Blue Badge Tourist Guide Caroline Piper led a Cambridge Society group on a stroll through Christopher Wren's divine Old Royal Naval College grounds, with views in one...

Members of the Cambridge Society took an evening stroll through the Rotherhithe waterscape in June, led by Blue Badge Tourist Guide Caroline Piper. The weather was perfect, with gentle evening light resulting in great photos for everyone. The redeveloped docks were...

This evening's tasting had an Aussie flavour. Australia is very big. You could fit the UK into Australia more than 30 times, and although most of the wine regions are in the slightly cooler South, it is 4000 km from Sydney on the East Coast to Perth on the West. With...

On a Friday evening at the end of May members of the Society spent a lovely spring evening strolling along the riverside in Wapping, led by Blue Badge Tourist Guide Caroline Piper. A particular highlight was St Katherine's Dock, looking even prettier than normal (see...

Our third event in the CamSocTalks series took place this past Friday, 17th May, where we were privileged to hear from Martyn Bond, Society Member and an esteemed expert in European historical and political topics.  "Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard: The Forgotten Father...

South Africa is on a similar latitude to California, and has a generally warm Mediterranean climate, but mountains, winds and the cold Benguela current from the South Pole, give a variety of microclimates, and there are varied soils, so almost every style and quality...

The Society's Lord's Suite Party is one of the highlights of our calendar, and again we will be spending a whole spring's day in our own private box in the Tavern Stand of the global home of cricket, overlooking the Main Ground and giving first class views of the...

Germany is most famous for the grape variety Riesling, which many people assume is unfashionably sweet. There is history behind this. German Rieslings at the end of the 19th Century were the most sought after wines in the world - they were more expensive than the...

Italy has long been famous for its delicious local food culture, based around meals for family and friends; but the quality of its wine has been variable. Perhaps unsurprisingly as they have 350 permitted grapes and regional wine laws that have been as much to do with...

Thirty members of CamSocLon gathered at the Curtains Up Pub before heading underground to the intimate Barons Court Theatre to experience Society Member Raegan Payne's collection of four vignette comedies, 'Sweet Nothings'.  Each narrative delved into the complexities...

We spent Easter Saturday and the first properly sunny day of the year enjoying glorious views from our private room overlooking the start of the boat races. Before the boat race action began we reunited with old friends and made new ones over drinks followed by a...

Following Richard's sojourn in the Antipodes twelve of our members came together, this time with a selection of wines from New Zealand to taste. The selection illustrated the brightness and clarity of their beautiful vineyards, reflected in the purity of their wines....

Our second event in our CamSocTalks series featured renowned speaker Dr. Patricia Fara - a distinguished historian of science and Emeritus Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.  40 of us met on the 8th floor at The Orchard where Dr. Fara illuminated the significant...

We had a lovely evening at The Refinery Bar and Restaurant in Bankside.  30 of our fellow alumni came together for some drinks, laughter and good vibes.  The venue had a great atmosphere, though as is the case with out pub nights, it was a little loud.  It was an...