Event Recaps

On Saturday 29th June members of the Cambridge Society of London explored historic maritime Greenwich, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on a tour led by Blue Badge Guide Caroline Piper.   Greenwich is intimately connected with the navy and the sea so we started our tour...

As Cambridge Geography hits a hundred, London Group steps out on the walk of the centuryGeographers’ ShopPhyllis Pearsall put geographers on the map with her easy to use way finder A – Z from the Geographers’ Map Co Ltd. Updated, they remain indispensable...

Members of the Cambridge Society of London spent an enjoyable evening exploring Bankside and Shakespeare's London on a walking tour led by Blue Badge Guide Caroline Piper.  From London Bridge we explored the inns and markets of Borough, before wandering west along the...

Well, we lost and we had a great day!  The dark blues ended their 50 overs at 227 for 9, while our lads were all out for 171 some time before their allotted span.  Disappointing yes, but did it affect our enjoyment?  Not at all.  Over 60 Cantabs and guests...

Members of the Cambridge Society explored beautiful Bloomsbury on a walking tour led by Blue Badge Guide Caroline Piper.  The weather was perfect, a balmy spring evening, but the quiet, green garden squares were plagued with pollen blowing in the breeze so that at...

Members of the Cambridge Society explored the ever evolving and changing City of London on a walking tour led by Blue Badge Guide Caroline Piper.  The tour started with post-war rebuilding in the Barbican and ended in the Eastern Cluster (the groups of skyscrapers...

Commencing with drinks and a delicious three-course lunch, we charged up for the afternoon of rowing action waiting to unfold before our eyes. Throwing open our windows, we gladly witnessed our women take an early lead, which developed into a length’s advantage by...

On a chilly Friday evening in April sixteen budding florists made their way through the bustle of  London commuters to the calm and spacious workshop of  the Covent Garden Academy of Flowers. The aim was to discover how to create a flower basket bursting with tulips...

Another most enjoyable evening, this time with a range of artworks by predominantly Far East artists, and at least one in 3D.  We also had a near record - almost 50 of us with our guests. This type of event continues to attract those interested in art in general and...

On Friday 22nd February the Society explored the history of western European art at the National Gallery in a tour led by Blue Badge Guide Caroline Piper.  We started the story with one of the oldest paintings at the gallery, an altarpiece from the 1260s painted in...

Members of the society spent an enjoyable Friday evening at the National Portrait Gallery exploring portraits of Harmless Hanoverians and Victorious Victorians in a tour led by Blue Badge Guide Caroline Piper.  In doing so we covered 200 years of history from 1714 to...

What an evening!  And what a theme - 'Politics - Whatever Next?’!  We sat down to dinner at 7.30 and then John Horam, Baron Horam of Grimsargh, who has been at the centre of politics for over 40 years as an MP in all three major parties, as a Minister, and now in the...

How can one describe a pretty perfect evening other than to say it was pretty perfect?  For four hours the magnificent chandeliered Smoking Room of the Oxford and Cambridge Club in Pall Mall hosted 150 of our members and guests, each suitably dressed, labelled, more...

On Friday 30th November members of the Cambridge Society explored the development of British Art & Design at the V&A in a tour by Blue Badge Guide Caroline Piper.  Our tour took us from the Renaissance design of the Tudor court to the iconic designs of William...

On Friday 2nd November members of the Cambridge Society explored the ever evolving and changing City of London on a walking tour led by Blue Badge Guide Caroline Piper.  We started with post-war rebuilding in the Golden Lane and Barbican estates.  Seen as concrete...