Event Recaps

One of the more exciting elements of  organising an entirely outdoor event for the Cambridge Society of London is predicting what the weather will do on the day, but thankfully for our tour of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew we needn’t have worried. Not...

On a sunny spring evening Society members enjoyed a walk around Covent Garden led by Caroline Piper.  We explored the beautiful, elegant piazza built in the 1630s as London's first luxury square and learned about how the local people saved the market from...

On the first day of the May Day Bank Holiday Weekend - and a red hot one at that - Lester Hillman (St Catharine’s) took us on a historical mystery tour. In a little over 1.5 miles he managed to cram in a huge range of locational anecdotes and references,...

An informative and amusing evening was enjoyed by Society members on the Modern Art Demystified tour at the Tate Modern with Caroline Piper.  We explored 20th century art movements from fauvism, to abstract art, cubism, surrealism and pop art.  We puzzled...

The evening was remarkable.  Around forty members and guests turned up, plus a number from our Committee, and much enjoyment was had looking at the highly dramatic photos of Patagonia, talking to a representative of the one cruise company that takes...

Much fun was had last night on the Society's Terrible Tudors and Silly Stuarts tour at the National Portrait Gallery, led by Caroline Piper. The group enjoyed tales of Henry VIII and his 6 wives, Elizabeth I and her 0 children, Charles I and his 0 head (it was chopped...

Pulling ahead from the start and maintaining a commanding lead throughout, our boat races party was a great success in 2018. Fortunately, our crews performed likewise, amassing four victories out of four over the course of the afternoon. Those fine races left us with...

On a cold Friday evening in March, just in time for Easter, we once again returned to the Covent Garden Academy of Flowers for another creative, interesting and informative flower arranging class under the expert eye of Cambridge Society member Kim Ropek. Kim's...

Last Saturday 30 of us met in Chiswick for a guided tour of the Fuller's Brewery, producer of the famous London Pride bitter. We learned about the brewing process, Fuller's business and how carefully beers have to be managed once in the pub's cellar to...

We enjoyed a most informative and stimulating evening at the German Historical Institute in Bloomsbury Square, the stylish home of John Nash and featuring notable John Adam ceilings and other decor.  Greeted with welcoming drinks by the Director Professor Andreas...

Our two tours, one in the evening and one in the afternoon, were led by Blue Guide and Society Member Caroline Piper who succeeded in educating and entrancing some 40 of our members. In just two hours each time Caroline took us from 4th Century BC Egypt to...

The End-Of-Year Party in the Oxford and Cambridge Club was a great success. Hosted by David Peace the Society Chairman, and with everyone enjoying the excellent service of Club staff, more than 140 Cambridge alumni/ae from all colleges and...

On a dark Friday night at the end of a busy week in November twenty one Cambridge Society novice florists braved a stampede at Oxford Circus and rush hour on the tube to get to the Covent Garden Academy of Flowers for the Society's very first...

Clifford Chance again did us proud. Around 40 lucky Cambridge souls came together for an evening of focused networking during which each was given a minute to make their pitch – and this time it was the widest range of interests we have ever seen. Being able to...

Leopardi’s Dream, the engravings of Francis West, was the theme that drew three dozen of us together at the Coningsby Gallery in Fitzrovia for an evening of art appreciation and - perhaps equally pleasurably – the appreciation of good...