Event Recaps

On Friday 26th October members of the Cambridge Society were treated to a tour of the superb Medieval and Renaissance galleries at the Victoria and Albert museum, led by Blue Badge Guide Caroline Piper.  The V&A kindly gave us private access to the galleries so we...

40 of us gathered on the stunning 30th floor of Clifford Chance in Canary Wharf for drinks and canapés and general chitchat, introducing each other and breaking a little bit of ground for about half an hour.  Then we went into the ‘1 Minute To Win It’ room and each...

The Cambridge Society of London members had a fabulous evening in the heart of Fitzrovia at Coningsby gallery. The showcase ‘TYPE face’ by Peter Strain featured artwork inspired by figures from words and creating portraits that relates to mortality, love, life and...

A beautiful summer's evening provided the perfect occasion for a stroll through Docklands with Caroline Piper.  We explored the picturesque St Katherine's Docks, built by Thomas Telford 190 years and the centre of the ivory and luxury goods trade before its 1970s...

Members of the Society had a great time exploring London "in the footsteps of James Bond" with Caroline Piper. Things did not start well with thunder, lightning and torrential rain just as the tour was about to start!  However, 20 minutes later the storm abated and we...

On the hottest day of 2018 so far, a group of Society members and their guests enjoyed a walk through the royal parks led by Caroline Piper (Society member and tour guide).  We started at the beautiful Bomber Command memorial in Green Park which captures in a poignant...

It couldn't have been more perfect: clear blue skies, temperatures in the mid 20’s, the lightest of breezes, the men playing on the Main Ground with the pitch close to the Tavern Stand, and almost three dozen of us assembled there in our Society box with staff serving...

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...