Event Recaps

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...

This year about 180 eager, excited, apprehensive teenagers from London schools came together for the Society’s Freshers’ Evening in central London and settled in for a couple of hours of friendship-making, networking, fact-finding, experience-sharing and...

The 2017 Varsity Match at Lord’s With perfect weather and a perfect gathering of the Society’s Cambridge chums and their guests, plus a pretty good selection of drinks of various strengths served by our own staff in our own box in the Tavern Stand, all looked set for...

On May 25th a group of 20 members met at the Coningsby Gallery for another evening of conversation and networking accompanied by wine and canapes. As with previous evenings at the gallery, the art on display provided an interesting talking point. Organised by David...

  Most generously our Society Member and expert guide Lester Hillman took two groups of us, at 11.am and at 6.30 pm, through the main streets, back streets, secluded alleys and hidden corners of the Angel, Clerkenwell and Smithfield, informing and entertaining us...

Twenty-five Society members and guests met outside the Tate Britain on a blustery, slightly drizzly Thursday evening for our London on Film walking tour led by Cambridge alumna Caroline Piper, a fully qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guide. Caroline led us on a...

Entering the Freemason's Hall, the home of the Metropolitan Grand Lodge, the centre of London Freemasonry, forty Society members and guests left the hustle and noise of Covent Garden behind us for an evening exploring this magnificent building, learning about...

For the sixth year running we enjoyed superb views over the start of the boat races from our Victorian-style drawing room on the first floor of an elegant Grade II listed building. With a three-course meal, our own bar, a television and excellent company, what more...

This was the second evening held at the Coningsby Gallery in Tottenham St, a minute from Goodge St station, and again it was very enjoyable. Some 45 of us gathered in the most informal way for drinks, sandwiches and exotic nibbles to view a...