A Friends of St Nicholas event at the church in Church Street, W4 2PJ Professor Judith Hawley FSA of Royal Holloway College will give a talk on Alexander Pope, Lord Burlington and the Arcadian Thames. The long friendship between Pope and Burlington grew when the poet and his parents were living for a time in […]
Monday 16 January 2023 The Thames – the Mercenary River For centuries London, one of the largest and richest cities in the world, struggled to supply its citizens with reliable, clean water. Journalist and writer Nick Higham’s talk is based on his book, The Mercenary River, published in 2022. He uses new research to describe […]
Val Bott writes . . . I listed a series of topics for the advertisement of the Winter Scrapbook presentation that Janet McNamara and I gave on Monday evening when we advertised it. Alas, I completely forgot to include the Chiswick Mummers on the day! So, as a seasonal treat, here is the evidence I […]
