Lord Burlington, Duchess Georgiana and the Chiswick gardens, 20 February 2023

Monday, 20 February at 7.30pm

This illustrated talk will be given by Dr David Jacques OBE, historian of gardens and designed landscapes and author of Chiswick House gardens: 300 years of creation and re-creation, published in 2022. He is THE expert on Chiswick House Grounds; his expertise comes from his detailed research and also from his very long association with the Chiswick House estate as an adviser and a trustee. It will be an excellent evening at which all are welcome.

There is no charge to join this on-line event but please reserve your place via Ticket Tailor The ticket includes your Zoom link

Our audience will be admitted from about 7.15pm and the talk will start at 7.30pm; the meeting will end at about 9.00pm

Copies of David’s book are available on our book shop page

‘Sacred to the Muses’: Pope, Burlington & the Arcadian Thames, 9 February 2023

A Friends of St Nicholas event at the church in Church Street, W4 2PJ

Pope’s Villa at Twickenham by Joseph Nickolls, about 1755. Yale CBA, B1976.7.135

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 the house which became the Mawson Arms and Burlington was beginning his work on the gardens at Chiswick House.

Doors open 6.30pm, when refreshments will be available, and the talk starts at 7pm
Admission is free for members of the Friends, and non-members are asked to make a donation of £12.00 (£10.00 concessions)

The Thames: the Mercenary River, 16 January 2023

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 remarkable technological, scientific and organisational breakthroughs and also a story of greed and complacency, high finance and low politics

There is no charge to join this on-line event but please reserve your place via Ticket Tailor

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