More Events
DAYTIME FUN!
Members have responded positively to the inclusion of a ‘daytime' event in last month's programme, so we are going to make this a regular feature of the programme. This month we are going to see the Modigliani exhibition at the Royal Academy on Tuesday 10 th . Do let the office know if are interested in hosting an event or have ideas for “daytime fun!”
HISTORICAL WALK (No need to book)
A short historical guided walk of the criminal East End followed by a visit to the Ragged School Museum in Bethnal Green.
Meet us outside Whitechapel Underground station at 2pm.
KEW BRIDGE TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY (12 or 7 miles) (No need to book)
Join us on the final stage of our trek from York Minster to Westminster Abbey. For those wishing to walk the full distance, the rendezvous will be Kew Bridge station. Catch the 9.50am train from Waterloo to arrive at Kew Bridge 10.16am. The walk will be along the Thames Path on both the North and South banks. We will stop for lunch at the “Dukes Head” pub on the Putney Embankment – the starting point for the boat race. Those wishing to walk 7 miles should join us at 12.15 onwards if they fancy an early lunch. Or at 1.30pm if you just want to walk. The pub is 200 yards from Putney Bridge and the nearest stations are Putney (trains from Waterloo ) and Putney Bridge (District Line).
FIRST TUESDAY…… (in the spirit of Café Suze) (No need to book)
All Bar One is not too crowded in the evenings and ideal for relaxing, drinking, and chatting with a few friends. Come along and try our new venue and let's keep First Tuesdays one of the most fun and frivolous events in the calendar. Come once again and join the usual suspects!
Do come and join us any time after 6.30pm for reasonably priced food, drink and merriment.
All Bar One is a few minutes' walk from Baker Street station.
HIGHGATE FRENCH CIRCLE (No need to book)
If you can speak enough French to keep going without English (like swimming without a lifebelt) then this is the place for you. New people are introduced to others in this friendly, chatty group. As you probably know, ONLY FRENCH IS SPOKEN. Tonight's theme: - “VENTE DE LIVRES”. Our Big Book Sale : Bring French books, dictionaries, maps, magazines etc or those with a French theme. All in aid of “Médecins Sans Frontières”.
NORTH LONDON BOOK GROUP (Bookable)
Great minds follow the same path so we are also doing The Terrorist by John Updike. We are meeting at the usual time but please ring the office for the venue.
FIRST FRIDAY CLUB, El Barco Latino , Victoria Embankment (No need to book)
We are back at our old favourite. Will the weather goddess be kind to us and let us sit outside or will we be forced below decks? There could well be music for dancing again but we will have to see. We will be there from 6.30 to 9.30 for socialising. Your hosts will be waiting for you but, as it is an early start, we may move on later as more than three hours can be excessive for some even on a Friday night! We very much hope to see you at El Barco (nearest tube Temple ). Cross over the road to the river and it is a few yards along on the right.
DA VINCI'S DILEMMA – THE ELEMENTS OF THE CODE. (No need to book)
The walk begins at 1.40pm at Embankment Tube (Villiers St Exit) and ends at Blackfriars Tube. The walk costs £6.
DAY OUT IN COLCHESTER (with a bit of walking) (No need to book)
Join us today as we go to Colchester . We aim to catch the 9.02am train from Liverpool Street to arrive at Colchester at 10.12am. Colchester is the oldest recorded town. Pliny wrote about it. Today we visit the wonderful Castle, the National History Museum and the Hollytrees Museum which contains much Victoriana.
DURING THE DAY…
MODIGLIANI AND HIS MODELS, Royal Academy (Bookable)
This is the first major exhibition of the sculptor and painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884—1920) to be held in Great Britain for over forty years. The show includes examples of his nudes and portraits together with a small selection of his sculptures and paintings of caryatids. Modigliani's art drew on a variety of sources, from the European figurative painting tradition, to forms of Egyptian, classical and African sculpture. Meet your host at the entrance to Royal Academy at 11am. Tickets are £8 full price and slightly less for concessions.
We will have refreshments afterwards at a venue arrived at by consensual discussion.
NEW SECOND TUESDAY – THE HOBGOBLIN (No need to book)
Welcome to the Hobgoblin in Balcombe Street. This is a 5 minute walk from Baker Street Tube. Pass Glentworth Street where Café Suze used to be, then Gloucester Place and then there is Balcombe Street famous for the siege in 1975. Read about it on the walls of the pub. Do not worry as you walk up Balcombe Street that all appears residential. Surely no pubs here? But carry on and there it is, on the right. Come to think of it, Marylebone Station is also very near. There are a few good beers and the usual selection of wines. Hungry? There is an exotic Thai menu. Main courses are around £8 including Phucket Chilli King Prawns and Jungle Curry. This is a quieter pub than usual so come and join us from 6.30pm and soak up the ambience. We will sit outside if we can!
Yes again it is the usual suspects!
WIGMORE CONCERT(Bookable)
Thursday, 12 October at 7.30 - it's to celebrate Melvyn Tan's 50th birthday so it might be quite popular and difficult to get tickets. Melvyn Tan (piano), Steven Isserlis (cello) Ronald Brautigam (piano). Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens: Sonata in D for two pianos by Mozart.Intermezzo for cello and piano; Scherzo for cello and piano; cello sonata in D minor by Debussy and Flyer for two pianos by Anthony Powers. Please meet your host at the box office at 7pm. The concert starts at 7.30pm.
Please call the office to book. Tickets will cost around £18.
STRADA RESTAURANT RFH Festival Riverside (Bookable)
Strada offers local neighbourhood dining with a superb Italian menu including fantastic up-market pizzas. Quality and fresh seasonal ingredients make Strada a popular destination, and you have a view of the river.
We invite you sit down and join us at 8pm. The Strada is right by the Festival Hall. You will enjoy this event!
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, The Old Vic (Bookable)
This powerhouse of a play reunites actor Kevin Spacey with director Howard Davies, following their award-winning success with another O'Neill classic, The Iceman Cometh. Josie, a towering woman with a quick tongue and a ruined reputation lives in a dilapidated Connecticut farmhouse with her conniving father, Phil Hogan. Together they're a formidable force as they scrape together a livelihood. But Josie's softer side is exposed through her love of Jim Tyrone (Spacey), Hogan's landlord and drinking buddy - a third-rate actor whose dreams of stardom were washed away by alcohol. Meet your host at the box office 7pm.
If possible we will get seats at the back of the stalls at £28.
