Paul McCue is the guest speaker at the monthly Surbiton Probus Club lunch. His topic? Wanborough Manor, the Surrey School for Spies. Probus is a lunch club, with membership open to anyone who has retired or partly retired and who has worked in a profession or in business (hence pro-bus). Membership info from: secretarysurbitonpc@gmail.com
Surbiton historian David Kennedy gives a talk on The History of Seething Wells to Surbiton & District Historical Society in the cornerHOUSE, Douglas Road. Last year Dr Kennedy's talk about war memorials in Surbiton was well-received by society members. 7.30pm (bar open from 7pm) www.surbitonhistoricalsociety.org
Robin Hutchinson, figurehead of the Surbiton-based Community Brain, will give a talk to the Friends of Kingston Museum about a recent project – celebrating 60 years of award-winning fashion at
Do you worry about the climate emergency? The rising air pollution? Food security? Flooding? The cost of living? A People’s Emergency Briefing is being staged at the cornerHOUSE arts centre
John Caddick delivers a talk entitled Birds of the Horn of Africa to the Surbiton Bird Club for its September meeting. This bird, a Meyer’s parrot, is one example. New
Arthur Hook addresses the monthly Surbiton Probus Club lunch, speaking about Raising Awareness of Parkinson’s. Probus is a lunch club, with membership open to anyone who has retired or partly
Surbiton’s beautiful Hogsmill river is the topic for borough biodiversity officer Dr Georgina Fauconier’s talk to the Kingston Society. She’ll talk about the wildlife and the work taking place to
The Daily Mail calls it ‘the most devastating royal biography ever written’, and few would disagree. A sell-out crowd is expected when Andrew Lownie, author of Entitled: The Rise and
Prolific author and historian Dr Jonathan Oates gives a talk to Surbiton & District Historical Society on Agatha Christie and True Crime. Many of Agatha Christie’s best-selling detective stories had their basis in reality. ‘Who killed Charles Bravo, and why?’ asks retired Superintendent Spence in Elephants Can Remember, referring to an unsolved Victorian murder mystery;
Published under the pen-name Tim Flower, lawyer-turned-writer Tim Burton, a Surbiton resident for over 50 years, has now published his second novel… and is being interviewed at the cornerHOUSE by Good Life editor Tim Harrison as part of the arts centre’s Meet The Author series. He describes Belatedly Seeking Sarah as “a poignant, uplifting and gently humorous
Surbiton Historical Society’s Tim Harrison gives a talk entitled Good to Know you Dora at the art gallery above Kingston Museum. Dora built – and worked from – Dorich House in Kingston Vale. Tim got to know her as a reporter on the local newspaper in the 1980s, and shares his personal memories of weekly
Why Poetry Matters is the title of a poetry workshop organised by the BookBox literary club at St Mary’s Long Ditton community hall, featuring poets Heather Cook and Linda Huxley. They will explore what poetry is, where their inspiration comes from and how to get started. Given that research has shown that more people are
It’s the agm of the Surbiton Bird Club. After the formal business is concluded, a guest speaker will give a talk. The club meets regularly at 7.30 pm on the
No, it’s nothing to do with mobile phones! It’s the subject of local historian Dr David Kennedy’s talk to the Kingston Society meeting, 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tolworth’s apple store is a Gothic-style building which once formed part of the kitchen garden of Tolworth Hall, a grand home which burnt down in 1911. It
There’s an aeronautical theme to this month’s Surbiton Probus Club lunch at Glenmore House, where Andy Richardson’s talk is entitled From Spitfire to TSR2 in Just 28 Years. Probus is a lunch club, with membership open to anyone who has retired or partly retired and who has worked in a profession or in business (hence
Stephen Fielding gives an illustrated talk on the history of Kingston Power Station to Surbiton & District Historical Society. Opened by the King in 1948, it closed in 1980 and was demolished (with hundreds of people gathering to watch the two mighty chimneys tumble) 14 years later. Stephen's talk explores the history of the power
Sue Rhodes, one of Surbiton Historical Society's most popular speakers, gives a talk at the cornerHOUSE about the History of Toys and Board Games. With so many bought for Christmas,