Nigel Jackman, chairman of the Richmond Park Bird and Wildlife Group, gives the BookBox talk at St Mary’s community hall, Long Ditton. His subject: The Birds and Butterflies of Richmond Park.

Nigel Jackman, chairman of the Richmond Park Bird and Wildlife Group, gives the BookBox talk at St Mary’s community hall, Long Ditton. His subject: The Birds and Butterflies of Richmond Park.

Who do you think you are? Learn more about tracing your family tree as Matthew Bowman gives a ‘behind the scenes’ talk on the topic of Genealogy to the Surbiton

Who do you think you are? Learn more about tracing your family tree as Matthew Bowman gives a ‘behind the scenes’ talk on the topic of Genealogy to the Surbiton

The guest speaker at Surbiton Probus Club (which meets monthly at Glenmore House in The Crescent) is the aptly named Stephan Roman, as his talk is about The Romanov Tsars.

Diane Poole’s talk to the Long Ditton Gardening Club is on Gardening for Wildlife. The club meets at Long Ditton village hall, opposite Long Ditton rec, on the 3rd Wednesday

Author Frances Quinn launches her new novel, The Lost Passenger, about the Titanic sinking, on the day of the tragedy’s anniversary. The book tells the story of someone who chose

Author Frances Quinn launches her new novel, The Lost Passenger, about the Titanic sinking, on the day of the tragedy’s anniversary. The book tells the story of someone who chose

Join a historical walking tour of Surbiton in the company of local resident Brian Sullivan. It’s a walk around the town centre, focusing on its pubs, past and present. Meet

Surbiton Bird Club meets at 7.30pm in the hall of St Matthew’s CofE primary school, Langley Road. Tonight, John Hughes gives a talk on The Seagulls of Ascension Island… including

Surbiton author Sharon Wright, whose biography of the Brontë sisters’ mother was a recent publishing sensation, chats on stage to Good Life editor Tim Harrison about researching the Brontës and

The sculptor Dora Gordine who, with her husband Richard Hare, designed Dorich House in Kingston Vale is the subject of Good Life editor Tim Harrison’s talk to the Surbiton Historical

The next Women’s Breakfast to be staged at Surbiton Hill Methodist Church is on Sat, May 9. The guest speaker is the church minister, Vindra. She grew up on the island of Trinidad, and came to the UK in her early twenties to complete her chartered accountancy exams. She subsequently married and stayed in the

Historian Julian McCarthy, a qualified Kingston tour guide, author and founder member of The Malden and Coombe Heritage Society gives a talk on the A-Z of Surbiton, with a little

Surbiton Probus Club meets monthly for lunch and to listen to a speaker at Glenmore House in The Crescent. May’s talk is on The Story of Odette (as told by

The monthly talk to the Long Ditton Gardening Club is on the topic A Slice of Eel Pie Island. It’s being delivered by Celia Holman. The club meets at Long

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi gives the BookBox talk at St Mary’s community hall, Church Road, Long Ditton. An independent peer in the House of Lords, she discusses her book Muslims Don’t

Ali Ferguson will discuss her work, inspiration, processes and materials at an evening entitled Cloth Stories, organised by the Kingston Stitchers group. “Stories lie at the very heart of my

If you want to know more about Thunderbirds, puppet creator Mary Turner is the guest speaker at a BookBox special event at St Mary’s Church hall, Long Ditton. Entry by ticket only, with full ticketing details at: https://www.stmaryslongditton.org.uk/

A talk by Julian McCarthy, a qualified Kingston tour guide and local history author. He relates how, in the heyday of postcard sending (which at one time was the equivalent

From a Hard Place to a Rock is the title of Timandra Slade’s Second World War talk to Surbiton & District Historical Society. She explains: "I was born in London

Merle Nygate, author of espionage thrillers, gives the BookBox talk at St Mary’s community hall, Church Road, Long Ditton. Her new book is The Protocols of Spying, available from The

Merle Nygate, author of espionage thrillers, gives the BookBox talk at St Mary’s community hall, Church Road, Long Ditton. Her new book is The Protocols of Spying, available from The