Among the many important political and social reforms of the mid-19th century was the Public Libraries Act of 1850. While this allowed municipal boroughs to establish public libraries, few were built until Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887. Then, private philanthropy saw the construction of a vast number of libraries, and by 1914, 62 per… Continue reading The English Public Library 1850-1939 – Susie Barson
Farhana Yamin is best known as a key architect of the Paris Climate Agreement and for her work as a legal and strategy advisor for small island and vulnerable nations, working on their behalf at international climate negotiations. She has been a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well as teaching… Continue reading Climate Crisis – Farhana Yamin
Deborah Moggach has written 20 novels and two books of short stories. Several novels have been adapted for TV and her novel These Foolish Things became the hit film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Tulip Fever also became a film with Judi Dench and Alicia Vikander. She has also adapted other novels and written many… Continue reading Deborah Moggach
Join us to celebrate thirty years of supporting our library, fighting to keep it open and providing monthly events for members. This is a social event for all our members, with refreshments.
Anne Sebba draws on meticulous research and exclusive first hand accounts to tell the astonishing story of the orchestra, its members and the response of other prisoners for the first time. What role could music play in a death camp? Anne Sebba traces questions of deep moral complexity with sensitivity and care. Come and hear… Continue reading The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz – Anne Sebba
The passing of the 1967 Abortion Act was a pivotal moment for women’s health and women’s lives. The culmination of decades of campaigning, it finally ended the horror of deaths from self-induced and backstreet abortions. We will be showing the documentary ‘Kind to Women: how the 1967 Abortion Act changed our lives’, followed by a… Continue reading Kind to Women – How The Abortion Act Changed Our Lives
