Tara will talk about how she got into the world of food – from turning up at The Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland to working six months later in Yotam…
The Wandle was once described as the hardest working river for its size in the world. It has been home to mills since Roman times, and thirteen mills were listed…
Michael Glover will talk about both Van Gogh and his lifelong love of poetry, and also read from ‘Vincent’s Poets’, his own book of poems written in response to Van…
Highlights from our annual report will be presented by the Chair of The Clapham Society, Mark Leffler. Later our guest speaker, Sarah Langford will present some of the insights from…
These markers tell us more than just street names. Erected on private initiative and then by the vestries, they show civic endeavour seeking to bring order to the growing suburbs….
In her talk Dr Geraldine Morris will focus on Katti Lanner’s significance in the world of dance. There were no female choreographers in the 19th century, making Lanner, who ran…
Alluding to Messenger’s description of Samson’s pulling the pillars down in Milton’s Samson Agonistes, Donald Macintyre will point out how the poem underlines the age-old nature of conflict over Gaza.
Jim Grover will reveal the 200-year history of Trinity Almshouses on Acre Lane in Brixton. Aspects he will cover include life as an almshouse resident in the 19th century as compared…
Graham Greene set The End of the Affair on North Side and Ian McEwan has two of his characters (in Atonement) visiting Clapham and Holy Trinity Church. Clapham has long been the inspiration…
The two young circus artists who modelled for Renoir in his Paris studio in the 1870s were unknown until Angeline Wartenberg wrote from Clapham to her niece in California in…
As Eden celebrates its Silver Jubilee, Head Gardener Benny Hawksbee will tell us about the successes of gardening for wildlife in an urban environment. As a biologist and self-taught entomologist, Benny will…
Mark Ashworth was keen to talk to the Society about the green energy schemes he had introduced into his Clapham home. Very sadly, Mark died on 8 October, aged only…
