Events

“For your guidance : Events are listed in chronological order, Forthcoming Events first, below that Recent Events with links to selected announcements, and reports on events.

“Please scroll down for selected Announcements of, and Reports on Recent Events

Forthcoming Events

These Anglo-Netherlands Society events were earlier announced in the Society’s  Newsletters : either the twice-annual printed editon, or the electronic-only PDF E-NEWS.

Selected events are open to non-members, who may join an event as a Member’s Guest (if sufficient places available) or ask to be a paying guest; please e-mail : events ‘at’ anglo-netherlands.org.uk to find out whether this applies to an event you are interested in.

Clickable links are shown in bold maroon-brown type, keywords are in bold blue type.

Kew Gardens – private guided tour

On a Wednesday towards the end of August– 2.15pm

Additional information can be accessed via this link.

Visit to the House of Lords

on a Tuesday in September – 11.00am – 3.00pm

Additional information can be accessed via this link.

Reception & Talk Shell Centre South Bank SE1

On a Thursday in September – 6:00pm-8:00pm

Additional information can be accessed via this link.

Members’ Dinner SAVE THE DATE Reform Club

on a Friday in November 7.00pm10.15pm

Additional information can be accessed via this link.
(in the future, ‘please click here to access the online booking form’)

 

Recent Events

Clickable links are shown in bold maroon-brown type, keywords are in bold blue type.

Lists of speakers and venues for Members’ Dinners and Unilever Lectures in past years can be accessed through the links earlier in this sentence.

Recent Events in chronological order:

Reports on selected events which took place during 2023:

  • Carel Fabritius – an online talk by Mrs Clare Ford-Wille, evening of Thursday 26 January, Members and Invitees.
  • Harrow School, Private Historic Tour, Thursday 9 February, 2pm, Members only.
  • “The Van de Veldes”, sea-scape painters, Unilever Lecture, by Dr Imogen Tedbury, Curator of Art, Members only.
  • “Art and the Sea”, Self-guided Tour, viewing the collection of Van de Veldes at The Queen’s House, Greenwich, Wednesday 19 April, 2pm.
  • ‘Visit to the Netherlands’-‘three nights / two days in the middle of May’, Members Only. Additional information can de accessed via this link.
  • ‘After Six’- *new event* – Vagabond Victoria wine bar On a Thursday in June, 6-8pm at the Vagabond Victoria wine bar.
    Additional information can be accessed via this link.
  • Chiswick House & Gardens : private guided tour, on a Tuesday in June – 11am-3pmAdditional information can be accessed via this link.
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Reports on selected events which took place during 2022:

 

Reports on selected events which took place during 2021:

 

Reports on selected events which took place during 2020:

  • “Top Secret – From Ciphers to Cyber Security” on Thursday 16 January at 2pm, Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW3 2DD, preceded by optional lunch
  • “The remarkable journey of Mr Prins” by Aletta Stevens (member of our Society), inaugural online book discussion on 16 July at 7.30pm, free to Members.
  • “Inside Covent Garden” : virtual / online guided walk with Karen Pierce-Goulding, winner of the prestigious Blue Badge Guide of the Year Award, on 29 July a 3.00pm.
  • Fulham Palace Guided Tour on Saturday 12 September at 11am, one hour, costs payable, due to Covid restrictions only two groups of six Members could take part.
  • “My name is Selma” : online book discussion and interview with Selma van de Perre, member of our Society, on her remarkable autobiography, on Wednesday 25 November at 7.30pm, free to Members.

 

Reports on selected events which took place during 2019:

Reports on selected events which took place during 2018:

  • Shot down and on the Run” – the annual Unilever Lecture, by Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork, MBE, BA, FRAeS reviewed the creation and activities of the Dutch squadrons within the Royal Air Force in the European Theatre during World War Two. On the evening of Tuesday 13 March at 6 for 6.30pm at a Central London location.
  • “Reformation Treasures” – a private “show and tell” event by Marja Kingma, curator Germanic Collections, Dutch Languages, on Tuesday 17 April at 11.00am.
  • London Walk : RAF 100, a guided walk through Westminster, with a Blue Badge Guide who also ia a member of our Society. On Saturday 8 September at 11am.
  • Sandycombe Lodge : JWM Turner’s Home, guided visit of Turner’s House in Twickenham, lunch at The Crown, and a visit to Orleans House Gallery. Wednesday 3 October from 11.30am – 3.30pm.
  • Members’ Dinner with guest speaker the Hon. Peter Wilson CMG, H.M. Ambassador to the Netherlands, on the subject “The Netherlands and the United Kingdom: the bilateral relationship and our common interests”, at the Reform Club, Pall Mall, London. On Friday 16 November at 7 for 7.45pm.

 

Reports on selected events which took place during 2017:

  • ‘Learning a hard lesson : the Dutch in the Medway 1667’ – the annual Unilever Lecture, by Professor Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History, Department of War Studies at King’s College, on a Tuesday in March, reception at 6pm, introduction at 6.30, followed by buffet supper;
  • “Purcell Club : a Private Musical Tour of Westminster Abbey in the evening” – one of only ten Tours annually, taking in parts of the Abbey where public access is usually restricted, on a Saturday in May at 6.45pm;
  • Battle of the Medway : 350th anniversary, a day along the Medway : Chatham Dockyard, Upnor Castle and a mini-cruise on the river, on a Saturday in June;
  • Alma-Tadema Exhibition, Leighton House, a Guided Tour at the exhibition themed around Alma-Tadema’s interest in antiquity, his paintings – with their sensuous depictions – evoke a Hollywood vision of the domestic interior in Ancient Greece and Rome, on a Saturday in July, at 11am;
  • Members’ Dinner at the Reform Club, Sir Nigel Sheinwald GCMG, a former British Ambassador to the E.U. and the U.S.A., now among others a non-executive director at Royal Dutch Shell ans visiting professor at Kings College London on : “Britain and the World after Trump and Brexit”. Friday 17 November at 7 for 7.45pm.

 

 

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