We are honoured to have the well-known script-writer Maurice Gran speaking to us. Maurice was born in London and lived in Finsbury Park as a child. His father managed a fabric shop in Soho. In her youth, in the 1920’s, Maurice’s mother was a keen essayist, writing poems and articles, mostly for Zionist magazines. She...
Lawrence will present some legal cases to everyone. He will give a basic description of each case and will then ask everybody to pretend to be the judge and tell everyone else what they would do. Lawrence will then add a little more information to the case and will ask again what people would do. Lawrence was born and raised...
Wednesday 17 December at 2.15 pm - at Shul Chanukah Tea Party Come and meet friends, chat and enjoy a special Chanukah Tea and candle lighting and let’s all celebrate together. Please note we make a charge of £5 at each meeting, to cover our overheads.
We hope that you have enjoyed the festive season. We now start our spring programme, having had some excellent events over the winter. We will be starting with the iconic film “Cabaret”, This will be a rare opportunity to revisit this amazing film set in Germany as the Nazis were taking power. Please join us...
Wednesday 11th February 2026 2.15 pm at Shul Speaker: Rachel Kolsky Title: The Festival of Britain, 1951: A tonic for the nation Exciting and futuristic, the Festival of Britain brought fun and colour to post-war austerity London with its Skylon, Dome of Discovery, Battersea Pleasure Gardens (an iconic emblem with specially commissioned...
Wednesday 25th February 2026 Interfaith meeting with Methodist Church, Pages Lane. More info to follow
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Alan Brodie A theatrical journey from 'north of the border' to Broadway. A rare glimpse into the world of the literary agent with Glasgow born Alan Brodie who represents some of the most successful contemporary writers including Emma Rice, Tim Firth of Calendar Girls fame, and David Edgar. He also represents...
Wednesday 25th March 2026 Dr Robin Howard PLAGUE AND THE JEWS - A MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE Recurrent outbreaks of plague have torn through societies from antiquity through the medieval and early modern periods, leaving profound demographic, social, and economic devastation in their wake. Far from being confined to the distant past, plague continued to exert destructive...
Dear Tothites I am running the re-scheduled trip to The British Museum on Wednesday 1 July and hoping that this will be third time lucky as on the last two occasions I have had to cancel due to tube strikes! Here are details:- Wednesday 1 July Guided tour of the Egyptian artefacts at the British Museum. 1.30pm...
