May
28
7:30 pm19:30
Jun
11
7:30 pm19:30
Student London: 200 years of student life in the capital: an illustrated talk by Georgina Brewis and Sam Blaxland
< UCL students with their mascot Phineas, late 1920s. (Source: UCL Special Collections)
Sept
24
7:30 pm19:30
How Napoleon made London the world capital of trade and finance: an illustrated talk by Jerry White; preceded by the Society’s AGM
< James Gillray’s 1803 representation of Napoleon Bonaparte, 'Maniac-ravings - or - little Boney in a strong fit - '
Apr
30
7:30 pm19:30
King’s Cross Railway Lands through 20C artists’ eyes: an appreciation of our industrial heritage: an illustrated talk by Peter Darley
< Wharf Road looking south from Plimsoll Viaduct (© Käthe Strenitz, 1977)
Mar
12
7:30 pm19:30
Charity, hospitals and the British NHS, c.1995-2021: an analysis of web representations of fundraising: an illustrated Zoom talk by Martin Gorsky
< Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (Image: Nigel Cox, Creative Commons, 2008)
Feb
19
7:30 pm19:30
Swiss at 60: an oral history project celebrating 60 years of Swiss Cottage Library
< Swiss Cottage Library in November 1964. (© CLSAC, L B Camden)
Jan
28
7:30 pm19:30
Drowning with books: Harry Widener, Titanic’s Lycidas: an illustrated Zoom talk by Kevin Brown (rescheduled from 15 January)
< Images: Portrait of Harry Widener by Gabriel Ferrier, 1913; and the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard.
This talk was recorded and is available to view on https://youtu.be/pMYHwmkirs4
Dec
4
7:30 pm19:30
London’s Italian soldiers in the First World War: an illustrated talk by Selena Daly
< Self-portrait, Cesare Bianchi, Isle of Man, 1941-42; courtesy of Robert Pirrie, Bianchi Family Archive.
Nov
6
7:30 pm19:30
‘To make nobler and more humanly enjoyable the life of the great city’: the work of The Survey of London: an illustrated talk by Colin Thom
<Recent Survey of London volumes.
The event was filmed and is available on https://youtu.be/luzEkFxkBkw
Oct
23
7:30 pm19:30
Mary Somerville: a mathematician in Regency London: an illustrated talk by Brigitte Stenhouse
< Image: Brigitte Stenhouse with a portrait of Mary Somerville in Girton College, Cambridge
The event was filmed and is available to view on https://youtu.be/WKvAVcHzfeU
Sept
15
7:30 pm19:30
The journals of Henry Sharpe: an illustrated talk by Helen Lawrence and launch of her book
< Cameo profile of Henry Sharpe, merchant (1802-73), in Hampstead Parish Church. (Image: Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre)
Jul
16
7:30 pm19:30
Streets of Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park: book launch and illustrated talks by members of the research team; preceded by the Society’s AGM
< Book cover: Panoramic view across London from Primrose Hill (Photo © Louis Berk, 2013)
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtube.com/live/c09vpndIk-s?feature=share
Jun
12
7:30 pm19:30
George Bernard Shaw and Camden: an illustrated talk by Tudor Allen
< George Bernard Shaw, circa 1884 (© CLSAC, L B Camden)
May
29
7:30 pm19:30
Apr
24
7:30 pm19:30
Mapping Camden: the borough as depicted on maps through the ages: illustrated talks by Gerry Zierler, John King and John Davies
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/6Y8b0cyh44k
< Central Camden area, from CCS Maps from the Past no 7: reproduction of the General Strike Map GSGS 3786A (The County of London, Sheets 1 and 2, 1926).
Mar
31
7:30 pm19:30
An Evening at Burgh House
< 'Spring' design by Kate Greenaway (1846-1901); produced by T & R Boote, Burslem, Staffordshire, 1881. (BH.2019.95)
Feb
11
7:30 pm19:30
Building houses in Camden: achievements and struggles from St Pancras Parish to Camden Council: an illustrated Zoom talk by Linda Clarke
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/7NPM5ueITLQ
< Churchway Estate (Image: Linda Clarke)
Jan
16
7:30 pm19:30
Oliver Heaviside: an electrical genius of the Victorian age: an illustrated Zoom talk by Hugh Griffiths
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/y3DcchPTd9M
< Heaviside blue plaque, 123 Camden Street
Dec
5
7:30 pm19:30
On The Beat from Bloomsbury to Fitzrovia: an illustrated talk by Chris Foster
< Russell Square Gardens, January 2024 (Image: Chris Foster)
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/5-UncHd7NQ0
Nov
21
7:30 pm19:30
Street name plates of Camden: an illustrated talk by Simon Morris
This event was recorded and is available to view here: https://youtu.be/taurufKMRRY
Oct
9
7:30 pm19:30
The Bedford Theatre, Camden Town: an illustrated Zoom talk by Danny Nissim
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/ASMCNaB2o18
Sept
19
7:30 pm19:30
Camden Refugee Stories: an introduction to the Wiener Holocaust Library’s Collections: an illustrated Zoom talk by Yasmin Gledhill
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/tfLSeMjMyIE.
Jul
9
7:30 pm19:30
Jun
27
7:30 pm19:30
St Giles-in-the Fields: the History of a London Parish: illustrated talks by Rebecca Preston and Andrew Saint
This event was recorded and may be watched on youtu.be/u4HjnpRVeQk
< A Cellar in the Rookery, St Giles, by John Wykeham Archer; 1840s (British Museum; Registration number 1874,0314.114)
May
16
7:30 pm19:30
The Streets of Camden Town - a talk by members of the research team
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/5h4iYKuAMBI
Apr
18
7:30 pm19:30
Astro Camden: local astronomical heritage: an illustrated talk by Lester Hillman (Please note change of talk)
< Transit of Mercury as captured at Hampstead Observatory in November 2019 (Image: Lester Hillman)
Mar
21
7:30 pm19:30
Feb
21
7:30 pm19:30
Where Shall She Live? Housing the Working Woman in Edwardian London: an illustrated Zoom talk by Emily Gee
< Dining Room, Warwickshire House, Gower Street, 1920s
Jan
18
7:30 pm19:30
The destruction of Eton’s Chalcot Estate: an illustrated Zoom talk by Peter Darley
This event was recorded and is available here.
Dec
7
7:30 pm19:30
“Nurseries of Disaffection”: Birkbeck and educating working people: an illustrated talk by Joanna Bourke
< London Mechanics’ Institution, Southampton Buildings, 1824
The event was filmed and is available on https://youtu.be/Tvr02ymGgn4?si=LLHJOm7aAWT27ZQ_
Nov
3
9:00 pm21:00
Camdens Worldwide: a Zoom event
This zoom talk was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/gQvG735YiUM
< Camden Place, Chislehurst.
Oct
11
7:30 pm19:30
Artists, Refugees and Spies in Belsize in the 1930s: an illustrated Zoom talk by Averil Nottage
< Collage of photos by Averil Nottage
This event was recorded and is available at https://youtu.be/mfOwKVGAeuA
Sept
28
7:30 pm19:30