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SUMMARY:Literary event: Hugo Vickers talk on 'The Life of Gladys Deacon\, Duchess of Marlborough'
DESCRIPTION:The English-Speaking Union invites you to a reception at Dartmouth House followed by a talk by Hugo Vickers who will discuss his book The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon – Duchess of Marlborough \nAbout the book: \nOne of the most beautiful and brilliant women of her time\, Gladys Deacon dazzled and puzzled the glittering social circles in which she moved. Born in Paris to American parents in 1881\, Gladys emerged from a traumatic childhood – her father having shot her mother’s lover dead when Gladys was only eleven – to captivate and inspire some of the greatest literary and artistic names of the Belle Epoque. Marcel Proust wrote of her\, ‘I never saw a girl with such beauty\, such magnificent intelligence\, such goodness and charm.’ \nGladys was to spend her last years in the psycho-geriatric ward of a mental hospital\, where she was discovered by a young Hugo Vickers. Forty years on\, Vickers has now completely rewritten and revised his original biography\, updating it with previously unavailable material and drawing on his own personal research all over Europe and America. He once asked Gladys\, ‘Where is Gladys Deacon?’ She answered him slowly\, ‘Gladys Deacon? . . . She never existed.’ \nThe Sphinx is a fascinating portrait of this elusive but brilliant woman who was at the centre of a now bygone era of wealth and privilege – and a tribute to one of the brightest stars of her age. \nAbout the author: \nHugo Vickers is a writer\, lecturer and broadcaster\, and an acknowledged expert on the British Royal Family. He has written biographies of the Queen Mother\, Gladys\, Duchess of Marlborough\, Cecil Beaton\, Vivien Leigh\, Princess Andrew of Greece and the Duchess of Windsor. The Sphinx has been a forty-year journey for him since his first meeting with Gladys Deacon in 1975. \nReception from 6.30pm the talk will start at 7.00pm sharp
URL:https://staging.esu.org/event/literary-event-hugo-vickers-talk-on-the-life-of-gladys-deacon-duchess-of-marlborough/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200504T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200504T203000
DTSTAMP:20260617T062020
CREATED:20200310T121259Z
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SUMMARY:ESU Reception and violin recital with Juliette Roos
DESCRIPTION:ESU Dartmouth House: Violin recital with Juliette Roos\n\n\n\nJoin us at Dartmouth House\, home of the English-Speaking Union for a drinks reception followed by a violin recital by Juliette Roos.  \nProgramme: \nTelemann Fantasy no.1 in A major  \nYsaye Solo Sonata no.5 op.27  \nSibelius 5 pieces for violin and piano op.81  \nSyncopation by Kreisler  \nRecital begins at 7pm sharp \nTickets are £28 for members and £35 for guests.  \nAll proceeds from this performance will support the English-Speaking Union’s Educational Programmes\, helping young people to communicate the thrive. \nJuliette is currently a Fellow at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London\, investing in her chamber playing as well as solo repertoire throughout a busy 2019 schedule. \nWith The Accendo Quartet\, Juliette has won first prizes in the St. James Quartet Competition 2017 and the CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition 2018. A recent review of Bartók’s String Quartet no.2 at the Barbican Hall\, London\, noted “The Accendo Quartet embraced the work’s searing\, mysterious intensity…the music brilliantly showcased the young ensemble’s qualities.” (Ivan Hewett\, Daily Telegraph). Other highlights in 2018 for Juliette included The Four Seasons and Yellow Barn chamber music festivals in USA\, the Alderney Chamber Music Festival\, a live broadcast of works by Julian Anderson for BBC radio 3\, quartet concerts across Europe as well as recitals in London and Switzerland. \nSince returning to London for her Master’s degree at GSMD\, studying with David Takeno\, Juliette has collaborated in various chamber groups with notable performances at Barbican Concert Hall\, LSO St. Luke’s and St. Johns Smith Square\, London. She was awarded a full scholarship for her studies and given generous support from the Countess of Munster Trust and won the Manoug Parikian award from the Help Musicians Foundation. \nThe fourth generation of a musical family\, Juliette was born in London and began her violin studies at the age of 5. She joined the Royal Academy of Music\, Junior Department and\, between 2006-2008\, lived in Singapore where she enjoyed her first performance with full orchestra\, Sarasate’s “Ziguenerweisen”. \nIn 2008\, Juliette won entry to the Yehudi Menuhin School to pursue her music centered education\, studying with Lutsia Ibragimova. Her passion for chamber music developed at YMS alongside her soloistic successes\, including The Walter Todd Bursary Prize at the BBC Young Musician 2012 contest where the Strings Final jury described her playing as “absolutely spellbinding.” Subsequent engagements included concerto performances across the UK. \nJuliette has played in master classes for many leading professors including Zakhar Bron\, Shmuel Ashkenazy\, Donald Weilerstein\, Takaya Urakawa\, Lydia Mordkovitch and Ida Kavafian. She completed her Bachelor’s degree at the Haute Ecole de Musique\, site de Sion\, Switzerland under the tutelage of Pavel Vernikov and\, in 2015\, she was multiple prizewinner at the Kloster Schöntal International violin competition in Germany.
URL:https://staging.esu.org/event/esu-reception-and-violin-recital-with-juliette-roos/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200504T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200504T203000
DTSTAMP:20260617T062020
CREATED:20191202T203332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T141915Z
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SUMMARY:ESU Music: Drinks reception and violin recital with Juliette Roos
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Dartmouth House\, home of the English-Speaking Union for a drinks reception followed by a violin recital by Juliette Roos. \nProgramme: \nTelemann Fantasy no.1 in A major \nYsaye Solo Sonata no.5 op.27 \nSibelius 5 pieces for violin and piano op.81 \nSyncopation by Kreisler \n  \nDrinks reception from 6.30\, recital begins at 7pm sharp \nTickets are £28 for members and £35 for guests. All proceeds from this performance will support the English-Speaking Union’s Educational Programmes\, helping young people to communicate the thrive. \nJuliette is currently a Fellow at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London\, investing in her chamber playing as well as solo repertoire throughout a busy schedule. \nWith The Accendo Quartet\, Juliette has won first prizes in the St. James Quartet Competition 2017 and the CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition 2018. A recent review of Bartók’s String Quartet no.2 at the Barbican Hall\, London\, noted “The Accendo Quartet embraced the work’s searing\, mysterious intensity…the music brilliantly showcased the young ensemble’s qualities.” (Ivan Hewett\, Daily Telegraph). Other highlights in 2018 for Juliette included The Four Seasons and Yellow Barn chamber music festivals in USA\, the Alderney Chamber Music Festival\, a live broadcast of works by Julian Anderson for BBC radio 3\, quartet concerts across Europe as well as recitals in London and Switzerland. \nSince returning to London for her Master’s degree at GSMD\, studying with David Takeno\, Juliette has collaborated in various chamber groups with notable performances at Barbican Concert Hall\, LSO St. Luke’s and St. Johns Smith Square\, London. She was awarded a full scholarship for her studies and given generous support from the Countess of Munster Trust and won the Manoug Parikian award from the Help Musicians Foundation. \nThe fourth generation of a musical family\, Juliette was born in London and began her violin studies at the age of 5. She joined the Royal Academy of Music\, Junior Department and\, between 2006-2008\, lived in Singapore where she enjoyed her first performance with full orchestra\, Sarasate’s “Ziguenerweisen”. \nIn 2008\, Juliette won entry to the Yehudi Menuhin School to pursue her music centered education\, studying with Lutsia Ibragimova. Her passion for chamber music developed at YMS alongside her soloistic successes\, including The Walter Todd Bursary Prize at the BBC Young Musician 2012 contest where the Strings Final jury described her playing as “absolutely spellbinding.” Subsequent engagements included concerto performances across the UK. \nJuliette has played in master classes for many leading professors including Zakhar Bron\, Shmuel Ashkenazy\, Donald Weilerstein\, Takaya Urakawa\, Lydia Mordkovitch and Ida Kavafian. She completed her Bachelor’s degree at the Haute Ecole de Musique\, site de Sion\, Switzerland under the tutelage of Pavel Vernikov and\, in 2015\, she was multiple prizewinner at the Kloster Schöntal International violin competition in Germany.
URL:https://staging.esu.org/event/esu-music-drinks-reception-and-violin-recital-with-juliette-roos/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Music,ESU Social
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200407T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200407T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T062020
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SUMMARY:Literary event: In conversation with author Ingrid Persaud ONLINE EVENT
DESCRIPTION:The English-Speaking Union welcomes you to an evening in conversation with Ingrid Persaud\, who will be talking about her new novel Love after Love. \n \nBorn in Trinidad\, Ingrid Persaud won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2017 and the BBC Short Story Award in 2018. She read law at the LSE and was a legal academic before taking degrees in fine art at Goldsmiths College and Central Saint Martins. Her writing has appeared in Granta\, Prospect and Pree magazines. Ingrid lives in London and Barbados. \nAbout Love after love: \nMeet the Ramdin-Chetan family: forged through loneliness\, broken by secrets\, saved by love. Irrepressible Betty Ramdin\, her shy son Solo and their marvellous lodger\, Mr Chetan\, form an unconventional household\, happy in their differences\, as they build a home together. Home: the place where your navel string is buried\, keeping these three safe from an increasingly dangerous world. Happy and loving they are\, until the night when a glass of rum\, a heart to heart and a terrible truth explodes the family unit\, driving them apart. Brave and brilliant\, steeped in affection\, Love After Love is a novel full of heart which asks us to consider what happens at the very brink of human forgiveness\, and offers hope to anyone who has loved and lost and has yet to find their way back. \n‘Love After Love took me by surprise. I loved the kindness of Mr Chetan\, the vulnerability of Solo and the force that is Betty. Tender\, glorious\, bold\, and yes\, messy too with a voice that has a vibrancy of its own. I was gripped by the sheer punch of the writing.’ Rachel Joyce \nThe in conversation with Ingrid Persaud will start at 7.30pm sharp. \nProceeds from this event will support the English-Speaking Union’s work in Guildford\, helping young people to communicate and thrive. \nbook your ticket here
URL:https://staging.esu.org/event/in-conversation-with-ingrid-persaud/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200331T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200331T200000
DTSTAMP:20260617T062020
CREATED:20200110T202957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T134746Z
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SUMMARY:London Region: Book talk 'Churchill’s Abandoned Prisoners' by author Rupert Wieloch
DESCRIPTION:The English-Speaking Union London branch invites you to a Talk by Rupert Wieloch on his latest book\, Churchill’s Abandoned Prisoners. \nDrinks will be served from 6.30pm\, the talk will start at 7.00pm sharp \nOne hundred years ago a group of fifteen British soldiers serving with the British Mission to Siberia were captured by the Red Army on Russian Christmas Eve (6th January). They were held in a lice-infested room at Krasnoyarsk for three months\, whilst Prime Minister Lloyd George’s representative signed a prisoner exchange treaty with Lenin’s envoy in Copenhagen. One of the prisoners was a young Captain Brian Horrocks (played by Edward Fox in the film A Bridge Too Far)\, who succumbed to epidemic typhus\, but was saved by his best friend who nursed him through the illness. In March\, the prisoners were escorted to Irkutsk where a British train arrived to pick them up\, but the Bolshevik authorities only allowed the women and children to leave and sent the sespondent soldiers 3\,500 miles to hateful prisons in Moscow. \nIn his talk at the English-Speaking Union\, Rupert Wieloch will describe how the soldiers maintained moral and coped with their fearsome ordeal and explain what the War Secretary\, Winston Churchill\, did to secure their protracted release. Rupert was educated at Winston Churchill’s alma mater and completed a Fellowship in International Relations at Pembroke College\, Cambridge during a 35 year career in the British Army. His extensive research includes a treasure-trove of unpublished documents and archives from Philadelphia\, London\, St Petersburg and Oxford. \nAfter the talk Rupert available to sign copies of his latest book\, which will be on sale. \nBookings can be made through Eventbrite: https://esuchurchilltalk.eventbrite.co.uk or by sending a cheque to Events\, English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London W1J 5ED.
URL:https://staging.esu.org/event/london-region-book-talk-churchills-abandoned-prisoners-by-author-rupert-wieloch/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jane Reid":MAILTO:janereid440@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200317T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200317T153000
DTSTAMP:20260617T062020
CREATED:20191202T204741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200316T103511Z
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SUMMARY:Spring lunch at Dartmouth House
DESCRIPTION:We regret that this event has been postponed until further notice. For more information please call 020 7529 1550 or email events@esu.org.
URL:https://staging.esu.org/event/springlunch/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191210T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260617T062020
CREATED:20190701T220435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190701T220435Z
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SUMMARY:English Speaking Union AGM
DESCRIPTION:Please save date date for the English-Speaking Union’s AGM\, details coming soon…
URL:https://staging.esu.org/event/english-speaking-union-agm/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191119T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191119T200000
DTSTAMP:20260617T062020
CREATED:20190809T114013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T193859Z
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SUMMARY:London Branch: Alexander Ullman Piano Concert at Dartmouth House
DESCRIPTION:The English-Speaking Union London Region Branch welcomes you to an intimate evening piano recital with the winner of the 2017 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition\, Alexander Ullman. \nProgramme \nLiszt – Harmonies poétiques et religieuses Nos. III\, VII and X \nTchaikovsky/Pletnev – Nutcracker Suite \nStravinsky/Agosti – Firebird Suite \nDrinks from 6.30pm \nRecital begins at 7pm sharp\, the recital will end at approximately 8.30pm. \nAll proceeds from this performance will support the ESU’s Educational Programmes. \nPlease reserve your ticket here: https://esupianoreception.eventbrite.co.uk or send a cheque to English Speaking Union\, Dartmouth House\, London W1J 5ED. \n 
URL:https://staging.esu.org/event/london-branch-alexander-ullman-piano-concert-at-dartmouth-house/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jane Reid":MAILTO:janereid440@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191031T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191031T233000
DTSTAMP:20260617T062020
CREATED:20191028T101900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T101900Z
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SUMMARY:Dartmouth House early closure
DESCRIPTION:Dartmouth House will be closing at 5.00pm on Thursday 31 October for a private event.
URL:https://staging.esu.org/event/dartmouth-house-early-closure/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190704T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190704T200000
DTSTAMP:20260617T062020
CREATED:20190604T114533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190612T143800Z
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SUMMARY:The English-Speaking Union's Summer Reception
DESCRIPTION:The Rt. Hon. the Lord Boateng\, Chairman\, the English-Speaking Union and the Board of Governors request the pleasure of your company for drinks to celebrate the end of our centenary year and to launch the next 100 years. \nThe early evening reception will be hosted at The English-Speaking Union\, Dartmouth House\, 37 Charles Street\, London W1J 5ED.
URL:https://staging.esu.org/event/the-english-speaking-unions-summer-reception/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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