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11 September 2024 10:00 11:30
Goose Green Coffee Morning is delighted to be hosting this talk by debut author Rachel Blackmore, who will discuss her historical fiction novel, COSTANZA, set in Baroque Rome. COSTANZA tells the story of Costanza Piccolomini, lover and muse of the world-famous sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. We will be open from 11am for coffee, tea and cake; Rachel's talk will begin at 12 o'clock. Copies of COSTANZA will be available for sale. All are welcome to this free event!
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11 September 2024 18:15
The History of Blenheim Gardens Estate and Windmill Gardens with Jon Newman from Lambeth Archives
Wednesday 11 September, 7.15pm (doors open 6.45pm)
Free (please reserve your seat for free on Eventbrite)
Brixton Windmill Centre, SW2 5DA
www.brixtonwindmill.org
This year’s annual talk will explore the history and development of our nearest housing estate, Blenheim Gardens, which was designed by Ted Hollamby in the early 1970s. Jon Newman will discuss the background to the development using documents and photographs from Lambeth Archives’ collection. He will also look at the development of Windmill Gardens park, home of Brixton Windmill.
There will also be an exhibition exploring the history of Lambeth Council’s public housing (1965 to 1980) which has been put together by Christiane Felber from the Bartlett School of Architecture.
Doors open at 6.45pm and refreshments will be available. Our shop will also be open.
Please book your free ticket on Eventbrite or email [email protected] to let us know you are attending.
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11 September 2024 18:30 19:30
Robert Harris is back with a new masterpiece…
Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.
In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless – is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.
As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top secret documents – and suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history.
Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, Precipice is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.
Robert Harris is the author of fifteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy – Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator – Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2 and Act of Oblivion. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television.
Tickets:
Standard ticket: £12
Book & ticket: £32 (includes a copy of Precipice, book RRP £22)
Concession ticket (Under 18) : £10
Book tickets HERE
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