The Cambridge Fundraising Committee has generously supported us since 1999. Throughout the year they run a whole host of interesting events to raise money for our Cambridge ‘Homes from Home’, Acorn House and Chestnut Houses. Read on to find out what they have planned this Summer.
To purchase tickets for an event listed below, please email the Cambridge Fundraising Committee or call 07760 232 087.
Monday 18 Sep: BRITAIN’S BRAINIEST CEMETERY
Mark Goldie, Professor of History, will explore one of Cambridge’s best kept secrets: The Ascension Burial Ground, Cambridge, with
an illustrated talk. There is more IQ in this acre than in any other, including three Nobel Prize winners, pioneer women scholars, and founders of new disciplines. The Ascension is also an ‘Alphabet Museum’ of exquisite lettering artistry.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
• Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Tuesday 19 Sep: THE EMPRESS AND THE ENGLISH DOCTOR
Lucy Ward, a Guardian journalist, will give an illustrated talk on her book about Catherine the Great, including when Dr Dimsdale
travelled to Russia to inoculate the Empress and her children in October 1768 against smallpox.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
• Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Tuesday 26 Sep: VERMEER
Paul Shakeshaft, previously Director of Studies of the History of Art at two Cambridge Colleges, Hughes Halland Trinity, will give an illustrated talk about the life of Vermeer and his paintings, including “The Music Lesson”and others exhibited recently at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
• Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Thursday 28 Sep: A FASCINATING LIFE
John de Bruyne, owner of Anstey Hall, will talk about the book he is writing about his interesting life, followed by a tour of the Hall.
• Coffee & Biscuits 10.30hr. Talk 11.00hr. Tickets £15.00
• Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Tuesday 10 Oct: THE SPY WHO LOVED
Clare Mulley, author and broadcaster, will give an illustrated talk about her book “The Spy who Loved”, about Polish-born Countess
Krystyna aka Christina Granville, Britain’s first and longest serving female special agent of the Second World War. She will cover the
vital intelligence Christina smuggled across borders, which prompted Churchill to remark that she was his “favourite spy”.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
• Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Thursday 12 Oct: ‘WORKING FROM LIFE’
James Horton, Past President of The Royal Society of British Artists and a Cambridge-based professional painter, will give an illustrated talk about his own career and other Past Presidents of the Royal Society of British Artists.
• Wine & Canapés 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £18.00
• Anstey Hall, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9LG
Friday 20 Oct: JIM EDE AND THE KETTLE’S YARD ARTISTS
Laura Freeman, Chief Art Critic of The Times and author of ‘Ways of Life: Jim Ede and The Kettle’s Yard Artists”, will give an illustrated talk about Jim Ede’s challenges creating a ’House Museum’.
• Coffee & Biscuits at 10.30hr. Talk 11.00hr. Tickets £15.00
• Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Tuesday 31 Oct: THE HISTORY OF JEWELLERY
James Middleton, international gemstone buyer, will give an illustrated talk about the role jewellery has played in Ancient Egypt,the Roman Empire, the Victorian Period, Art Deco and up to the present day.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
• Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Tuesday 7 Nov: LUNCHEON AT MADINGLEY HALL
Susan Scott, archivist for 30 years at the Savoy Hotel, will give an illustrated talk about the history of the Savoy, including theAmerican Bar and its famous Cocktails. Simon Heffer, Professor of Modern British History at the University of Buckingham and columnist for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, will talk about his latest book “Sing As We Go”, a history of Britain from
1919 to 1939.
• 1st talk at 12.30hr followed by 2 course lunch, wine & coffee
• Gift stalls and Coffee from 11.00hr. Tickets £40.00
• Madingley Hall, Cambridge CB23 8AQ
Thursday 9 Nov: SANDRINGHAM ESTATE
Ben Colson, Head Guide at Sandringham, will give an illustrated talk about the history of the estate, which was bought for QueenVictoria’s eldest son Prince Edward, later to become Edward VII.
• Talk 14.00hr followed by Tea and Cake. Tickets £18.00
• Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB
Thursday 23 Nov: SAVING COUNTRY HOUSES
Ben Cowell, Director General of Historic Houses, which represents 1,500 of the UK’s most significant historic houses, castles and gardens, will give an illustrated talk about how owners succeed in keeping the heritage alive for future generations.
• Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. Tickets £15.00 (includes wine)
• Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom, Cambridge CB22 3AB