In this final talk for 2022 from the Primrose Hill Lecture Series, Booker-prize winning author Alan Hollinghurst will offer a rare glimpse into the writer’s process as he discusses how his fiction offers a way ‘to write, obliquely and in…
In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th-century history and was then written out of it. Charlotte Philby, the granddaughter of…
8 June Charlotte Philby on Espionage In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th-century history and was then written out of…
Europe’s cathedrals are magnificent edifices, and, in general, grander than most castles and palaces. Simon Jenkins will be giving a talk at St Mary’s on 10 November where he plans to speak about his latest book, Europe’s 100 Best Cathedrals.…
When the pandemic began, Kate Bingham was just as at sea as everyone else in respect to vaccines. She is a managing partner at SV Health Investors and worked on medicines for inflammation, cancer and dementia. At weekends she spent…
Local resident Walter Murch has worked in the film industry for decades. One evening, he was sitting in his editing suite when Marlon Brando walked in. Marlon Brando said to Walter, “People say that I mumble.” Walter agreed he had…
After a bumper Primrose Hill Lecture Series (PHLS) in the summer of 2019, and successfully moving the whole series online in the autumn of 2020 to very positive feedback, the PHLS committee had a few things to consider for 2021.…
Tis the season to be, if not jolly, then at least curious and thoughtful. For those of you who were sad to miss any of our Primrose Hill Lectures, we’ve got a special Christmas surprise: you can now buy the complete…
Jessica Graham from Primrose Hill Books speaks about her involvement with the Primrose Hill Lecture Series. Q: How long have you been involved with the Primrose Hill Lecture Series? I was approached about ten years ago to help with the…
By Giles Watkins. When I was asked to take over chairing the Primrose Hill Lecture Series (PHLS) committee in the autumn of 2018, the outgoing Chair Becky Selman gave me a fabulous handover during a splendid dinner at the much-missed…