Date: Monday, 8 June 2025 Time: 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm Who can attend: Friends of the Collections & their guests Dress Code: Casual Bookings will open shortly. Cost: £15 or if you’d like to give a donation of: *£5 pick the £20 ticket option (any guest ticket will be £15) *£10 pick the £25 ticket option (any guest ticket […]
Amersham Museum brings to life the fascinating history of Amersham and the surrounding villages through an exciting programme of exhibitions and events. Based largely in a medieval hall house, the museum explores life in the town, including its current temporary display Destination Amersham. Sit at a Tudor dinner table, relax in the 1930s living room, or listen to stories in Ron Haddock’s 1960s record shop.
Apothecaries and their partners are invited to apply for tickets to see Tosca at Glyndebourne. Puccini’s masterpiece has never before been performed at Glyndebourne, and this will be a splendid occasion.
Brooklands Museum is in Weybridge, and is a huge Museum looking at both aviation and motoring history. We will meet at 11 o’clock and be taken on a guided tour to some of the highlights. We will then visit the very special and unique Concorde experience, where will have a pre-flight briefing, short film on how Concorde was restored, sit in Concord itself and take off for a virtual Concorde flight!
A ‘Common Hall’ is conjectured to be a survival of the ancient Folkmoot, and in different Companies it can have a number of different purposes. For some, it is where they elect people to their Company’s high offices, or decide who to back for the roles of City Sheriff or Lord Mayor. For some it might be more akin to an Annual General Meeting, and this is the model we’ll be following.
The Society’s major functions are our showpiece events, and are open to Liverymen, Yeomen and their guests. Hosted by the Master and Wardens, official guests may include visiting Masters, Presidents of Royal Societies, senior figures in the world of medicine, pharmacy, the sciences, entertainment, the Armed Forces, finance, politics, and beyond.
Spend an immersive day exploring the history of plant medicine across two exceptional London sites. Begin at Chelsea Physic Garden, London’s oldest botanic garden and a former training ground for the Society of Apothecaries, with a guided tour of its medicinal plant collection led by the Horticulture team, followed by a talk from Medieval Historian Dr Rosalind Lintott drawing on rare books and manuscripts to explore health and healing from the 16th to 18th centuries.
The Master, Dr David Jefferys and the Charity Committee Chair, Dr Stephen Linton invite all members of the Society, both Faculties and Friends to join them for an evening of music, sumptuous food and excellent wines in the candlelight of our stunning Great Hall.
The first rhinoceros to arrive on European soil since the 3rd century AD caused a sensation. It was immortalised in Albrecht Dürer’s famous woodcut of 1515. Although the German artist never saw the animal, his woodcut became one of the most influential images in Western art. Probably no other depiction of an animal has exerted such a profound influence on the arts – despite its inaccuracies, Dürer’s extraordinary image of the rhinoceros has endured. This talk considers Dürer’s rhinoceros in context, and the long reception of this iconic image.
Ben Street led an event for the Livery Committee in 2016 at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, and in April 2024 a walking tour of four private galleries in Fitzrovia and Mayfair. Ben is an art historian and educator, his website https://benstreet.co.uk gives more details.
