Join us for a free Bat Walk around Ruskin Park. The walk will last an hour with an introductory talk by Dr Iain Boulton from Lambeth Council. Meet at the Middle Ferndene Road entrance (entrance next to the toilet block halfway along the road). All ages welcome, and bat detectors will be provided. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring torches if possible. (Dogs OK.)
Admission is free but you must book a ticket on Eventbrite (click here) because space is limited. Families are welcome, but please don't book more places than you can use, and if you can't make it please cancel your booking so others who may wish to attend can find a place.
Organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library and the Friends of Ruskin Park
Tuesday evening, 9 September - 7 pm (6:30 for tea & cake)
At the library (also live-streamed)
On 29 April 1872 a group consisting of a 29-year-old Belgian cook and two English and two French detectives left the train discreetly at Herne Hill station. Marguerite Diblanc, who had been arrested in Paris and extradited, was then taken by cab to police cells in central London. Within weeks she was tried for her life at the Old Bailey. The victim was her employer Madame Riel, a French widow with a shady past, whose actress daughter was the mistress of the Third Earl of Lucan.
The murder had all the elements of a huge scandal, so why did the press fixate instead on the alleged perpetrator's physical appearance?
Historical crime novelist Naomi Clifford digs into theories about criminality and physiognomy and asks whether they played a part in the Diblanc's treatment in the popular press and in the criminal justice system.
13 Park Lane, her novel about the Diblanc case, is published by Bloodhound Books and is available online (multiple platforms) as a paperback, ebook and audiobook and can be ordered from bookshops.
Organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library, working with the Lambeth Library Service
Admission is free, but please register your interest on Eventbrite (this helps with planning).
If you can't make it to the the library, you can watch the livestream on the Carnegie Library Facebook page (no sign in needed). The recording will be available to view for a limited period (usually about 30 days)
Tuesday evening, 12 August - 7 pm (6:30 for tea & cakes)
Published to mark the eightieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War and spanning 2,000 years of our national history, Lest We Forget tells a monumental British story about the pride, pain and personalities involved in remembering war and peace across Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Delving into the individuals and inspirations behind 100 British monuments, acclaimed historian Tessa Dunlop travels the length and breadth of the country to learn more about the people and events which have been memorialised within our local communities.
In doing so, Tessa uncovers a unique story of national warring and national mourning, and reflects on how our memorial-studded country informs the narrative we tell about our history and ourselves.
Featuring powerful testimonies from a cast of military experts and veterans – including Bletchley Park’s Ruth Bourne, Bomber Command’s Colin Bell DFC, and HRH The Duke of Kent – this book serves as a timely reminder of the personal cost of war, the power of remembrance, and that freedom is not free.
ABOUT TESSA DUNLOP
Dr Tessa Dunlop is an award-winning broadcaster, historian, and author. Her previous books include Sunday Times best-selling The Century Girls, The Bletchley Girls, Army Girls and Elizabeth and Philip.
Tessa has featured in numerous historical and royal documentaries on the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 and is co-host of the new Global podcast Where Politics meets History.
Organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library in cooperation with the Lambeth Library Service.
Please register your interest at Eventbrite, to help with planning.
This event will be live-streamed from the Carnegie Library Facebook page, where it will also be available for viewing for a limited period (usually at least 30 days).
Author Kathryn Bullock will be with us to discuss her book TheUltimate Guide to Food: Why Ultra-Processed Food is Bad for Us
After years of meticulous, in-depth research, Kathryn debunks some of the historic food science. She explains why food matters and what we can do about our global health crisis.
Organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library
In cooperation with the Lambeth Library Service.
This event is free and we invite you to attend in person at the library.
However, it will be live-streamed and this livestream will remain available to view on the Carnegie Library Facebook page for a limited period.
Exhibition of Life Drawings by regular artists of SketchPad Drawing
SketchPad, run by artist Lisa Brown, has been going now for 19 years, offering life drawing sessions for local artists and beginners, at The Prince Regent Pub in Herne Hill.
Each week, skilled models devise a variety of interesting poses to inspire the group.
The exhibited paintings and drawings are from sketches and poses lasting 2 to 10 minutes.
Presented in cooperation with the Friends of Carnegie Library and the Lambeth Library Service.
Meet John Cromer – ‘one of the most original comic creations in recent fiction’ (Guardian) – and discover one of the great overlooked adventures in literature.
‘Thank god for John Cromer and his creator Adam Mars-Jones, one of the funniest, most self-aware characters in English fiction, whose minute observations on everything from constipation to lust are a source of unexpected delight.’ - Linda Grant
Join author and critic and novelist Adam Mars-Jones and the Friends of Carnegie Library to discuss Adam’s writing, including just published Caret the third-volume in a trilogy (following Pilcrow and Cedilla).
Admission is free
Please reserve a place with Eventbrite (this will assist with planning).
This event will be livestreamed from the Carnegie Library facebook page and will be available to view for about 30 days.
Organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library in cooperation with the Lambeth Library Service.
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