The Farnham Society arranges four or five illustrated evening talks each year.
Non-members of the Society are welcome.
Talks are at 8.0 pm with welcoming drinks served from 7.30
Venues and entry prices will be posted on this website.
Enquiries to our Social Secretary on 1socsec.fsoc@gmail.com
In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, we have cancelled events for April, May and June Please note change of date and venue, this talk will now be held at St Joan’s Centre on Monday 9 December Garden historian Cherrill Sands will talk about gardens from the Arts and Crafts movement. Friday 15 November at St Joan’s Centre. How Hindhead became home to some eminent Victorians. Monday 1 April, 7:30 for 8:00 The story of Global Warming from a scientist’s perspective. Talk given on Friday 20 September. Evening talk. St Joans’ Centre, Tilford Road. Friday 18 October, 19:30 for 20:00 FALKNER AND BORELLI – MEN WHO CHANGED FARNHAM In 1911 The Farnham Society was founded by the Bishop of Winchester (Lord of Farnham Castle), Charles Borelli and Harold Falkner – two men who On Monday 3 December, Brenda Longman, Ray Murphy with Farnham Rep presented an evening of Christmas inspired entertainment. The performance included exerpts from the following books “The Age of Talk by Neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott and Impressionist Duncan Wisbey Wednesday 26th September 2018 Farnham-born Professor Claire Harman talked about her forthcoming book, ‘Murder by the Book: a sensational chapter in Victorian crime’. It’s the true story of a murder, 4 April 2018, Dr Diana Devlin Diana was chairman of the committee that planned and accomplished the building of Shakespeare’s Globe with Sam Wannamaker and Prof Andrew Gurr. You may have heard her
Our programme
The Story of a Butler’s Christmas
Arts and Crafts Gardens
Evening talk : The Rise and Fall of English Switzerland
Evening Talk: Simon de Montfort
St Joan’s Centre
Simon de Montfort, England’s First Revolution and the Death of Chivalry, 1258-1265
The Story of Global Warming
The Swing Riots in Surrey, 1830
Evening Talk: Harold Falkner, more than an Arts and Crafts Architect
A Cracking Christmas Evening
Talking Brains
Murder by the Book
Rebuilding Shakespeare’s Globe