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The Young Curators’ Club at Burgh House is an after-school group run in partnership with Parliament Hill School. It provides opportunities for young people to work with museum professionals to develop their skills and understanding of museum curation. FREE. More info: https://www.burghhouse.org.uk/whats-on/whats-on/exhibition/burgh-house-young-curators-club

Mike Gyi

🏛️ Burgh House Young Curators’ Club

Burgh House, Burgh House, New End Square, London NW3 1LT, UK

The works in this room bring together a group of artists who lived and worked in Hampstead during a period when the profession was gradually opening up to include women in far greater numbers. FREE. More info: https://www.burghhouse.org.uk/whats-on/whats-on/exhibition/women-artists-of-hampstead

🖼 Women Artists of Hampstead

Keats's passion for Fanny Brawne is expressed in some of his most beautiful letters, but to what extent was their relationship constrained by the courtship conventions of their era? What did it mean for a couple to become 'engaged'? What future could they have hoped for together? And how unusual, or even risky, was their correspondence? Join social historian Amanda Vickery in conversation with literary historian John Mullan to explore one of literature's most famous love stories in the context of its times.

Love Camden

'My Creed is Love': Keats, Fanny Brawne and the perils of Regency courtship

Keats House, 10 Keats Grove, London NW3 2RR, UK

Join us for an afternoon exploring Keats's spooky side.

The year turns and the nights draw in, which makes this the perfect moment to join poets Julia Bird and Mike Sims for a social afternoon of readings and conversation exploring the shadowy side of Keats's work. Expect the Gothic thrills of 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci', the ghostly visions of 'Isabella, or The Pot of Basil' and a summoning of the witches and elves which lurk in the corners of his poems.

Julia and Mike's book 'A Joy Forever: A Walk out with John Keats' (Paekakiriki Press, 2022) is available online and from the Keats House shop.

We will also be serving tea and cake - please do let us know if you have any dietary requirements.

Amy Burgess

When I Have Fears - the Spooky and Sublime John Keats

How do we translate a physical landscape into an invisible feeling? Join critically acclaimed songwriter Étáin for an immersive, two-hour creative writing workshop in the historic grounds of Keats House.

Étáin returns to the very gardens that inspired her song Keats' Garden from her album The Well, recently acquired by the British Library for its permanent collection. Guided by her unique place-based creative framework, this workshop invites writers of all backgrounds to quiet their inner critics, drop the pressure of perfection and treat the environment as a living prompt.

Through soundscape walks, stream-of-consciousness exercises and focused sensory tracking, you will learn to distill physical details into the emotional core of your work. Whether you are a poet, storyteller, lyricist or dedicated journaler, come prepared to explore place and tap into the creativity it sparks.

The workshop will be followed by a 30-minute performance by Étáin.

Writing Place: A Workshop in Place-Based Writing

The Garden Gate's legendary Pub Quiz! Over 18. £2.50. More info: https://the-garden-gate-events.designmynight.com/64df7b5efc4e283b317d59af/pub-quiz

🎲 Pub Quiz

The Garden Gate, 14 S End Rd, Greater, London NW3 2QE, UK

Hampstead

Abbeyhill & Meadowbank

Abbey Wood

Achiltibuie & Summer Isles

Acton

Addiscombe

Aldborough Hatch

Aldgate

Alexandra Park

Alperton

Ancoats & New Islington

Angel

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Archway

Ardwick

Arnos Grove

Audenshaw

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Balham

Bank & Monument

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Barton & Winton

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Beckenham

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Bexley

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Biggin Hill

Blackheath

Blackley

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Bloomsbury

Borough & London Bridge

Bounds Green

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Brentford

Brimsdown

Brinnington

Brixton

Brockley

Bromley

Bromley-by-Bow

Brondesbury Park

Brook Green

Broughton

Broughton & Drumelzier

Brunswick Park

Bruntsfield

Burnage

Burnt Oak

Bush Hill Park

Caledonian Road

Camberwell

Camden Town

Cameron Toll

Canada Water

Canal Street & Gay Village

Canary Wharf

Canning Town

Cannon Hill

Canonmills & Broughton

Canons

Cardrona & Glentress

Carlops

Carshalton

Catford

Chadwell Heath

Charlestown

Charlton

Cheam

Cheetham Hill

Chelsea

Chelsfield

Chessington

Childs Hill

Chinatown

Chingford

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