Events
Meetings of the London Branch are held at the Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, London W1G 9EB, about seven minutes' walk from Oxford Circus Tube Station.
Meetings start either at 2:30pm (finishing by 4:30pm) or at 7.00 pm (finishing by 9.00 pm). Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided.
Any member of the Society may attend without giving prior notice. Guests are welcome as potential future members.
Zoom meetings are open to members and non-members alike. If you want to join any of the meetings, notify Bernard Lamb at bernardlamb@btinternet.com who will send you the joining details.
Forthcoming event in the KES talks and readings programme
Thursday 19 June, commencing at 7.00 pm, finishing by 9.00 pm Zoom only Bernard Lamb will talk on the subject of ‘Verbal dexterity, wit and English humour'. Attempts to analyse humour are laughably unfunny and unproductive, so this talk will consist largely of examples. These will include...
The current programme
Offers to give talks or suggestions of topics will be most welcome. Please contact Bernard Lamb at bernardlamb@btinternet.com; further details inside the front cover of Quest. He will also be happy to receive nominations for the King’s English Society Prize for Excellent English. They must be of prose published in the particular year, with long items such as books represented...