Events

Meetings 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 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 would like to join any of the meetings, please send a request to enquiries@kingsenglishsociety.org and we will send you the joining details.

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN THE KES TALKS AND READINGS PROGRAMME

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Thursday 29 January 2026, commencing at 7.00 pm, finishing by 9.00 pm

Zoom only

Susan McKenna: Southern African English

Susan McKenna will speak about vocabulary and expressions in the English of southern Africa - a blend of British English, Southern Hemisphere influences, and local linguistic inventiveness.

Susan grew up and taught English in Zimbabwe, and has ties with South Africa.

Zoom meetings are open to members and non-members alike. If you would like to join the meeting, please send a request to enquiries@kingsenglishsociety.org and we will send you the joining details.

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Thursday 12 February 2026, commencing at 7.00 pm, finishing by 9.00 pm

In person at the Medical Society of London and on Zoom

Members' Poetry Readings

Members do not have to read but are invited to do so, with poems about love being topical before St Valentine's Day. Other subjects are welcome. People usually have a chance to read more than one poem. 

The Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, London W1G 9EB, is about seven minutes' walk from Oxford Circus Tube Station. Any member of the Society may attend without giving prior notice. Guests of members and QES Forum members are welcome as potential future members. Tea, coffee, and biscuits will be provided.

Zoom meetings are open to members and non-members alike. If you would like to join the meeting, please send a request to enquiries@kingsenglishsociety.org and we will send you the joining details.

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Thursday 12 March 2026, commencing at 7.00 pm GMT, finishing by 9.00 pm GMT

Zoom only

Ray Ward: Philip Larkin and Me

Ray was at the University of Hull when Larkin was the Librarian. He met Larkin (Ray too was a Chartered Librarian) and became interested in matters Larkinesque. He is a member of the Philip Larkin Society, has attended many of its events, and contributed to its journal, About Larkin. He will tell us about his interest in a distinguished and sometimes controversial figure.

Zoom meetings are open to members and non-members alike. If you would like to join the meeting, please send a request to enquiries@kingsenglishsociety.org and we will send you the joining details.

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Thursday 16 April 2026, commencing at 7.00 pm BST, finishing by 9.00 pm BST

Zoom only

Adrian Williams: The Sixteen-Dimensional Universe

When people read a newspaper article or a report or a book, they bring to bear critical faculties in sixteen different dimensions - often unwittingly.  Writers need to know what those dimensions are, and how to treat them so as to keep their readers onside.  Adrian Williams ventures into the complex space of writing, alerting potential authors to a few common yet unsuspected hazards.

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Offers to give talks or suggestions of topics are most welcome. Please contact enquiries@kingsenglishsociety.org