CHISWICK, LONDON
WHERE? The Boston Room, George IV Pub, 185 Chiswick High Road, London W4 2DR (map) Nearest station: Turnham Green (mainline), Chiswick Park (tube), Stamford Brook (tube).
WHEN? Once a month on a Tuesday at 11.00 a.m.. See below for dates.
HOW MUCH? £10 ADV. or £12 on the door
WHERE? The Boston Room, George IV Pub, 185 Chiswick High Road, London W4 2DR (map) Nearest station: Turnham Green (mainline), Chiswick Park (tube), Stamford Brook (tube).
WHEN? Once a month on a Tuesday at 11.00 a.m.. See below for dates.
HOW MUCH? £10 ADV. or £12 on the door
RANGERS WITHOUT BORDERS: wildlife rangers on conservation frontlines
TUeSDAY 7th JANUARY @11.00AM
Conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer Joshua Powell discusses the conservation challenges faced by wildlife rangers around the world. From temperate forests on the Azerbaijan-Iran border, home to a rare European leopard, to snow-capped mountain reserves in Kyrgyzstan where former poachers work to protect snow leopards, Joshua explores the livelihoods of individuals working in the ‘world’s most dangerous job’.
Joshua Powell is a conservation biologist, National Geographic Explorer and founder of Rangers Without Borders, a conservation research programme which looks at the anti-poaching capabilities of wildlife rangers, ranger livelihoods and the potential for trans-boundary co-operation, focused on Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Josh is one of the founding members of WWF’s #WWFVoices campaign and was recently named the 2019 recipient of the Scientific Exploration Society’s Explorer Award for Inspiration & Scientific Trail-blazing. |
she is fierce: Amazing female writers that history forgot
TUesday 11th FEBRUARY @11.00am
Many female writers today are achieving the success they deserve but it has not always been that way. Anthologist Ana Sampson seeks out the hidden talent of female writers of the past. Who are these women and why do we not already know their names? From the innovative to the inspirational, discover the stories of suffragettes, aristocrats, schoolgirls and medieval visionaries who make up the hidden history of women's writing.
Ana Sampson is editor of poetry anthologies. including I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud... and Other Poems You Half-Remember from School, Best-Loved Poems and Poems to Learn by Heart. Her latest book is She Is Fierce: Brave, Bold and Beautiful Poems by Women (Macmillan). Ana lived in South West London for fifteen years but now lives in Surrey with her husband, two small daughters and two cats. She spends too much time on Twitter and Instagram (@Anabooks). |