Tuesday 11 January 2022

"THE FUN AND FUNCTION OF FILM FESTIVALS, PRE- AND POST-PANDEMIC" with Phillip Bergson

"THE FUN AND FUNCTION OF FILM FESTIVALS, PRE- AND POST-PANDEMIC" @PhillipBergson is a BBC broadcaster, arts critic, and cineaste. Thursday 13th January 2022 - 6:30pm GMT RSVP/more info https://link.outsavvy.com/phillipbergson

Thursday 16 December 2021

Season's Greetings

As this year ends, we commemorate all that happened and did not due to the Pandemic, today fortified with spirit or Champagne, we look forward to 2022 and invite you to join me, wherever we are, in drinking to the prosperity of The Network.

I very much look forward to seeing you at the Civil Service Club on Thursday 13th January to hear Phillip Bergson.

Happy New Year!

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"THE FUN AND FUNCTION OF FILM FESTIVALS, PRE- AND POST-PANDEMIC"

Thursday 13th January at 6:30pm

Phillip Bergson is a BBC broadcaster, arts critic, and cineaste.

While attending Bradford Grammar School in his native West Yorkshire, he won the New Statesman's Student Journalist of the Year competition with a satiric feature on "The Rape of the Cinema".

With the prize money he attended the Venice Film Festival and his vacation became a vocation.

As a Classics Scholar at Balliol College, he founded the Oxford Film Festival, the first competitive event for feature films ever held in Great Britain, and on graduating was selected by The Sunday Times as a "New Critic".and by BBC Radio as a regular reviewer, interviewer, script-writer and presenter.

He has contributed articles to a variety of publications and programmes on TV, online. in print, and interviewed many Hollywood legends in several languages,(including Sergio Leone in Latin) working also a consultant at the European Script Fund, casting agent, Jury Member and co-organiser of countless film festivals from Madrid to Mannheim, Rotterdam to Rio, and Chicago to Tashkent.

An occasional actor, he created the "Eurovisions" cinema project at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, and has organised many film premieres, panels, and seasons, and masterclasses in the Prague Film School and other venues.

He will outline the history and development of the phenomenon of the film festival, with anecdotes of red faces on the red carpets and behind-the-scenes revelations of the rivalries between Cannes, Berlin and Venice, and how the festival circuit (of over 2,000 annual events) is currently coping with more recent Interesting Times, and is adapting to the Curse of Cathay and other COVID crises.

The presentation will be followed by a Q & A session.

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Monday 25 October 2021

Television for the Environment - Diwali and COP26 Reception at Oriental club on 2 Nov at 6.30pm to 9pm Inbox

Television for the Environment - Diwali and COP26 Reception at Oriental club on 2 Nov at 6.30pm to 9pm

Inbox

Dear Friends

tve which I chair is holding a Diwali and COP26 Celebration Reception on Tuesday 2 Nov at 6.30pm to 9pm at Oriental Club to:

1 promote our 10th Anniversary GSFA ( Global Sustainability Film Awards ) at BAFTA

2 update everyone on tve's COP26 activities

3 raise funds for the ongoing work of tve.

I attach the flyer for the event. The cost of a ticket is £75 payable to Television for the Environment.

I have an allocation of 30 tickets for this event as my co-hosts have got the remaining allocations for their friends

If you would like to join us for this event please let me know as soon as possible as tickets are selling fast and there

are not many left.

It should be a very glamourous affair as dress code is Indian /cocktail /business wear.

With best wishes

Mei Sim

Mei Sim Lai OBE DL

Chair

tve ( television for the environment )

Charity no 326585

07903 153 793

Foundling Museum Events

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15 October 2021

Discover our latest season of music

Take a look at the musical offerings we've got coming up

This autumn and winter, join us for packed schedule of concerts taking place in the Museum. We're excited to welcome you back in person, and our line-up is sure to delight music lovers wanting to enjoy live performances once again.

Pick a tune

London Handel Festival Prize-Winners Recital with Bloomsbury Festival

18:00, Sunday 24 October | £12 via the London Handel Festival box office

Enjoy an hour-long Handel recital from two of the most talented young singers from the baroque music world, Jerome Knox and Ruairi Bowen, in the intimate and beautiful setting of our Picture Gallery, which has historic links to Handel.

Book now

Harpsichord Recital by Bridget Cunningham

19:00, Friday 19 November | £15, £10 concessions, including Handel Institute conference delegates

Join harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham, the artistic director of London Early Opera, to see her perform a recital of music taken from Handel’s magnificent Eight Great Harpsichord Suites and the aria and ouverture arrangements including keyboard music from Muzio Scevola HWV 13.

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Christmas Family Concert

15:00, Sunday 12 December | Free with Museum Admission

Gather the little'uns for a family-friendly concert with Trinity Laban Conservatoire graduates Rebecca Speller on flute and Imma Setiadi on piano. They will perform Reinecke’s flute sonata, which tells the stormy tale of the water spirit Undine, along with other popular flute and piano works by Bach and Poulenc.

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Sea Shanties Workshop

14:00 &15:30 workshop times, Saturday 5 February | £8, concessions & Foundling Friends £6

Ahoy landlubbers, come learn and sing sea shanties with the London Sea Shanty Collective. A community choir – based in East London – they sing shanties and maritime songs with one eye to the tradition and the other to the future. Each workshop runs for 35 minutes and is suitable for all ages.

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Annual study day on music in Eighteenth-Century Britain

10:15-17:30, Friday 26 November | £18, including lunch and refreshments

If you're looking to expand your musical knowledge, sign up for the 37th annual study day of papers, presentations, discussion and networking opportunities for students, scholars and all those interested in music in eighteenth-century Britain.

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Free concerts in the Museum

We have monthly Thursday and Sunday afternoon concerts which take place in our Picture Gallery. These are included in the price of admission, so don't forget to check out when these will be taking place when you're booking your entry tickets.

See our full list of afternoon concerts

Sunday 24 October 2021

Behind the Headlines: Afghanistan

Dear Jean-Francois,

The fall of Kabul and the subsequent crisis shocked the world and shone a light on the situation facing refugees arriving in the UK. Nearly three months on, Breaking Barriers and UK for UNHCR are pleased to invite you to an exclusive briefing on the situation today and the role that business and individuals can play in supporting displaced people and refugees.

Date: Tuesday 9th November
Time: 09:00am - 10:00am
Venue: Online (Zoom, link below)

RSVP: To attend please register in advance here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7816336227674/WN_Ssz7RnpNRK6yPc_GDOeseA

Hosted by global migration expert Julia Onslow-Cole, Partner at global immigration specialist law firm Fragomen and Breaking Barriers Trustee, the panel will include:

Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor, UNHCR's Representative to the UK

Matthew Powell, CEO and Founder of Breaking Barriers

Emma Cherniavsky, CEO of UK for UNHCR

Zahida, a client of Breaking Barriers from Afghanistan

Yindi Gesinde, Partner at global law firm, Baker McKenzie

We would be delighted if you could join us to explore how businesses and individuals can turn compassion into action, understand more about what it's like to arrive in the UK as a refugee, and hear how a global law firm has already taken action to mobilise their support.

We hope to see you there.

Best wishes,

Andrew

Andrew Fordham

Head of Philanthropy

07748 455036 | www.breaking-barriers.co.uk