Monthly Speaker Meetings are our main event
Members are welcome to attend our Monthly Speaker Meetings in St Mary’s Church, Upper Street. These generally fall on the fourth Thursday of the month. The talks - all by a high-profile speaker - start at 11.00am and doors open at 10.30am to give everyone a chance to first meet and greet over tea or coffee. Greeters at the door keep an eye out for anyone new. View our Monthly Speaker Meeting 2026 calendar.
Upcoming Monthly Speakers
Forthcoming events
16th July 2026
11:00am
Please note that this talk will be held on the 3rd Thursday of the month. It will start at 11:00am but join us from 10:30am for tea, coffee and cakes.
Previous Monthly Speakers
With the permission of our Speakers, most talks are recorded and can be viewed below or in our Archive:
Our Monthly Meeting Register can be viewed here: MM Register
Previous events
25th June 2026
11:00am
Click on the link to view Sue Richards talk on YouTube and see the slide presentation
28th May 2026
11:00am
Vicky Pryce's talk will start at 11:00am but join us from 10:30am for tea, coffee and cakes.
23rd April 2026
11:00am
Martin Plaut's talk starts at 11:00am but join us from 10:30am for tea, coffee and cakes.
26th March 2026
11:00am
Baroness Margaret Hodge's talk will start at 11:00am but join us from 10:30am for tea, coffee and cakes.
26th February 2026
11:00am
Professor Sarah Ogilvie's talk starts at 11:00am but join us from 10:30am for tea and coffee.
29th January 2026
11:00am
Dr Cary Bazalgette's talk starts at 11am but join us for tea and coffee beforehand from 10.30am.
27th November 2025
11:30am
Professor Lewis Dartnell on Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History. The talk starts at 11:30am, following our AGM.
23rd October 2025
11:00am
Criminal Justice: What’s Next? asks Dame Vera Baird, DBE, KC. The talk starts at 11am but join us for tea and coffee from 10.30am.
25th September 2025
11:00am
John and Yoko wrote Give Peace a Chance in 1969. Ian Martin has been working towards it for nearly as long.