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What do you fancy learning? The history of Berkhamsted? No problem. Sign up with one of our event partners listed below. Intrigued how an author creates their plot? Find out at the annual Berkhamsted book festival. Mad for nature? Discover one of the many walks and talks right on our doorstep. Inspiring lectures with live speakers are dotted throughout the calendar – make sure you add them to yours.

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‘A Heathy Mind in a Healthy Body – how the Victorians made us jolly good sports’. An illustrated talk by Simon Inglis.

18/10/2023, 10:00 am
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12:00 am
Organiser: The Arts Society Gade Valley
Location: Potten End Village Hall
10 Common Gardens
Potten End
Hertfordshire
HP4 2RH
United Kingdom
Summary: Monthly Lectures on the Arts and Design. Open to members and guests are welcome.
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‘Gauguin, Gauguin, gone……….’ a talk by Michael Howard

17/04/2024, 10:30 am
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11:30 am
Organiser: Arts Society Gade Valley
Location: Potten End Village Hall
10 Common Gardens,
Potten End
Hertfordshire
HP4 2RH
United Kingdom
Summary: 'Gauguin, Gauguin, gone..........' a talk by Michael Howard.
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‘Poles Apart’

21/12/2022, 8:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Organiser: Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society
Location: Town Hall
196 High St
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 3AP
United Kingdom
Summary: 'Poles Apart' is the little known story of Barnes Lodge, Kings Langley during World War 2.
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‘The long experience of love’: A poet’s view in conversation with Rainer Maria Rilke

02/03/2023, 5:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Organiser: Chiltern Arts Festival
Location: Mad Squirrel Taproom
104 High Street
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 2BL
United Kingdom
Summary: A scholar, teacher, translator and poet, Mark Burrows explores themes posed by the great Austrian poet, Rainer Maria Rilke.
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“The Story of Tresco Abbey Gardens” by Professor Sandy Primrose

30/01/2024, 2:00 pm
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3:30 pm
Organiser: Berkhamsted Gardeners' Society
Location: Northchurch Social Centre
Bell Lane
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 3RF
United Kingdom
Summary: How five generations of Dorrien-Smiths made the gardens we see today.
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Festivals & Fairs
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23rd Graham Greene International Festival 2022

29/09/2022
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02/10/2022
Organiser: Graham Greene International Festival
Location: High St
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4
United Kingdom
Summary: All things Graham Greene are celebrated, over 4 days with stimulating mixture of accessible talks, readings, and screenings
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24th Graham Greene International Festival

28/09/2023
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01/10/2023
Organiser: Graham Greene Birthplace Trust
Location: Various locations around Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4
United Kingdom
Summary: Four days of walks, talks, and films about one of the 20th c.'s greatest writers from Berkhamsted.
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Amersham -On -the -Hill Architecture

21/09/2022, 8:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Organiser: Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society
Location: Town Hall
196 High St
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 3BA
United Kingdom
Summary: The talk will concentrate on the development of the Amersham of today.
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An Audience with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

08/10/2022, 7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Organiser: Friends of St Peter's in Partnership With Berkhamsted Society
Location: Centenary Theatre, Kings Road, Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 3BG
United Kingdom
Summary: Talk by Berkhamstedian Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone and non-stop.
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An Evening with Menopause Experts

27/04/2023, 7:30 pm
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9:00 pm
Organiser: Allerton Coaching
Location: Berkhamsted Town Hall, 196 High St
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 3AP
United Kingdom
Summary: Join us for a panel event from local Menopause experts.
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Arts and Crafts Gardens and Movement

11/10/2023, 8:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Organiser: Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society
Location: Town Hall
High Street
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 3AP
United Kingdom
Summary: A talk with garden historian Kate Harwood, exploring the Arts and Craft movement which flourished between 1880 and 1920.
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Banksy – Fraud or Genius

18/01/2023, 10:30 am
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12:00 am
Organiser: Arts Society, Gade Valley
Location: Potten End Village Hall
Potten End
Hertfordshire
HP4 2RH
United Kingdom
Summary: This will be an hour-long Zoom talk on Banksy by Pepe Martinez at Potten End Village Hall.
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