FBS Past Events 2023-2024
Thursday 8th February 2024 - House of Lords
“(Re)-discovering Normandy in the steps of Marcel Proust and John Ruskin” - A talk by Cynthia Gamble co-author of ‘Ruskin, Proust et la Normandie’ |
Monday 29th January 2024 - The Athenaeum Club
Franco-British Society New Year Drinks and Canapés |
Thursday 30th November 2023 - House of Lords
The Awarding of one of the Franco-British Society Literary Prizes 2021 - Ambrogio a.Caiani - followed with a lecture on his book: “To kidnap a Pope: Napoleon and Pius VII” and a drink Reception |
Thursday 13th June - House of Lords
The Awarding of the Franco-British Society Literary Prize 2022 by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, Minister for Culture followed with a talk on the theme of Napoleon |
Wednesday 28th June - "In and Out" Naval and Military Club
Art Detectives: A rediscovered masterpiece - A talk by art experts Cadell and Co |
10th January 2023 - Remembering Napoleon III at Camden Place
On 10th January 2023, members of the Franco-British Society visited Camden Place in Chislehurst for a day of fascinating talks and tours as part of a week of commemorations in remembrance of 150th death of Napoleon III who was exiled at Camden Place and died there on 9th January 1873. |