Sir Alan Hollinghurst

Our Evenings Sir Alan Hollinghurst7.30pmTuesday 18 November 2025St Mary’s Barnes The Booker prize-winning novelist, Sir Alan Hollinghurst, will be talking about his latest novel. Spanning half a century and written with Hollinghurst’s trademark eloquence...

Monica Macias

Black Girl from Pyonhyang: In Search of My Identity Monica Macias7.30pmTuesday 6 May 2025St Mary’s Barnes In 1979, seven-year-old Monica Macias was sent by her father Francisco, the president of Equitorial Guinea, to the beautiful, unfamiliar surroundings of...

Andrew O’Hagan

Caledonian Road Andrew O’Hagan7.30pmTuesday 8 April 2025St Mary’s Barnes Andrew O’Hagan was born in Glasgow. He has been nominated for the Booker Prize, was voted one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists in 2003, and won the E. M. Forster...

JoJo Moyes

JoJo Moyes in conversation 7.30pmTuesday 4 MarchSt Mary’s Barnes JoJo Moyes is one of Britain’s most successful writers. Her books, which have been translated into 46 languages, have sold over 40 million copies worldwide. Two of her books, Last Letter from...

S J Parris

Alchemy S J Parris7.30pmTuesday 21 January 2025St Mary’s Barnes No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller SJ Parris is the pseudonym of the author and journalist Stephanie Merritt. It was as a student at Cambridge researching a paper on the period that Stephanie first...

Matt Chorley

Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors: 50 Places That Changed British Politics Matt Chorley7.30pmTuesday 12 November 2024St Mary’s Barnes Matt Chorley has been a Westminster-based political journalist since 2005, when politics was boring, and it has gradually got...

COME TO OUR SUMMER PARTY

Our summer party is taking place on Tuesday 2nd June, at St Mary's Church, 6.30 - 8.00pm.  

Drinks and refreshments from 6.30 to 7.30pm. And then we are delighted that our patron, Gyles Brandreth, has agreed to entertain us from 7.30 to 8pm.

Tickets for members and guests are now on sale at £20 each. Please contact Louise Carr using the button below with the names you are booking for. She will send you the bank account details for payment.

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