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In 2019 major exhibitions and other events the world over will be celebrating the 200th birthday of the writer and artist John Ruskin. Peter Burman has been exploring Ruskin's thought and writings for most of his adult life, and is a Director of the Guild of St George, founded by Ruskin in 1871. If you care about the environment and about the beauty in landscape, traditional buildings, hand-made crafts and paintings you will enjoy this talk and the discussion it aims to spark.

Ray Amer is calling the talk “My Pride at Nonsuch High School for Girls”. He hasn’t given any further details but I presume it will be a gay activist looking back at the changes in the treatment of LGBT people in his lifetime. (Sorry but original speaker has had to withdraw and we hastily had to find a new one.

Join SLG to visit the London Silver Vaults at 2.15 pm in Chancery Lane. Home to the largest retail collection of fine antique silver in the world. Admission is free. Meet at the entrance. Preceded by an optional lunch at 12.30pm at the Knights Templar (Wetherspoons) 95 Chancery Lane, WC2A 1DT, (off Carey Street).

12 noon to 2pm Bloomsbury Join James for a naturist swim. Admission £10 , (or £15 two sessions). Down the stairs, opposite the entrance and ask for a locker key at the desk, showing some identification. The pool is in the basement and having disposed of all your clothes, you go to the pool with your money. The event is strictly naturist. Nearest station is Goodge Street.

Dinner at the Radha Krishna Bhavan South Indian Restaurant, 86 Tooting High Street, SW17 0RN (opposite Sainsbury's). Tube: Tooting Broadway. Authentic cuisine at very reasonable prices.