Events & Dining

Emma Connects: Monthly Puzzle

Get your thinking hats on with Bobby Seagull's next mind-bending monthly puzzle (No. 87), which will feature in our next full edition of Emma Connects on 1st August.

Bobby's latest challenge (No. 86) took inspiration from the Euro 2024 football tournament, and there's still time to have a go! Can you manage to work out the connection between the three players in his puzzle? The answer will be revealed on 1st August.

If you like Maths and want more puzzles, you can visit Bobby's YouTube channel, where he and Susan Okereke post every Tuesday and Thursday. More challenges can also be found at the end of each chapter of Bobby's book, The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers.

Solutions to all of Bobby's previous puzzles can be found in the PDF link below.

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Emma in Boston - Supper with the Master and Development Director

6:30pm – The Harvard Club of Boston, 374 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215

Join Doug Chalmers, Master, his wife, Helen, and Dr Sarah Bendall, Development Director, for supper and a catch-up on all things Emma in Boston. This is a great opportunity to (re)connect with Emma members from across the city and further afield. Members are warmly invited to attend with guests.

The dress code for this supper is business casual.

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Booking closes on Wednesday 28 August 2024.

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Emma in New York - Lunch with the Master and Development Director

12:00pm – The Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Join Doug Chalmers, Master, his wife, Helen, and Dr Sarah Bendall, Development Director, for lunch and a catch-up on all things Emma in New York. This is a great opportunity to (re)connect with Emma members from across the city and further afield. Members are warmly invited to attend with guests.

The dress code for this lunch is business casual.

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Booking closes on Friday 30 August 2024.

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Handel Hendrix House: Private Tour, Talk and Harpsichord Concert

2:30pm – Handel Hendrix House, 25 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 4HB

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The Emmanuel Society invites you to a special afternoon experience at one of London’s must-visit musical addresses: Handel Hendrix House, home of two of the greatest musicians ever to have lived in London.

Over a relaxed afternoon, you'll enjoy a private guided tour of the properties, a harpsichord performance of music by Handel and his contemporaries, in the very space where the great composer himself rehearsed, and a talk by very special guest, David Souden (1979).

Handel Hendrix House is made up of two residences: George Friedric Handel’s house at 25 Brook Street and Jimi Hendrix’s flat at the top floor of 23 Brook Street.

Handel House occupies four floors of 25 Brook Street, the building in which the composer George Frideric Handel lived from 1723 until his death in 1759. The restored historic rooms include his bedroom, kitchen and the dining room in which he rehearsed his musicians and singers and often gave informal recitals for friends and neighbours.

Hendrix Flat occupies the upper floor of 23 Brook Street, in which Jimi Hendrix lived from July 1968 to March 1969. The main room of the flat where he lived, entertained friends, rehearsed and wrote new music, and gave numerous press and media interviews has been restored.

David Souden (1979) was a Research Fellow in History at Emma between 1979-83, and has pursued a career in heritage, TV programme making, exhibitions, writing and history since then, with periods as a senior manager at Historic Royal Palaces and the British Museum. He is the author of The Handel Hendrix House guide, his 25th published book.

This special Emmanuel Society tour, talk and performance is priced at £35 per person. Guests of members are warmly invited.

This event is now fully booked. Join the waiting list.

Booking closes on Tuesday 3 September. Places are strictly limited.

Join us for drinks after

Following this tour, members are invited to join the Emmanuel Society London Drinks social event at Bunghole Cellars, High Holborn, from 6:00pm onwards. Further information can be found here.

Emmanuel Society London Drinks

6:00pm – Bunghole Cellars, 57 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6DT

You are warmly invited to our next London Drinks event. This is a great opportunity for networking and a chance to catch up with fellow Emma Members from across subjects and years. As is tradition, there'll be the chance to win a bottle of Emmanuel College port for all attendees.

You don't need to book a place for this event but, to give us an idea of expected numbers, please do register.

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Gathering of Members (1984, 1985 & 1986)

Our next Gathering sees us welcome back members who matriculated in 1984, 1985 and 1986 over the weekend of 28 & 29 September 2024.

Eligible members received invitations in July.

Emmanuel Society Culture Club - A visit to the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge

4:45pm – Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA

Following last year's stellar event, we are delighted to once again offer members the opportunity to visit Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy for a special guided tour and talk with Paul Fellows, Chair of the Cambridge Astronomical Association (1982).

The guided visit will comprise a tour of the historic buildings and telescope observatory, and a talk by Paul on the discovery of planets beyond the solar system.

If the evening is clear, you'll have the opportunity to look up at the night's sky through the telescopes and learn to navigate the constellations. If the weather is not conducive to stargazing, you'll enjoy a planetarium-style show indoors.

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Booking will close on Wedneday 6 November or when the capacity for this event is reached. Guests are welcome. Places are strictly limited.

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Emmanuel Society AGM

6:00pm – Robert Gardner Room, Emmanuel College

The Annual General Meeting of the Emmanuel Society takes place on Friday 22 November. This meeting is open to all members of the college. Do come along to hear about your alumni society's year in review. Refreshments will be served. 

Members are invited to join the meeting and book to dine at High Table afterwards, using their dining privileges.

Book to attend the AGM.

Booking closes on Thursday 14 November.

College and Society Advent Carol Service

6:30pm – The Temple Church, Temple, London, EC4Y 7BB

Members, students, families and friends are invited to the annual College and Society Advent Carol Service at London's magnificent and historic Temple Church. With carols for all, along with others sung by our Chapel Choir, followed by refreshments, this is the perfect way to prepare for the festive season.

Please do register to give us an indication of numbers for refreshments.

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