What's On - April

Saturday 22 April: (Not Just) Pomp and Circumstance

Wednesday 26 April: Cooking with Scissors

4pm – 6pm. Join Lambeth Wind Orchestra for their afternoon celebration of music, ‘(Not Just) Pomp and Circumstance’. Treats include Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, Vaughan Williams’ Folk Song Suite and a special composition for saxophone quartet. Cake will be served in the interval! Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Rise, Brixton SW2 2QP. www.lambethwindorchestra.org.uk

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lwopresents-not-just-pomp-and-circumstancetickets-580483179817

6:45pm -8pm. An opportunity for local business professionals to meet, make new contacts and gain new business. The last Wednesday of every month. FREE Admission.

The Lordship Pub, 211 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich SE22 8HA.

To find out more or register please go to our website. www.cookingwithscissors.co.uk

Monday 24 April: Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics by Adam Rutherford

7:30pm – 8:30pm. Throughout history, people have sought to reduce suffering, eliminate disease and enhance desirable qualities in their children. In the Victorian era eugenics, a full-blooded attempt to impose control over unruly biology, began to grow among the powerful and quickly spread to dozens of countries around the world.

But these ideas are not merely historical: today, with new gene editing techniques, conversations are happening about tinkering with the DNA of our unborn children to make them smarter, fitter, stronger. Deeply steeped in contemporary genetics, Control offers a vital account of one of the defining – and most destructive – ideas of the twentieth century.

Dr Adam Rutherford is a science writer and broadcaster. He studied genetics at University College London, and during his PhD on the developing eye, he was part of a team that identified the first genetic cause of a form of childhood blindness. He has written and presented many award-winning series and programmes for the BBC, including the flagship weekly Radio 4 programme Inside Science and The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry with Dr Hannah Fry.

Tickets: https://mct.alleyns.org.uk

MCT at Alleyn’s School, Townley Road SE22 8SU