King's Society Lent Term Brochure 2013

two nights (inclusive of breakfast) in a single room. Espin has made restaurant reservations for us all and it is
anticipated that food will cost around €110 per person excluding wine for the weekend.
If you would like to join us, we would like a cheque for £75 per person to cover museum entry, bus expenses and
Espin’s guiding fee.
Please contact Ali for further details if you are interested in joining us. Final numbers have to be relayed to the
hotel by 14th December.
Friday 8th March 11.00am Exhibition: Manet Portraying Life
Royal Academy London W1
This is the first exhibition in the UK to showcase Manet’s portraiture. The exhibition contains over 50 paintings
spanning the career of this archetypal modern artist together with a selection of pastels and contemporary
photographs. It will bring together works from both public and private collections across Europe, Asia and the
US. We have organised an hour’s private lecture from 11am following which we have tickets booked for entry to
the exhibition. Cost £21 per ticket (which includes both the lecture and entry to the exhibition). Numbers limited
to 30. Website booking available.
Thursday 14th March departing from the New Dover Road Park and Ride Canterbury 7.30am
Day trip to the Somme battlefields with Dr Andrew Thomson
This is a repeat of the trip we did last term as it was so oversubscribed. Dr Andrew Thomson (History PhD from
the University of Kent) will be our guide and will show us the preserved trenches, a variety of viewpoints and
memorials setting them within their historical context of the battle of the Somme. We will be shown where the
trenches ran in relation to today’s landscape with reference to trench maps and local features. We will stop for
lunch ( Ali will take menu choices nearer the time). After lunch we shall visit Lochnagar Crater, the Windmill
memorial in Pozières, the Newfoundland Memorial Park with preserved trenches and Lutyens’ Thiepval Memorial
to the Missing. We will travel by luxury minibus via the Shuttle. Numbers limited to 15. Cost £50 per ticket (not
including lunch). Website booking available.
Tuesday 19th March 7.00pm Country House Recital
Doddington Place Near Sittingbourne ME9 0BB
By kind permission of Richard and Amicia Oldfield we are holding a Country House Recital at Doddington Place.
We will be treated to some of King’s finest musicians performing solo and chamber works. Doddington Place is a
magnificent venue for this event. The price includes drinks and supper. Tickets are £20 per person. Numbers
limited to 60. Website booking available.
Officers of the Society
Chairman: Mr Rory Reilly 01227 595630 rir@kings-school.co.uk
Manager: Mrs Ali Huntrods 01227 595774 a.huntrods@kings-bursary.co.uk
Committee: (parents) Mr Andrew Bruce (Treasurer), Mrs Jan Carr, Mrs Yvonne Champion,
Mrs Victoria Chesterfield, Mrs Tricia Emlyn-Williams,
Mrs Frances Gerth, Mr Martin Pengelley
(staff) Mrs Lynda Horn, Mrs Liz Worthington
King’s Society
A cultural, social and educational society
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Programme – Lent Term 2013

King’s Society events are open to all members. For details of membership or further information on any event
please contact Mrs Ali Huntrods (King’s Society Manager) on 01227 595774 or email her at a.huntrods@kingsbursary.co.uk.
Most events can be booked using the school’s on-line booking facility at www.kings-school.co.uk
(via Links/Login) which is the easiest and most efficient way of booking tickets. In the event you are paying by
cheque, it should be made payable to ‘The King’s Society’ and sent to Ali at The King’s School Canterbury CT1
ES. Please note payment is required prior to an event and places cannot be guaranteed until received. If an event
is full it is always worth being put on Ali’s waiting list.
Thursday’s from 10th January at 7.00pm Brahms, German Requiem
Peter Stone Room – Edred Wright Music School
The Director of Music, Howard Ionascu, warmly invites members of the King’s Society to join the School’s Choral
Society for a performance of Brahms’ German Requiem in the Cathedral on Saturday 9th March, accompanied by
the Symphony Orchestra and soloists Mary Bevan and Charles Rice (OKS).
Rehearsals will take place every Thursday, 7-8pm in the Peter Stone Room, Music School starting on Thursday
10th January. Previous experience is NOT essential.
For further information, feel free to contact the Music Administrator, Jenny McLeod (music@kings-school.co.uk).
Tuesday 15th January at 7.15pm La Bohème, Puccini’s opera
Gulbenkian Cinema Canterbury CT2 7NB
This opera by Puccini is being streamed live from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Teeming with period
detail, John Copley’s definitive production of this much-loved opera is traditional opera at its best. From a shabby
garret to the bustling Café Momus to a snowy courtyard at dawn, this minutely observed panorama of 1830s
Parisian life, beautifully designed by Julia Trevelyan Oman, conjures emotions and atmosphere ranging from joy
to tragedy, in large-scale crowd scenes and intimate tableaux. (Sung in Italian with English subtitles.) Running
time 2 hours and 45 minutes including two intervals. Numbers are limited to 15. Cost £15 per ticket. Website
booking available.
Wednesday 16th January at 7.30pm King’s Society talk by Owen Moelwyn-Hughes ‘ The fight at Jim’s’
Gateway Chamber
Owen Moelwyn-Hughes, Head of Politics here at King’s and a member of the History department will give us an
entertaining account of “The fight at Jim’s”, i.e. the Battle of Rorke’s Drift on 22nd/23rd January 1879. He has
close family ties, hence his interest in the Zulu War and will give us a brilliant insight into the causes of the Anglo-
Zulu war, the battle of Isandlwana and of course the battle of Rorke’s Drift immortalised in Cy Endfield’s classic
film Zulu. Owen has lectured widely on this and related topics to audiences including the UK Defence Academy,
and the National Army Museum and led historical tours to the battlefields of both the Anglo-Zulu and Boer Wars.
Refreshments available following the talk. No charge for this event but tickets should still be booked. Website
booking available.
Friday 18th January at 7.30pm Quiz Night
The Undercroft St Augustine’s
After the success of the King’s Society’s first quiz night two years ago we thought we would repeat the evening.
Either make up a table of 8 or we will organise for you to join others. The format of the evening will be eight
rounds of ten questions with a break after four rounds for a curry supper. Wine and water will be provided on each
table with a cash bar for the purchase of more wine and beer etc. The Quiz is suitable for every level and will be
fun, competitive but not intimidating. Please do let Ali know if you would like to take part. The cost of the
evening including wine and supper is £20 per ticket. Website booking available.
Tuesday 22nd January 7.30pm King’s Talk/King’s Society talk
Clagett Auditorium Cathedral Lodge by David Loyn ‘Reporting from the world’s deadliest places’
David Loyn has been a foreign correspondent for the BBC for 30 years and is currently the BBC’s International
Development correspondent. He has won major awards for both TV and radio reporting during his years in the
field, including the Royal Television Society Journalist of the Year in 1998. He is an authority on Afghan history
and his book Butcher and Bolt tells the story of the 200 years of foreign engagement in Afghanistan, the subject
of a previous King’s Society talk. This talk will focus on the hazards and dangers of reporting from some of the
world’s most dangerous places in terms of conflict as detailed in Frontline his first book, which details how those
at the Frontline news agency risked everything to reveal the horrors of war and truth to the world. Signed copies
of his books will be available for sale following the talk. Cost £7.50 per ticket a proportion of which will go to a
charity of David’s choice. Website booking available.
Wednesday 30th January 7.30pm King’s Society talk by OKS John Man
Gateway Chamber ‘Genghis Khan: the hero and mass-murderer who re-made Asia’
Genghis is known in the West for murder and mass destruction, but Mongolia adores him as the nation’s founder
and China reveres him as a founder of a dynasty. As a leader he was a genius. He lives on today as a man whose
dreams of world rule gave much of Asia its modern boundaries. John Man is an author with a profound interest in
Inner Asia particularly the relationship between Mongolia and China. He has written extensively on this theme
and his titles include Attila the Hun, Kublai Khan and Marco Polo and Europe’s Discovery of the East. John likes
to mix history, narrative and personal experience, exploring the places he writes about. Refreshments are available
following the talk. Cost £5 per ticket. Website booking available.
Thursday 7th February 7.30pm Julius Caesar
Donmar Warehouse London WC2
Phyllida Lloyd directs an all-female production of Julius Caesar. Shakespeare’s raw and eternal study of power is
set in a women’s prison − the perfect environment to explore female power, jealousy, sabotage and lust. The
production is a fascinating take on power struggles and betrayal. The production marks Phyllida Lloyd’s return to
the theatre after her film The Iron Lady. Harriet Walter plays Brutus and the cast also includes recent Ian Charleson
award winner Cush Jumbo as Mark Anthony, Jenny Jules as Cassius and Frances Barber in the title role. Tickets
are £27.50 each. Numbers limited to 15. Website booking available.
Wednesday 20th February 6.45pm King’s Society seminar by Christina Astin and Mark Orders
Schoolroom ‘The Buffet at the End of the Universe’
Mark and Christina are the School’s very own Brian and Briony Cox! This fast-moving and hugely popular subject
has recently been introduced as a GCSE at King’s. Come along for an entertaining evening to find out more about
recent breakthroughs in cosmology and astrophysics. After a break for a light buffet supper we will be taken on
a voyage of the Universe using the latest planetarium software and robotic telescopes.
Buffet supper will be served. Tickets £10 each. Website booking available.
Thursday 21st February 1.00pm
Visit to the BBC Television Studios, Wood Lane, London W12
This is the very last week that the BBC will operate out of these iconic premises. We will be able to immerse
ourselves in the fascinating world of broadcasting. We will have access to the BBC newsroom and studios, take
part in making our own television programme in the interactive studios and see some familiar memorabilia from
favourite shows. Our guide will show us the most interesting areas available on the day of our visit. The tour will
last between 1½ - 2 hours. Tickets are £11 each. Numbers limited to 20. Website booking available.
Monday 25th February 7.00pm King’s Society AGM and supper
Gateway Chamber St Augustine’s
Please let Ali know if you would like to attend
Wednesday 27th February 7.30pm King’s Society talk by Joseph Ryan, Artist in Residence
Schoolroom ‘Painting from perception and its contemporary implications’
Joseph Ryan’s talk tonight will give us an insight into the world of a contemporary painter: finding a context within
the history of painting, feeding directly from the great masters and working within a somewhat marginalized method
in the midst of post-modernism and conceptual art. Joseph is the current King’s School ‘Artist in Residence’; he is
also Professor of Art and teaches at the New York Studio School, West Connecticut State University and the
Chautauqua Institute of the Arts in New York. He is represented by Galerie Mourlot in New York.
Refreshments will be available following the talk. Tickets £5 each. Website booking available.
Thursday 28th February midday Macaron making
On Cookery School London SW4
This is a first cooking experience for the King’s Society. The On Cookery School owned by Loretta Liu combines
traditional French patisserie with an Oriental influence and was featured in the Telegraph Magazine 18th
November. We will have a private two and a half hour macaron making session − including baking time − during
which wine and canapés will be served. We will be instructed by the resident pastry chef, and given a step by step
lesson and an introduction to the ingredients before delving into the intricacies of macaronage, piping and
stacking. We will all come away with a large box of handmade macarons that can be frozen. Tickets are £45 each
inclusive of wine and canapés. Numbers limited to 16. Website booking available.
Friday 1st March – Sunday 3rd March Weekend trip to Berlin
We have arranged a weekend that will give us a taste of modern day Berlin as well as having an insight into the
history of this fascinating city. OKS Espin Bowder (1991-1996) will be our guide for the full two days. He has
arranged a fantastic itinerary that includes a hop on/hop off bus tour, a visit to Checkpoint Charlie, the Reichstag,
Pergamon museum and an exclusive bunker tour. There will be some free time for independent exploring and
Espin will be happy to advise accordingly. Rooms have been reserved for us in The Circus Hotel situated on the
edge of the Old Jewish Centre in the heart of thriving East Berlin.
Everyone is asked to arrange their own flights to Berlin arriving Friday and departing Sunday. The hotel cost will
be €106 per person sharing a double room for the two nights (inclusive of breakfast) or €156 per person for the
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