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7 Hammersmith Terrace
Benjamin Franklin House
Burgh House
Dr Johnson's House
Freud Museum
Handel House Museum
John Wesley's House
Keats House Museum
William Morris Society
01 May - 10 July 2012
Talks

Evening Class: What do we do when we fall in love? The Philosophy of Love

This course will look at the nature of love in general, and particularly of romantic love, through the ideas of philosophy.

The theme of high art, an ennobling ideal, a triumphantly compulsive passion -- erotic love is seen as all of these. It is also often dismissed as just a literary concoction, a glorified evolutionary strategy, dressed-up lust, or neuronal excitations in the brain.

No prior knowledge will be assumed and you will be guided by an experienced tutor with many years’ teaching experience... More >

Freud Museum
22 May 2012
Talks

Freud Memorial Lecture - Marina Warner: 'Family Romances: The Daughters of Eve, the Sisters of Cain'

Marina Warner is a writer whose works include novels and short stories as well as studies in cultural history, art, myths, symbols, and fairytales. She is a Professor in the Department of Literature at the University of Essex. Her most recent book, Stranger Magic: Charmed States & the Arabian Nights, was recently published by Chatto & Windus.

This year’s Freud Memorial Lecture will connect with the two major London exhibitions for 2012 which are running concurrently: Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed, at the Freud Museum, and Lucian Freud Portraits, at the National Portrait Gallery... More >

Ticket collection and exhibition access 6-6.45pm

Freud Museum
24 May 2012
Music

Music of Handel's Youth

 This programme will explore compositionsn of the mid-baroque and the repertoire from Handel's youth including composers Schmeltzer and Gotfried Finger. Performers are Alexander Koshelev (baroque oboe), Hannah Sless (baroque violin), Alice Manthorpe-Saunders (baroque cello) and Olena Zhukova (harpsichord).

18:30 - 19:30

Tickets: £9, £5 students

Booking line: 020 7399 1953

Handel House Museum
27 May 2012
Music

Strings in the Afternoon

Concertante of London present an exciting programme of music including double violin concertos by Bach and Vivaldi. Concertante of London are Madeleine Easton and Julia Black (baroque violins), Emma Alter (viola), Natasha Kraemer (cello) and Nicholas Jackson (harpsichord).

15:00 - 16:00

Tickets: £12, £6 students

Booking line: 020 7399 1953

Handel House Museum