Events

Start the year with the very best of intentions and keep your New Year's Resolutions with the help of Dr Rangan Chatterjee. We can't wait to kick-start 2020 with one of the UK's most influential doctors, Dr Rangan Chatterjee, whose new book, "Feel Better in 5" is full of helpful and realistic tips that are simple, effective and flexible. Dr Chatterjee's mission is to inspire people to transform their health and happiness through making small, sustainable changes to their lifestyles.…

We're looking forward to our first fiction event of 2020 with Sophie Hannah, international bestselling crime fiction writer. Her psychological thriller "The Carrier" won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. Not only this, she also writes Poirot continuation mysteries, is a bestselling poet (shortlisted for the TS Eliot award) and has published a self help book, "How to Hold a Grudge". There is no end to her writing talents! We will be talking…

Contemplate rest with Chorleywood Bookshop and BBC Radio 4's voice of psychology and mental health, Claudia Hammond. She will be speaking about her book, "The Art of Rest" and about how being busy has become a badge of honour. We want to say we’re busy, yet at the same time we feel exhausted. Instead we should start taking rest seriously as a method of self-care. Claudia will talk about her collaboration on the ground-breaking research – ‘The Rest Test’ –…

Do you want to be inspired to set great intentions for responsible and sustainable eating? Come and be enthused by Melissa Hemsley and her new cookbook: Eat Green. Melissa is an omnivore who cares deeply about responsibly sourced foods and minimal wastage. Her cook book contains 100 or more flexitarian recipes. That is, they may contain meat or fish but alternatives are suggested for meat-free options. Her fuss-free, big-flavoured food philosophy using the most popular fruit and veg is a down to…

We're delighted to welcome, all the way from Los Angeles, world-leading neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Dr Rahul Jandial who draws on his years of work with disorders and illnesses to reveal what this can tell us about the science of the mind. From stories of a languages teacher who has to choose whether to lose her ability to speak Spanish or English after brain surgery, to a former TV exec, now homeless, who discovers that his life-altering despondency is the result…

How can we build - or rebuild - a collective culture that is able to both respect difference and draw us together to work for the common good? In association with Merchant Taylors' School, we welcome Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks to discuss the release of his new book: "Morality, why we need it and how to find it" Released on 5th March 2020, Lord Sacks talks to key modern influencers and thinkers - including Jordan Peterson, Melinda Gates and David…

'If change is the natural order of things, why do so many people struggle with the milestones of life - from first jobs and first loves to children leaving home and retirement?’ Join us for an evening of reflection on the theme of change with acclaimed psychotherapist Julia Samuel and her new book, "This Too Shall Pass". Based on hours of conversations with her patients showing how we can learn to adapt and thrive during our most difficult and transformative…