What we’re about
Welcome!
We like to bring together like-minded people on social and cultural events. Giselle & Michelle run this group for people who enjoy walks (not hikes), museums, galleries, cinema, theatre, comedy, day trips, cultural festivals, and all sorts of similar things. We particularly like movies, photography, history and odd corners of London. We usually go to a pub or cafe at the end of each meetup so we can catch up and chat.
If you want to see something specific, please contact us. (Please don’t post suggestions in the discussions area).
There is no membership fee, instead we ask for a small pay-on-arrival amount in Cash per meetup to go towards the fee we pay to Meetup for running the group.
We follow a '2 No-shows and out' policy to encourage people to change their RSVP if unable to make it (guests also count). A No-show is not turning up or only changing an RSVP to Not Going in the 8 hours prior. Please be thoughtful towards the people on the waiting list – they need a bit of notice to be able to attend. Thank you.
Neither of the organisers of this group are responsible for your safety or the safety of your belongings whilst attending any of our meetups. All members must look after themselves on all the group's events.
Welcome to London Social & Cultural Meetups
Michelle & Giselle
PS: You can now also find us on Facebook: 'London Social and Cultural Meetups'
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- William Morris: Morris Mania exhibitionWilliam Morris Gallery, London£2.00
Let's meet at Walthamstow bus station by Bus Stop B, and walk up together.
Morris Mania - How Britain’s greatest designer went viral
"Showcasing the remarkable versatility and lasting influence of William Morris’s designs in popular culture, both in Britain and abroad.
William Morris (1834-96) has gone viral. Today, we find his infinitely-reproduced botanical patterns on shower curtains, phone cases, on film and TV, and in all corners of our homes, dentist waiting rooms and shopping centres.
One of our greatest designers, Morris argued that beautiful objects could only be created through a responsible and close relationship with the natural world and enjoyable, creative working conditions. These principles continue to influence subsequent generations of designers, makers and consumers today.
Morris Mania explores a complicated legacy. Over 125 years since his death, Morris’s work continues to grow in popularity. His patterns are now affordable, well-loved and available to people across the globe, something he failed to achieve in his lifetime. However, this has been achieved in the context of mass-production, computer-generated design, global capitalism and environmental crisis. Morris Mania considers the ongoing impact of Britain’s most iconic designer in our increasingly cluttered and commodified world.
Objects from William Morris Gallery and private and public international collections include a ‘Rose’ patterned seat from the 1980s British Nuclear Submarine Fleet, ‘Willow’ pattern Nike trainers, and Loewe fashion inspired by Morris’s designs. The exhibition also features Morris-patterned objects donated by the public. Revealing how the designer’s work has permeated our everyday lives, visitors are invited to continue to lend and donate their own Morris-print objects throughout the course of the exhibition. Morris-patterned donations to date include chopsticks, a waving cat from Japan, hand-embroidered wedding jackets, Wellington boots and an array of mugs and biscuit tins.
The exhibition will feature Wallpaper (2025), a newly-commissioned work by archive documentary filmmaker Natalie Cubides-Brady, exploring how William Morris’s designs have been used in screen history. A montage of scenes from film and TV will reveal the diverse and sometimes surprising range of narratives, settings and moods that Morris designs conjure up. Cameos in everything from My Fair Lady, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Django Unchained, to Gogglebox, Coronation Street and Peep Show, highlight how Morris designs form part of the fabric of 20th- and 21st-century popular culture.
Morris Mania is curated by Hadrian Garrard, Director of William Morris Gallery. Part of the Gallery’s 75th Anniversary Year programme", exhibition design by Sam Jacob Studio.The Morris Mania lending/donation ask:
https://wmgallery.org.uk/morris-mania/
