Talks

• Munch and Listen - our free monthly lunchtime talks programme
• Hear Here - our free evening monthly talks programme

Munch and Listen

Enjoy our free monthly lunchtime talks programme - just bring your lunch and listen! All welcome.

Please note: there are no talks in August and December.

Priscilla Wakefield: Tottenham’s Forgotten Pioneer, Author and Activist for the Poor

By Margaret Burr, Friends of Bruce Castle.

• Monday 30 March, 12.15pm

For Women's History Month, we celebrate a forgotten local pioneer - Priscilla Wakefield (1751-1852) of Tottenham.

A well-connected Quaker, famous in her lifetime, she was actively engaged in social action and the alleviation of poverty in Tottenham. Through having to support her own family, Priscilla set her mind to business and one of the few work opportunities open to women at the time - that of writing and publishing books. A successful author of 17 children’s books covering a range of subjects, including natural science, she also wrote about feminist economics, published by a radical publisher in 1798. Her philanthropic activities helped in improving the lives of women and children.

Referred to today as the 'Mother of Microfinance', in addition to her business-like approach to writing and publications, Priscilla established local charities and a school, as well as founding the first Penny Savings Bank in England.

Doors open 12 noon - refreshments available.

Kindly supported by the Friends of Bruce Castle.

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Hear Here

Our free evening monthly talks programme is on the last Wednesday of each month. All welcome.

Please note: there are no talks in August and December.

Face to Face: Women Portraitists in Conversation

With Sadie Lee and Nicola Green

• Wednesday 25 March, 7.30pm

Join us for this lively and inspirational discussion between two women portraitists working in the UK today - Haringey’s very own Nicola Green (external link) and Sadie Lee (external link). With long-established and successful careers working in figurative painting, they will share what it is like to be a leading woman artist working in their field – we learn what inspires them and how their approaches to the different subjects portrayed in their paintings can seek to challenge our notions about identity and power through portraiture.

The talk is part of the Women's History Month programme for Haringey, and is inspired by ‘Sisters, Sirens and Saints: Imagining the Women of Beatrice Offor‘ - the centenary exhibition of portraits by Beatrice Offor, at Bruce Castle Museum.

No booking necessary.

Doors open 7pm. Refreshments available

Kindly supported by the Friends of Bruce Castle

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