(Related Organisation’s Event) FRASHKB Lecture and Lunch, Major Brian Finch: A Faithful Record of the Lisbon Maru Incident

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom

FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, HONG KONG BRANCH  Lecture and lunch                                                                                     Saturday, 22nd September A Faithful Record of the Lisbon Maru Incident   Speaker:                     Major (Ret’d) Brian Finch Time:                          2:30 p.m. Venue:                        Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD Cost:                           £8 per member or guest, to include refreshments Lunch:                        An…

(Related Organisation’s Event) FRASHKB Lecture and Lunch, Betty Yao MBE: China and Siam through the lens of John Thomson

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom

Lecture and lunch                                                                                           Saturday, 27th October China and Siam through the lens of John Thomson   Speaker:                     Betty Yao MBE Time:                          2:30 p.m. Venue:                        Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD Cost:                           £8 per member or guest, to include refreshments Lunch:                        An optional self-paying lunch will be arranged at…

RASHKB Friends lectures Spring 2019 – David Bellis: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell: Volume 2

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom

Our friend David Bellis has kindly offered to come and talk to us again on his collection of photographs of old Hong Kong.  David will share some more of his favourite photos and stories from his growing archive of historic Hong Kong images. The talk follows recent publication of his latest book “Old Hong Kong…

RASHKB Friends lectures Spring 2019 – Barbara Anslow

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom

The Friends AGM will be held on 18th May, followed by an not-to-be-missed lecture given by Barbara Anslow, age 100, based on her diaries that she kept during her internment in Stanley Prisoner of War Camp in Hong Kong with her mother in WWII.  I have heard her speak and she is the most delightful…

*CANCELLED* “A Grandmother’s Legacy” Indus Experiences Lecture by Jenny Mallin

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United Kingdom

*CANCELLED AT THE REQUEST OF ORGANISER* A Grandmother's Legacy "Five generations of a British family in India seen through the eyes of their granddaughter" Jenny Mallin inherited a cookbook from her great grandmother Wilhelmina and much to her delight, discovered recipe manuscripts going back five generations of her ‘Memsahib Grandmothers’. Those recipes, published in her…