This was another month of a wide variety of activities starting with a sunny walk in Holland Park and culminating in a record turnout for the fascinating MI5 exhibition at the Kew Archives. 

In between we discussed ‘James’ by Percival Everrett (the Huckleberry Finn story told from the perspective of Jim) and enjoyed a great night out at Sadler’s Wells with Rambert’s dance production of ‘Peaky Blinders’. Walking Club did a circular walk from Berkhamsted, starting at Berkhamsted Castle – site of the handover of the English crown after the Battle of Hastings – with plenty of opportunities for bramble-picking along the way.

But the highlight of the month was definitely the Natural Elements London workshop, making scented wax air fresheners decorated with pressed flowers. They smell divine and even the most craftophobic of us was happily surprised with the results.