Greenwich Society Events
Upcoming Events:
New Year Supper at Davy’s Wine Vaults
Friday, 23rd January 2026
6.30 for 7.00 pm
Cooperage, Davy’s Wine Vaults, 161 Greenwich High Rd, London SE10 8JA
Reception Drink & Two Course Meal
Menu Choices
MAINS
- Herb Crusted, Pan Roasted Cod Black olive tapenade, creamed spinach, mashed potatoes
- Pan Roasted Chicken Supreme, Spiced puy lentils, rocket, grilled lemon
- Aubergine Milanese Linguine, arrabbiata sauce, vegan parmesan, rocket
DESSERTS
- Chocolate Brownie Hot chocolate sauce, vanilla ice cream
- Pear and Stem Ginger Crumble, Coconut ice cream
- British Cheese Plate Stilton v, Somerset Brie v, matured Cheddar, grapes, membrillo, biscuits
At £40.00 per person
Past events 2025
Conversations with Judges
30th April 2025
Judge Ben Gumert QC
Stockwell Street Lecture Theatre at 7pm.
On Wednesday 30th April 2025 the University of Greenwich and the Greenwich Society jointly hosted the fourth and final conversation with distinguished Judge Ben Gumert QC.
Derek attended a State School and after University served with the British Army for a year, training at Sandhurst. He later was a reservist with the Special Air Service (SAS), and ran the Marathon de Sables ( the most testing of all marathons - across the Sahara Desert.) He practised as a Barrister at 7 Bedford Row where he was my Pupil before going on comfortably to eclipse professionally his Pupil Master! As a Junior, Derek did a variety of criminal and civil work but increasingly in Silk he concentrated on computer linked litigation and civil claims arising out of alleged war crimes in Iraq ( where he acted for the MOD). He became Chairman of the Bar in 2021-2022 where he made a major effort to increase the number of women and those with ethnic backgrounds coming to the Bar. He became a High Court Judge in 2022 and was assigned to the Kings Bench Division ( then the Queens Bench Division), meaning that he does a range of work including judicial review, criminal and civil cases and sitting in the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division).
26th February 2025
Lord Sumption
Stockwell Street Lecture Theatre at 7pm.
Former Justice of the Supreme Court, and Reith Lecturer in 2019 on Law and the Decline of Politics. He has expressed strong views about the legality and political propriety of aspects of the Covid lockdown as well as giving informed opinions on contemporary moral and political issues. At the same time he has earned universal respect as an historian writing a 5 volume history of the Hundred Years War.
St.Alfege Secret Spaces Tour
Tuesday 8th April
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