Swingsters - Learn to Swing Dance

We will teach you to dance together to music ranging from Charlestons of the roaring 20's through to the big band swing of Count Basie and Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and the cool rat pack sounds of Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr, through R'n'B Jump Jive, Boogie Woogie, and Rock'n'Roll, right up to the modern day with Harry Connick Jr, Michael Buble and Robbie Williams....read more

Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory
Willie Harcourt-Cooze in Conversation

Willie Harcourt Cooze, the star of the Channel 4 series Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory has devoted the last eleven years of his life to producing chocolate from bean to bar. Cookery book and chocolate on sale with chocolate tasting!...read more

Relative Odds
Book Event: Crossing Qalandiya With Daniela Norris and Shireen Anabtawi

Two women meet by accident at a party – both mothers, both a similar age. One is Israeli, the other Palestinian. So divided by fear and hatred are their two countries, they realise they will never be able to visit one another at home, despite living less than 100km apart. So, they begin to exchange letters....read more

Will Hutton:
Them and Us: Politics, Greed and Inequality

We are delighted that Will Hutton the Editor of Them and Us: Politics, Greed and Inequality - Why We Need A Fair Society, and former editor of the Observer, will talk to us about the economy - politics, greed and inequality....read more

Helen Bamber

On the anniversary of Kristalnacht, Helen Bamber founder of the UK based human rights foundation will be talking about inspiring self esteem in the survivors of human rights violation....read more

President's Lecture: Exiles in Babylon

We are thrilled that Dr Irving Finkel the Assistant Keeper at The Department of the Middle East at The British Museum will be coming to Ivy House to talk about the cuneiform evidence that bears on the period of the Jewish Exile in Babylon....read more

The Secrets of a Crossword Setter

Solve those cryptic clues you thought you’d never crack and learn the tricks of the crossword setter's trade under the expert guidance of Tim Moorey....read more

Mitzvah Day

Come and spend some time with our amazing art teacher Linda Samuels and make a hanging for a local hospice/hospital....read more

Nigel Lawson, Lord Lawson of Blaby, in Conversation

Nigel Lawson served in the Thatcher government as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Energy and from 1983 as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He entered the House of Lords in 1992.
He has written a number of books, including his political memoirs, The View from Number 11 and most recently, the best-selling An Appeal to Reason: A Cool look at Global Warming....read more

Lilian Verner Bonds, Colour Therapist

Lilian Verner Bonds is a leading healing and intuitive colour therapist. Her belief is that colour is all around us and once we understand how it works, it can be used to promote health and well-being. Lilian has written eight books on colour healing and has made over 100 television & radio appearances....read more