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Arts Society Greenwich Art Talk - St Nicholas of Myra and Santa Claus: A Case of Mistaken Identity (8 December 2025)

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MONDAY 8 th  December 2025 - The next Arts Society Greenwich Art Talk With our last lecture of 2025 we aim to get you in the Christmas mood with mince pies and the most Christmasy of talks: St Nicholas of Myra and Santa Claus: A Case of Mistaken Identity Our guest speaker - Sally Dormer When - Monday 08 December 2025 Where - @James Wolfe School, Royal Hill Campus, Royal Hill, Greenwich, SE10 8RZ. (Parking available) How did the remains of Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop from Myra, Turkey, reach Bari, Italy in 1087? And how did this rather obscure churchman become the patron saint of sailors, merchants, prisoners and children in the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe? This lecture explores the development of St Nicholas’ medieval cult through the artefacts associated with it: icons, wall paintings and illuminated manuscripts, and charts his eventual transformation into the well-loved Santa Claus. About our guest speaker  Sally Dormer  - lecturer and tutor for the Early ...

Evening concert at the Queen’s House: Saturday, 6 December // limited free tickets for AT residents

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With Christmas fast approaching and as a matter of appreciation for our support this year, Royal Museums Greenwich are offering 5 complimentary tickets to members of the Ashburnham Triangle Association for their upcoming concert:   Evening concert at the Queen’s House with the Holtág Quartet | Royal Museums Greenwich  Saturday 6 December 2025, 7.30pm-8.30pm.   Royal Museums Greenwich are excited for The Quartet to perform- the group comprises students from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. They made their debut on BBC Radio 3's In Tune and were awarded the Sir John Barbirolli Prize for String Quartets.   This concert is part of a series of evening performances at the Queen's House, organised in partnership with the Faculty of Music at Trinity Laban and generously supported by The Rainbow Dickinson Trust. More performances will take place next year.   Should you be interested in participating on Saturday for free, please email Iva Mazza directl...

2025 Christmas appeal from the AT's own Deborah Ubee Trust

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The Deborah Ubee Trust is running a Christmas appeal this year focused on supporting people in Greenwich who find the season difficult or isolating. The Deborah Ubee Trust provides  free and nominal-cost therapy, group work and workshops  in Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley. Your gift helps someone in our community feel  supported when the festive season feels heavy. Please donate what you can!

The Big Half Marathon: entries now open!

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Community entries for the Big Half, taking place on Sunday, 6 September 2026, are now open. If you would like to participate, please contact Claire Field by 1 December via ata.secureteam@gmail.com Please provide your full name if you would like to be included on the community entry - this is normally a discounted fee. The Big Half marathon  starts at Tower Bridge and finishes at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich. This 13.1-mile closed-road race passes through several London boroughs, including Greenwich. More information can be found by clicking here .

28 November 2025: Louis Roederer tasting at Davy's

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  Greenwich Wine Shop Producer Tasting: Louis Roederer Join us in the Wine Shop on Friday 28th November as Ayla Goddard-Reichelt walks us through a selection of iconic Champagnes from Louis Roederer. The Champagne House Louis Roederer was founded in Reims in 1776. It is one of the few large Champagne houses still owned by the founding family and has a reput...

Redevelopment of garages site on Ashburnham Place - update

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Hello everyone - I am sharing responses below from Chris Horn, developer, to questions raised at our recent meeting to discuss the redevelopment of this site. First of all I can confirm that each of the three properties is detached and is two storeys high and that none has car parking provided as part of the scheme. Our expectation in common with standard practice at the Royal Borough of Greenwich is that future residents at the three address points will also be permanently excluded from joining any local CPZ’s. There was an interesting discussion about whether the site should be gated. My recollection is that there was some ambivalence over this in previous discussions with the council. However, I took away from the meeting a unanimous preference amongst local residents that there should be a gate and our application will now specify this. There were a number of questions relating to potential impacts on flora and fauna. Our assessments have found no animals living or nesting on the s...