Events at Southside
 
 2008
For further information please contact the administrator on 0208 946 7643 or email.
SOUTHSIDE HOUSE SUMMER GARDEN PARTY Bank Holiday Monday, August 25th
from 2pm - 6pm, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
WIMBLEDON BOOKFEST        Box office 0208 543 4888         www.polkatheatre.com
Wimbledon Society Literary Walk
SATURDAY OCT 4th
Following the sell-out success of last year’s walks, the Wimbledon Society are offering another
opportunity to take a guided walk to places where notable authors were born, lived or forged
important literary connections. The walk covers Wimbledon Village and the Common.

Walks at 2, 2.30pm.
Duration : 1 1⁄2 hours including tea/coffee break at Southside House
Tickets: £5 available from peter.cargin@gmail.com or 0208543 5816.
SECRET CHURCHES: RICHARD SURMAN
Ecclesiastical gems from around Britain & Ireland                                                 SATURDAY OCT 4TH

Writer and photographer Richard Surman  provides a fascinating illustrated insight into
some of the most intriguing churches through the British Isles. Every church harbours its
own stories and secrets, from the mysterious ruins of Finchcairn, overlooking Loch Awe, to the
extravagant Strawberry Hill Gothik of Herefordshire’s St John the Evangelist in Shobdon.
  
Richard Surman is the author of several successful books and contributes to
English, Spanish and Swedish magazines. He lives at Southside House,
and was a founder member and Artistic Director of the Ledbury Poetry Festival. 

Southside House. Doors open from 1.30pm. Event starts at 2pm. Duration 1 hour:
Tea & coffee will be served afterwards
  Tickets: £6 available from the Festival Box Office
WHERE WAS HOMER'S ITHICA: ROBERT BIDDLESTONE     MONDAY OCT 6th
Since the publication of “Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer’s Ithaca” in 2005,
a major research project has been under way in Kefalonia to test the book’s radical solution to
this age-old mystery. Author Robert Bittlestone will describe the latest news from the island
with slides, film clips and satellite images.

Southside House, Wimbledon Common.  Doors open 7.00pm , event start 7.30pm
Duration : 1 hour
Tickets: £7.50 available from the Festival Box Office
QUEEN VICTORIA: first Royal Rebel? KATE WILLIAMS     TUESDAY OCT 7TH
Unmasking the exciting, vibrant, passionate young woman behind the dreary reputation, Kate Williams
makes a welcome return to Wimbledon Bookfest to tell the amazing story of Victoria's struggle
to become Queen, against a background of shocking scandal, sexual license, lies and terrible exploitation.

Southside House.  Doors open 7.30pm, event start 8pm
Refreshments available      Tickets: £10