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Events
Programme
2020-2021
THE SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES
Produced by the Clerk’s Office
[Correct as of 11.01.21]
Master
Prof MJG Farthing
MD, DSc(Med), FRCP, FMedSci
Senior Warden
Prof J Anderson
CBE, MB BS, PhD, FRCP
Junior Warden
Dr JJC Holliday
CVO, MB BS, MRCGP, DCH, DObstRCOG, DFFP
Clerk
NS Royle
BSc, MBA
Table of Contents A Letter from the Master ................................................................... 1 A Letter from the Clerk ...................................................................... 2 A Letter from the Charity Committee Chairman ...................... 3 The Apothecaries’ Lottery................................................................. 4 The Faculties & Friends of the Archives ................................. 5-6 Stained Glass Windows for the Parlour ....................................... 7 Summary of Events (2020-2021) .................................................. 8 Individual Events ......................................................................... 9-32 Future Events (2021-2022) ................................................. 33-34 Correspondence / Blank Occasional Cards .................... 35-36 A Present Idea from the Livery Committee ............................. 37 How to Book Society Events................................................. 38-41 Useful Contacts ................................................................................... 42 Society Programme 2020-2021 ................................................... 43 Colour Key Society Events Charity Committee Livery Committee Events Faculty of the History & Philosophy of Medicine & Pharmacy Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine Friends of the Archives Friends & Faculty HP Symposium All events are held at Apothecaries’ Hall unless otherwise stated. Any event held at the Hall will be subject to Government Guidance on COVID-19.
A Letter from the Master
Professor Michael Farthing
As many of you will know, the Wardens and I were invited by the Court of the Worshipful Society
of Apothecaries to allow our names to go forward with the possibility of serving a second year, to
be decided formally by election at the Election Court on 27 August 2020. This possibility had not
crossed my mind until the Wardens raised it with me, and we agreed to serve for a second year
only on the understanding that the Court believed that it was in the best interests of the Society
to provide continuity during these challenging times. We anticipate that there will continue to be
disruption to our activities during the last quarter of this year, and this may extend into the first
quarter of 2021. Despite this, the Society has remained active with our educational programmes,
regular business meetings, and Hall maintenance. Much of this activity has occurred, highly
efficiently, through virtual platforms.
I hope you feel that we have done our best to give you regular updates on our activities,
particularly through the Society Newsletter and the regular reports issued by our marvellous
Faculties, which have maintained extraordinarily high levels of activity, despite the constraints of
lockdown and the government advice to keep us safe. The Galen celebration in July was an
experiment which seems to have worked. I wrote up a brief account of the evening in the
Newsletter, and a lightly edited recording of the event can be accessed through our website.
For nearly six months, most of our staff have been working from home, but from September
there will be a staged return to the Hall. The Wardens, the Clerk, the Beadle and I were in the
Hall, physically, for the Galen event, and we returned to conduct interviews for the new Academic
Registrar, and also for the Election Court at the end of August (although there was still the option
of participating in the Court meeting remotely from home, for those who did not wish to travel to
the Hall). At this point, it is difficult to predict when we will be able to resume lectures and
dinners at the Hall, but we are developing a plan with our caterers to start to offer refreshments
at functions, while ensuring that we continue to observe the government guidance of the day.
As you will see, the Society has planned a full programme for next year, but we will need to be
flexible and adapt to the order of the day in these uncertain times. The Charity Committee is
already planning a special event next year in the wake of this year’s extraordinarily successful
opera dinner that raised a very significant sum for the Master’s Fund, which supports medical
students in financial difficulty. Please look at the programme and support as many events as you
possibly can. We will continue to produce the Newsletter and will use this to communicate to you
any alterations in the programme of events that arise during the year.
I look forward to meeting you at lectures, dinners and other Society functions, and wish you all a
happy, healthy and rewarding year.
With best wishes
Professor Michael Farthing
Master Apothecary
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A Letter from the Clerk
Mr Nick Royle
Exciting times indeed, as the ancient curse would say. Over the centuries, our Society has dealt
with many serious events. Plague, fire, war, insurrection, rioting in the streets, have all played
themselves out in, around and over our ancient Hall. The current pandemic will, one day, be
looked back upon as yet another in that long line of – what appeared to be at the time –
cataclysmic events.
If the Apothecaries have learned anything from history, it is that the life of the Society goes on,
and will go on.
As such, we present to you our Events Brochure for the Master’s Year September 2020 to August
2021.
The current year will be different from recent years. At the time of going to press, national
guidelines for what we can and cannot do remain in a state of flux. It is by no means clear what
events we can run, with how many people, or how. Planning is, to put it mildly, tricky.
For these reasons, we are planning to run a normal series of events, on the understanding that
we may need to adjust the programme to accommodate developments in the COVID-19 situation.
We will not be sending out a hard copy of the Brochure this year. Instead, we will send a short
summary, and the Brochure itself will be available on the website (www.apothecaries.org). As
the situation changes, we will update the online Brochure, so that you can access the latest
information. We will also keep you up to date through the usual Newsletters and email.
As intimated earlier in the year, the rate of Quarterage for 2020-21 is £185 for Guardant
members, and £370 for Court Members. The annual Direct Debit will be activated on 21
September 2020. Prices for dinners have been held at £105 for a further year, and for most
events you can invite as many guests as you wish. With the current pressures on our main
income source – property rents – it is more important than ever that we are able to collect this
payment, as the costs of running the Society don’t reduce just because we have fewer visitors.
For those who are able to visit the Hall, whether on business or for pleasure, we have an
appropriate range of safety and hygiene measures in place to ensure our visitors’ safety, as far as
we can. These include appropriate signage, hand-sanitising stations, an enhanced cleaning
regime during times of occupancy, and so on. We also have contact tracing in place, and you are
asked to follow the instructions for this, should you visit.
I do hope that we are able to meet in the coming year, whether in person, or at one of our
increasingly popular online events. In the meantime, keep safe and well.
Yours sincerely,
Nick Royle
Clerk
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A Letter from the Charity
Committee Chairman
Dr Simon Bailey
Dear Apothecary,
2020 has been a year of achievement, but also great need! Thanks to your generosity, this year
we have been able to support more medical students in financial hardship than ever before, and
to increase the amount we gave them. A record 40 students were supported this year, each
receiving £1,500, that is, £500 more than last year.
This year has seen an unparalleled number of applicants who are in extreme poverty – one was
relying on a food bank, and another living on £10 per week whilst still managing to pay the
medical school fees. There is also a link between poverty and mental health. Many of the
students reported anxiety and depression associated with their living conditions. Some have
needed psychiatric help, and so the cycle of financial need – with physical and emotional
disability – makes the study of medicine even more difficult. Most of our students are studying
medicine as a second degree, and so are not able to access normal funding streams. The one
thing that unites them is their ambition to be good doctors. It is exciting to read of their
attainments so far and their plans after qualifying. Remember, these doctors and pharmacists
will look after us as patients in years to come. Several recipients of our awards are still in touch
with us, and feel that in future they would like to join the Society and help future generations of
medical students in turn.
As a Society we consider it a privilege to be able to support the next generation of doctors and
pharmacists. Sadly, the large majority of our members still do not contribute to our work. I urge
you to consider making a regular and/or one-off donation. Details can be found on the Society
website. We are always very heartened when we hear of unexpected donations from the Livery
in response to an awareness of need. Only this week we have received £5,000 from one member.
Over the next year, financial hardship will increase. There is a real cutback in students’
opportunity to earn money whilst they study, due to COVID-19. Already we know our strategy
will need to plan to support even more students next year.
I also urge you to consider the Charity in your will. A simple addition, leaving the Charity a
proportion of your residuary estate, would help us to ensure our long-term ability to support our
professions. We were saddened this year to learn of the death of Dr Audrey Tucker, but thrilled
that she remembered the Charity in her will, endowing it with over £800,000. Through such gifts
– both great and small – we can help financially challenged students to stay the course.
I hope that in the first quarter of 2021 we will hold an event to mark and celebrate the Charity,
though we cannot plan anything at present. I am always happy to talk to, or email, members and
friends who are interested in the work we do.
With kind regards
Dr Simon Bailey
Chairman, Charity Committee
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Apothecaries’ Lottery
Supporting the Society’s Charity
“I am humbled by the generosity of the Society and overcome with gratitude”*
After the success of the 400 Club Lottery, which raised funds for the 400th Anniversary Appeal,
we are delighted to continue with the Apothecaries’ Lottery.
The Apothecaries’ Lottery supports the Society’s charitable activity, which is focused mainly on
supporting heavily indebted young medical students at risk of crashing out of their courses.
Apothecaries’ Lottery tickets are priced at £40 per annum, and you may buy as many tickets as
you wish.
There will be a draw of £500 at each of the following events: the Yeomanry Dinner, the Carol
Service, the Second Guest Night Dinner, and the Summer Dinner.
If you are interested in purchasing tickets click here for an application form.
*Quotation from 2017 Medical Student Support Grant recipient
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries General Charity Ltd: Charity No 284450
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Are you interested in
medical history, or want to
know more about the
collections in
Apothecaries' Hall?
Curious about medical
practice in disaster
situations or keen to think
more philosophically
about healthcare?
The Society of Apothecaries is the parent body for organisations that specialise in the areas
mentioned above, namely: the Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy; the
Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine; and the Friends of the Archives. They have separate
memberships (and subscriptions), and run their own programmes of events, activities and courses.
These are all open to Members and the general public, and offer perfect opportunities to experience
the Hall through a different lens, with the opportunity to meet a diverse range of people from
medical and other backgrounds.
Both Faculties and the Friends have their events listed in this programme. You do not have to be a
member of the Faculties or the Friends to attend their events, and guests are very welcome.
However, as independent charities, they are dependent on subscriptions and the income from events
to operate. Faculty members receive regular newsletters and communication about relevant
activities, as well as reduced rates for attendance at certain events.
In summary:
the Faculty of History and Philosophy host eight evening lectures each year, alongside
annual courses leading to diplomas in medical history (DHMSA), and in philosophy and
healthcare ethics (DPMSA). It also programmes short courses, events and symposia, and runs
two vibrant Fellows' streams in philosophy and in history. Annual membership is £44 (£22
for students) and £117 for Fellows (£58 for students). For more information click here.
the Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine hosts two evening lectures each year,
alongside the course leading to the Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophes (DMCC).
Each year, the Faculty makes awards to three medical students embarking on their electives.
Annual membership is £30 (£15 for students). For more information click here.
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Friends of the Archives
Over 400 years the Society of Apothecaries has acquired a fascinating collection of documents and
artefacts connected with the history of medicine, apothecaries, and the Society.
The collections are kept safe in the Hall, maintained in a controlled environment by a dedicated team
that includes many Friends. They answer queries from all over the world, research and record
documents, display interesting artefacts, and help identify and raise funds for important items in
need of restoration.
Friends of the Archives contribute through a £10 annual subscription and very welcome donations
towards restoration projects. Members receive regular newsletters, meet like-minded Friends at
events, and bring personal guests to our Summer Party.
Do you have a special interest or skill? We would be pleased to hear from you.
The Friends of the Archives is a charity of the Society of Apothecaries. Membership of the Friends is
not restricted to Apothecaries; it is open to all with an interest in our activities. To learn more, please
contact: Dr Janet Baldwin, Honorary Secretary, friends@apothecaries.org
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An update on the stained glass
for the Parlour windows
The project to convert the Parlour Windows to stained glass with the theme of medicinal plants is
now well underway. All 24 panes have donors and a chosen plant. The choice of plants for the
windows is as exciting as it is diverse. The choices are: lavender, milk thistle, peony, lime,
apothecary rose, saffron, wild iris, leek, cornflower, borage, purple cone flower, sessile oak,
shamrock, thorn apple, borage, feverfew, marigold, deadly nightshade, white rose, poppy, wild
daffodil, pomegranate, white bryony, and willow.
Twelve of the 24 panes have been completed, and the remaining 12 are in development. The
positioning of the panes and overall design of the windows has evolved as the individual pane
designs have come in, and has been agreed by William Shand, our resident stained-glass expert and
my co-organiser.
Below, I have set out some examples of the uncoloured initial sketches, coloured sketches, a cut but
unleaded pane, and some photos of panes that have been completed and are ready to install.
Readers will note that the main leading structure and cartouche design and placement are the same
in each pane. This is to provide cohesion across the two windows, whilst allowing the artist full rein
to design the leading within the main central area of the pane. The brief allowed the artists to
expand into the border areas or not as they saw fit. Whist the brief was quite prescriptive for the
main leading, it allowed the artist enough freedom of expression for the design.
The designs will be enhanced by new and cutting-edge LED backlighting of the windows. One small
positive outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it will give us the opportunity to install the new
backlighting and all the panes in one process – rather than piecemeal – without multiple upheavals.
Unless a miracle happens, I believe this is unlikely to happen until 2021.
The project has been more than four years in gestation, but the most exciting stage will be happening
in the foreseeable future!
Dr Mike Spencer
Immediate Past Chairman, Livery Committee
From left to right: pomegranate (uncoloured sketch), foxglove (uncoloured sketch), white bryony
(coloured sketch), deadly nightshade (coloured sketch), apothecary rose (completed pane), lavender
(completed pane), white rose (a cut but unleaded pane).
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Summary of All Events 2021
January 2021
Sydenham Lecture [Zoom] Thu 14 [Faculty HP]
Creative Writing for Medical Ethics [Zoom] Fri 22 [Faculty HP]
Burns Night celebration by Zoom [Zoom] Mon 25 [Livery Committee]
February 2021
Friends Spring Lecture [Zoom] Mon 8 [Friends of the Archives]
After the Fire [Zoom] Sat 20 [Livery Committee] NEW
Keats Memorial Lecture [Zoom] Tue 23 [Faculty HP]
First Livery Dinner Thu 25 [Society] CANCELLED
Visit to Vintners’ Hall [Zoom] Thu 25 [Livery Committee]
March 2021
Women & Bioethics in 21st Century [Zoom] Mon 8 [Faculty HP] UPDATED
Gideon de Laune Lectures [Zoom] Wed 10 [Faculty HP]
United Guilds’ Service Fri 19 [Society] MOVED to Fri 21 May
Sydney Selwyn Lecture [Zoom] Mon 22 [Faculty HP]
Second Livery Dinner Thu 25 [Society] CANCELLED
April 2021
John Locke Lecture Mon 12 [Faculty HP]
First Guest Dinner Wed 21 [Society]
Literary Festival [Zoom] Thurs 22-Fri 23 [Faculty HP] NEW
May 2021
Visit to Leith Hill Place TBC [Livery Committee]
Friends & Faculty HP Symposium Thu 6 [Friends & Faculty HP]
Friuli Venezia Giulia Tour Mon 10-Sat 15 [Livery Committee]
Leslie Payne Memorial Lecture Tue 18 [Faculty CC]
Livery Luncheon & United Guilds Service Fri 21 [Society] UPDATED combined event
Galen Dinner Tue 25 [Society]
June 2021
Hans Sloane Lecture Wed 2 [Faculty HP]
Friends Summer Party Mon 14 [Friends of the Archives]
Visit to Chester Cathedral Mon 14-Thu 17 [Livery Committee]
Flavell Lecture Wed 16 [Faculty HP]
Faculty HP Anniversary Dinner Thu 24 [Faculty HP]
Second Guest Dinner Mon 28 [Society]
July 2021
Examiners’ Cocktail Party Thu 8 [Society]
Summer Dinner Tue 13 [Society]
August 2021
Master’s Day Service & Dinner Wed 25 [Society]
8Faculty HP: Sydenham Lecture [Zoom] 14 January 2021
Date: Thursday 14 January 2021
Time: Lecture at 6.00 pm
Who can attend: Open to all
Lecture cost: Faculty HP members £5,
non-Faculty members £10, Students free
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
‘Leonardo Da Vinci – A 15th-century
Anatomist
whose Concepts and Ideas Anticipated 21st-
century Radiology’
Given by Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams earned his medical degree at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of
London, and was awarded a British Fulbright Scholarship (University of Iowa) in Anatomical Education.
He is an expert on Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of anatomy, and has been involved in exhibitions of his
works.
Leonardo da Vinci is considered to be one of the greatest anatomists ever to have lived. This lecture will
explain his fascination with the challenge of depicting a complex, layered, three-dimensional and mobile
structure – the human body – in a static two-dimensional image, and the many unique illustrative
techniques and concepts he devised to achieve his aims. It will show how astute and accurate
Leonardo’s research was, and how little the detailed knowledge of human anatomy has changed in the
500 years since his death, even with the advent of modern imaging technology.
The Master’s Fund
Today’s students study in a very different world than we did. Some of us were
lucky enough to have our University fees paid by the state. We could even apply
for support grants.
Today’s students can expect to leave education with tens of thousands of pounds’
worth of debt.
Particularly for those studying medicine as a second degree, success or penury
can rest on a knife-edge. Illness, or loss of a part-time job, can mean that
suddenly the sums no longer add up.
What can we do to help?
Annually, the Society gives a grant to one or two medical students at every
medical school in England and Wales, and to a small number of pharmacy
students. You fund these grants – please give generously.
9Faculty HP: Creative Writing for Medical Ethics [Zoom] 22 January 2021
Date: Friday 22 January 2021
Time: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Who can attend: Open to all
Lecture cost: Fellows free, Faculty HP members £25,
non-Faculty members £25
Venue: Online event via Zoom
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
This is a live interactive webinar with experienced
tutors in creative writing and medical ethics. We will
discuss how to make ethical issues come alive through
creative writing.
The session will involve discussion of participants’ own work. Please choose an event in which some
question of medical ethics constitutes the central dilemma for the participants. This may be something
you’ve experienced first-hand as a patient or a practitioner, or something you have heard or read about.
You can, if you like, choose one of the scenarios explored in Radio 4’s Inside the Ethics Committee. Now
write up this story in any way you like – for example, as a short story, a scene in a stage or radio play, a
magazine feature, or even a narrative poem.
This can be a work-in-progress; it does not need to be a polished final draft. We’ll use your pieces to
discuss a range of narrative and linguistic techniques, which make our writing clear, concise and
compelling.
Please write between 200 and 700 words. So that everyone has the opportunity to read their work and
receive feedback we may, depending on numbers, work on an extract rather than your whole piece
during the session. All registered participants will have their work read and receive feedback on both
ethical and literary aspects of their writing.
The Master’s Fund
How much should I donate?
Everyone can donate something to the Fund. Please consider, the annual cost of:
A weekly takeaway coffee = £135
A weekly pint of beer = £234
A monthly meal out for one = £720
Saving someone’s dreams £250?
10Livery Committee: Burns Night Celebration by Zoom 25 January 2021
Date: Monday 25 January 2021
Time: 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Who can attend: Society members and their
guests
Cost £26.95
Dress code: Scottish Attire (or at least top half)
Venue: Online event via Zoom
Contact: peterjemace@gmail.com
Burns Night celebrates the life and enduring
legacy of Robert Burns, the great Scottish poet,
who penned more than 550 poems before his
death in 1796 at the age of 37.
The Livery Committee invites fellow Apothecaries to celebrate this with us by Zoom teleconferencing.
Scotland’s most famous export is arguably Scotch whisky. We will be tasting a selection throughout the
evening, and explaining how it is best drunk. Those who do not wish to sample the whisky will enjoy the
story of how it’s made as well as the history of the kilt and bagpipes.
Please visit the website for up to date details click here
The Master’s Fund
Why this is important
Dropping out of medical school wastes talent, money and lives, and crushes a
young person’s dreams.
You can make a difference
We can’t pay off a student’s debts, but we can give a helping hand. We know
that it isn’t just the monetary value of the donation that makes a difference, it’s
also the fact that somebody cares.
As a Livery Company, the Society has been helping the medical community for
400 years.
We like to think that our Society still cares.
11Friends of the Archives: Friends Spring Lecture 8 February 2021
Date: Monday 8 February 2020
Time: 6.00 pm
Who can attend: All welcome
Cost: £10 (suggested donation)
Dress Code: Casual
Venue: Online lecture via Zoom
Contact: friends@apothecaries.org
“Go Home and Sit Still”
A story of three inspirational women
Given by Dr Bill Reith
This talk was inspired by three women, all of whom had been partners at the same general practice in
Aberdeen at one time or another. Through their actions they helped to transform the health of women
and children in Aberdeen, and much more. They were pioneers of their day – role models, activists for
women’s rights, and activists for social change. They all challenged the status quo.
I hope to tell you something of their achievements – and some of the struggles they faced. In exploring
these, I will highlight other women, and will attempt to put their achievements into the context of their
time. As I researched these women, I wondered how their journeys compared with women at that time
who wished to pursue a university education. It also made me wonder about the sort of barriers that
women continue to face, especially in medicine, so I will finish with some comments on that.
The first part of the story starts before any of the three inspirational women were born and concerns a
group of young women who became known as the Edinburgh Seven. They changed education for
women in the UK forever.
Dr Bill Reith, a Society member, graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University in 1974 before
moving to Aberdeen to undertake vocational training for general practice. In 1978, he joined a city
centre practice where he was a partner until he retired in January 2019. He was regional adviser in
general practice for North East Scotland from 1986-96.
He was a member of UK Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners from 1990-2003, and its
Honorary Secretary from 1994-99. He was chair of the RCGP Heritage Committee from 2011-18.
This picture of Dürer’s Rhinoceros can be found
by the doors leading into the Great Hall
12Livery Committee: After the Fire [Zoom] 20 February 2021
Date: Saturday 20 February 2021
Time: 4.00 pm
Who can attend: Society members and their
guests
Cost: £10 per log-in
Dress code: Smart casual
Venue: Online event via Zoom
Contact: jane.careyharris@btinternet.com
Are you missing the fun and fellowship of
Livery Committee events including our
traditional walking tours? If so why don’t you
join us on our first virtual tour. A perfect way
to spend a winter Saturday afternoon.
Mr Londoner, aka former Museum of London communications director Antony Robbins, explores the
legacy of the Great Fire of London. He brings a unique perspective on this tumultuous event during an
already turbulent period in our history.
To join us on this tour you will need access to Zoom. Details will be sent to those who register, £10 per
log in, so your family can join you around your computer or tablet for this afternoon of entertainment.
Please visit the website for up to date details click here
Sherwood Stocker (Master), Charles Browne (Senior Warden), T E Burton Brown (Junior Warden) and the
Court, Apothecaries’ Hall Courtyard, 1899-1900
13Faculty HP: Keats Memorial Lecture [Zoom] 23 February 2021
Date: Tuesday 23 February 2021
Time: Lecture at 6.00 pm
Who can attend: Open to all
Lecture Cost: Faculty HP members £5,
non-Faculty members £10, Students free
Venue: Online event via Zoom
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
‘Surgery and Emotion Before Anaesthesia’
Given by Dr Michael Brown
Michael Brown is an expert on the history of
medicine and surgery in nineteenth-century
Britain. He is the author of Performing Medicine:
Medical Culture and Identity in Provincial England,
c.1760-1850 (2011), as well as a forthcoming book on the history of surgery and emotion. The period
prior to the introduction of anaesthesia in the 1840s is often characterised as a dark age of surgery,
replete with blood and suffering, and presided over by practitioners whose dispassion bordered on
cruelty. This lecture seeks to challenge these stereotypes and show that pre-anaesthetic surgery was,
in fact, an emotionally rich and complex affair. Surgeons of the period, far from adopting a position of
detachment, shaped identities as men of feeling, while emotional sensitivity was an essential tool of
clinical decision-making and therapeutic management.
The Keats Memorial Lecture, is organised in association with King’s College London.
Society Major Event: First Livery Dinner 25 February 2021
Date: Thursday 25 February 2021
Time: 6.45 pm–10.30 pm
Who can attend: Liverymen, Yeomen, and
their guests
Cost: £105
Dress code: White tie (black tie acceptable)
Contact: deputyclerk@apothecaries.org
The Society’s major functions are our
showpiece events, and are open to
Liverymen, Yeomen and their guests. Hosted
by the Master and Wardens, official guests
may include visiting Masters, Presidents of
Royal Societies, senior figures in the world of
medicine, pharmacy, the sciences, entertainment, the Armed Forces, finance, politics, and beyond.
These dinners are the ideal opportunity to show friends and family what the Livery is all about – whilst
recognising our academic and charitable purpose. With members and guests dressed in their finest,
participating in ancient – and enjoyable – ceremonies, partaking of the finest wines and food, and with
excellent entertainment, what is a once-in-a-lifetime event for most can be enjoyed frequently by
Apothecaries.
To book tickets click here
14Livery Committee: Visit to Vintners’ Hall [Zoom] 25 February 2021
Date: Thursday 25 February 2021
Time: To be confirmed
Who can attend: Society members and their
guests
Cost: £50 to be confirmed
Dress code: Smart casual
Venue: Online event via Zoom
Contact: j8sxx@hotmail.com
This is the visit planned for June 2020 which has
been rescheduled and will now take place on
Zoom.
The Vintners’ Company was placed eleventh out of the Twelve Great Livery Companies in the order of
precedence of 1515. The Vintners’ Hall has been on the same site since 1357. Their first hall was
destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, and was rebuilt to designs of Christopher Wren. The present hall
was completed in 1823, with its entrance on the south side of Upper Thames Street.
The virtual visit will include a real meal.
Please visit the website for up to date details click here
Faculty HP: Women & Bioethics in the 21st Century [Zoom] 8 March 2021
Date: Monday 8 March 2021
Time: 10.00 am
Who can attend: Open to all
Cost: £30 whole day or £10 per talk
Venue: Online event via Zoom
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
Three talks chaired by Dr Andrew Papanikitas.
‘Personalized medicine and the public good’
Given by Professor Donna Dickenson
‘Pregnancy and vulnerability in socially excluded women – a call to action’
Given by Dr Paquita De Zulueta
‘Influential Women in Bioethics: who, what and why?’
Given by Dr Alexis Paton
15Faculty HP: Gideon de Laune Lectures [Zoom] 10 March 2021
Date: Wednesday 10 March 2021
Time: Lecture at 6.00 pm
Who can attend: Open to all
Lecture Cost: Faculty HP members £5,
non-Faculty members £10, Students free
Venue: Online event via Zoom
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
‘History of Peyote’
Given by Mike Jay
Mike Jay is an author and curator who has written
widely on scientific and medical history. His books on
psychoactive drugs include High Society: mind-
altering drugs in history and culture (Thames &
Hudson 2010), which accompanied the exhibition he
curated with Wellcome Collection, and Mescaline: a global history of the first psychedelic (Yale
University Press 2019). He is a research affiliate at the UCL Health Humanities Centre.
The peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii) has been used in its native Mexico for healing, divination
and magic since pre-Hispanic times. During the late nineteenth century, it was adopted by the Plains
tribes of the Southwest USA as a medicine and sacrament.
‘The History of Gigantism – from Legends to Genes’
Given by Professor Marta Korbonits
Legends of giants intertwined with reports of real patients have always fascinated both the public and
medical community for centuries. The last two decades brought significant breakthrough in our
understanding of conditions associated with gigantism and explained old folktales with facts. In this
lecture, Professor Korbonits will talk about legends, mythology, real patients, injustice, pain and
suffering, and psychological burden, and will explain the genetic causes behind gigantism. The lecture
will conclude with our ongoing efforts to prevent this devastating disease.
16Society Major Event: United Guilds Service (UGS) 19 March 2021
Date: Friday 19 March 2021 [See 21 May 2021]
Time: 10.45 am–3.30 pm
Who can attend: Liverymen, Yeomen, and
their guests
Cost: £60 (for Lunch)
Dress code: Lounge suit
Venue: St Paul’s Cathedral
Contact: deputyclerk@apothecaries.org
The Clerk has three tickets available for the
Company Row and five tickets for the
unreserved seating in the North Transept.
Members wishing to attend the magnificent
service at St Paul’s should apply to the Deputy
Clerk for one of the limited number of tickets. Tickets may also be allocated to non-member spouses
for the unreserved seating. All are welcome to join us for lunch at the Hall, where we are joined by
Liverymen from several other Companies.
Please note, this event has been moved to Friday 21 May 2021 and will be combined with the
Livery Lunch.
Processing from the Hall to St Paul’s for
the 2019 United Guilds Service
17Faculty HP: Sydney Selwyn Lectures [Zoom] 22 March 2021
Date: Monday, 22 March 2021
Time: Lecture at 6.00 pm
Who can attend: Open to all
Lecture Cost: Faculty HP members £5, non-HP members £10,
Students free
Venue: Online event via Zoom
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
‘Can the Environmental Impact of the NHS be Justified?’
Given by Dr Mary Fletcher
Sydney Selwyn Winner
The NHS has a fundamental role in providing health care to the
population of the UK. However, its practices also have a significant
and detrimental effect on the environment, while we live in a world
that is threatened by climate change. This talk examines the ethical
justification for conflicting imperatives and explores whether
sustainability may be a means by which these could be reconciled.
‘Epistemic Injustice in Schizophrenia’
Given by Dr Ellis Onwordi
Sydney Selwyn High Commendation
Patients with schizophrenia suffer epistemic injustice when they are afforded unduly low levels of
credibility by their caregivers, and when representations of their experiences are prejudicially
excluded from the collective means of social interpretation.
This lecture will consider the nature of epistemic injustice in caregiving in schizophrenia, how it
causes patients and caregivers to miss out on knowledge, and its negative implications for outcomes.
It will also consider which tools are available to caregivers pursuing epistemic justice for
schizophrenia patients.
18Society Major Second Livery Dinner 25 March 2021
Date: Thursday 25 March 2021
Time: 6.45 pm–10.30 pm
Who can attend: Liverymen, Yeomen, and
their guests
Cost: £105
Dress code: White tie (black tie acceptable)
Contact: deputyclerk@apothecaries.org
The Society’s major functions are our
showpiece events, and are open to
Liverymen, Yeomen and their guests. Hosted
by the Master and Wardens, official guests
may include visiting Masters, Presidents of
Royal Societies, senior figures in the world of
medicine, pharmacy, the sciences, entertainment, the Armed Forces, finance, politics, and beyond.
These dinners are the ideal opportunity to show friends and family what the Livery is all about – whilst
recognising our academic and charitable purpose. With members and guests dressed in their finest,
participating in ancient – and enjoyable – ceremonies, partaking of the finest wines and food, and with
excellent entertainment, what is a once-in-a-lifetime event for most can be enjoyed frequently by
Apothecaries.
To book tickets click here
Subject to Government Advice on COVID-19, we will endeavour to keep the website as up-to-
date as possible and let you know if things change.
Heraldic windows from Past Masters
19Faculty HP: John Locke Lecture 12 April 2021
Date: Monday 12 April 2021
Time: Tea from 5.30 pm, Lecture at 6.00 pm,
Supper from 7.00 pm
Who can attend: Open to all
Lecture Cost: Faculty HP members £5,
non-Faculty members £10, Students free
Hot Buffet: Faculty HP members £25,
non-Faculty members £35, Students £15
Dress code: Smart casual
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
‘Healthcare during COVID-19: The Promise and
Pitfalls of Professional Ethical Guidance’
Given by Professor Richard Huxtable
As the COVID-19 pandemic developed, numerous professional organisations sought to issue ethical
guidance, to assist healthcare professionals in the various decisions they faced. Working with a team
of colleagues, Professor Huxtable led research into the guidance, kindly funded by the Elizabeth
Blackwell Institute at the University of Bristol. In this John Locke Lecture, he will explore some of the
guidance that emerged, and the ethical principles proposed within the guidance. In doing so, he will
reflect not only on the value of professional ethical guidance, but also on some of its pitfalls, before
outlining some of the remaining questions that merit further exploration.
Society Major Event: First Guest Dinner 21 April 2021
Date: Wednesday 21 April 2021
Time: 6.45 pm–10.30 pm
Who can attend: Liverymen, Yeomen, and their guests
Cost: £105
Dress code: Black tie
Contact: deputyclerk@apothecaries.org
The Society’s major functions are our showpiece events, and are open
to Liverymen, Yeomen and their guests. Hosted by the Master and
Wardens, official guests may include visiting Masters, Presidents of
Royal Societies, senior figures in the world of medicine, pharmacy,
the sciences, entertainment, the Armed Forces, finance, politics, and
beyond.
These dinners are the ideal opportunity to show friends and family
what the Livery is all about – whilst recognising our academic and
charitable purpose. With members and guests dressed in their finest, participating in ancient – and
enjoyable – ceremonies, partaking of the finest wines and food, and with excellent entertainment, what
is a once-in-a-lifetime event for most can be enjoyed frequently by Apothecaries.
To book tickets please email the Deputy Clerk
Subject to Government Advice on COVID-19, we will endeavour to keep the website as up-to-date
as possible and let you know if things change.
20Faculty HP: Literary Festival [Zoom] 22-23 April 2021
Date: Thursday 22 to Friday 23 April 2021
Time: All Day
Who can attend: Open to all
Cost: To be confirmed
Venue: Online event via Zoom
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
Chaired by Dr Andrew Papanikitas. Authors confirmed so far, Dr
Jeremy Howick and Dr Samuel Shem.
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Livery Committee: Visit to Leith Hill Place May 2021
Date: Weekday in May 2021, date to be
determined
Time: 10.45 am–4.30 pm, to be confirmed
Who can attend: Society members and their
guests
Cost: £40 per person, to be confirmed
Dress code: Casual
Venue: Leith Hill Place
Contact: drmalins@outlook.com
Although this National Trust property is not yet open to the public due to Covid-19 it is hoped that the
visit planned for May 2020 will be rescheduled for May 2021.
Leith Hill Place was the childhood home of one of England's greatest composers, Ralph Vaughan
Williams, who gave it to the National Trust in 1945. His grandparents, Josiah Wedgwood III and
Caroline (née Darwin) moved there in 1847 and his great uncle, the famous naturalist Charles Darwin,
conducted experiments in the grounds. Our visit will take place on a day when the house is not open to
the public and, hopefully, the rhododendrons will be in full bloom.
The event will be limited to 25 participants and will include a light lunch and cream tea (to be
confirmed).
Please visit the website for up to date details click here
21Faculty HP & Friends: Botanical Symposium 6 May 2021
Date: Thursday 6 May 2021
Time: 10.00 am–6.00 pm
Who can attend: Open to all
Cost: £50, Students £25
Dress code: Smart casual
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
‘Barks, Berries and Bitter Pills’
This is a one-day symposium on plant-based
remedies within mainstream medicine to celebrate
over 200 years of quinine and other medicines.
The event will include talks, exhibitions, tours, a
poster competition, and afterwards a chance to
mingle with a glass of something.
Chairman: Dr William Parker
Speakers: Professor Michael Heinrich,
Dr Noel Snell, Kim Walker, Professor Mark Nesbitt,
and Jemma Houghton
A few of our apothecary jars
22Livery Committee: Friuli Venezia Giulia Tour 10-15 May 2021
Date: Monday 10 to Saturday 15 May 2021
Time: EasyJet: Gatwick 12.30 pm
Who can attend: Society members and their
guests
Cost: £1,365 per person sharing standard
double or twin; solo traveller supplement
£215* (flights included)
Dress code: Casual
Venue: Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Contact: tony@millenniumtours.co.uk
OUR PROGRAMME:
DAY 1, Mon 10 May: EasyJet Priority Boarding: dep Gatwick 12:30; arr Venice 15:40. Transfer to
hotel, dinner in the hotel.
DAY 2, Tue 11 May: In Aquileia visit the Romanesque-Gothic basilica complex and explore the
remains of the Roman river port, and the Archaeological Museum. Lunch before driving to Grado to
visit sixth-century Basilicas. Later visit Palmanova, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Dinner in the hotel.
DAY 3, Wed 12 May: In Cividale, a World Heritage site, visit the Cathedral, the Cathedral Museum, the
Archaeological Museum and the Tempietto Longobardo. After lunch, return to Udine, to visit the main
sites of the town. Evening at leisure.
DAY 4, Thu 13 May: In Trieste visit the Cathedral of San Giusto, Serbian Orthodox and Greek
Orthodox churches, and the Museo Revoltella. After lunch, drive around the Bay of Trieste to visit the
Castello Miramare. Dinner in the hotel.
DAY 5, Fri 14 May: Spend the day visiting some of the typical towns of Friuli. In the morning drive to
Pordenone, then to Spilimbergo. Lunch is provided. In the afternoon visit Portogruaro to wander
around the town. Farewell dinner at local restaurant.
DAY 6, Sat 15 May: Visit the medieval Castello di Villalta. Lunch will be provided en-route to the
airport. EasyJet Priority Boarding: dep Venice 18:45; arr Gatwick 20:00.
*Price (flights included) £1,365 per person, double or twin room including meals as specified,
private transport, entry fees, guide services, porterage. Solo traveller supplement £215 (double room
for single use). Standard single supplement £125. Deposit of £250 per person payable upon booking.
Operated by Millennium Tours – ATOL 10040
Please visit the website for up to date details click here
HOT OFF THE PRESS: There are currently 32 confirmed bookings and the visit is planned to go
ahead subject to an open travel corridor UK/Italy/UK with no quarantines, a significant reduction in
infection rate in UK and across Europe, and the roll out of vaccines in the UK and across Europe.
Participants should have been vaccinated prior to travel.
23Faculty CC: Leslie Payne Memorial Lecture 18 May 2021
Date: Tuesday 18 May 2021
Time: Tea from 5.30 pm, Lecture at 6.00 pm,
Drinks Reception 7.00 pm–9.00 pm
Who can attend: Open to all
Cost: Lecture by donation, Drinks Reception £10 or free for
Faculty CC members
Dress code: Casual
Contact: facultycc@apothecaries.org
Speaker and Title to be confirmed
The Leslie Payne Memorial Lecture is given in honour of our
friend and academic colleague who died on 24 May 2018.
The Faculty owes its very existence to Dr Payne who had a
central role in establishing the DMCC (Diploma in the
Medical Care of Catastrophes).
Our highly regarded eponymous lectures are held
biannually and feature eminent Speakers from a wide range
of professions. Previous guest lecturers have included:
Dame Anne Mills, Dr Stephanie Simmonds, Prof Chris Whitty, Surgeon Vice Admiral Philip I Raffaelli,
Mike Wooldridge, Prof Sue Black, Sir Mark Walport, Miss Hasu Patel, and General The Lord Guthrie of
Craigiebank.
24Society Major Event: UGS Service & Livery Luncheon 21 May 2021
Date: Friday 21 May 2021
UGS Service: 10.45 am-12.15 pm
Livery Lunch Time: 12.30 pm–3.30 pm
Who can attend: Liverymen, Yeomen, and
their guests
Cost: £95.00
Dress code: Lounge suit
Venue: UGS Service is at St Paul’s, Livery
Lunch is at the Hall
Contact: deputyclerk@apothecaries.org
The Society’s major functions are our
showpiece events, and are open to
Liverymen, Yeomen and their guests. Hosted
by the Master and Wardens, official guests may include visiting Masters, Presidents of Royal Societies,
senior figures in the world of medicine, pharmacy, the sciences, entertainment, the Armed Forces,
finance, politics, and beyond.
These are the ideal opportunity to show friends and family what the Livery is all about – whilst
recognising our academic and charitable purpose.
This year those members attending the United Guilds Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral will return to the
Hall and join the guests of the Livery Lunch. The Clerk has three tickets available for the Company
Row and five tickets for the unreserved seating in the North Transept.
Members wishing to attend the magnificent service at St Paul’s should apply to the Deputy Clerk for
one of the limited number of tickets. Tickets may also be allocated to non-member spouses for the
unreserved seating. All are welcome to join us for lunch at the Hall, where we are joined by Liverymen
from several other Companies.
To book tickets for the Livery Lunch please email the Deputy Clerk
To book tickets for the United Guilds Service please email the Deputy Clerk
Subject to Government Advice on COVID-19, we will endeavour to keep the website as up-to-
date as possible and let you know if things change.
25Society Major Event: Galen & Farr Dinner 25 May 2021
Date: Tuesday 25 May 2021
Time: 6.20 pm–10.30 pm
Who can attend: Liverymen, Yeomen, and
their guests
Cost: £105
Dress code: White tie & decorations (black
tie acceptable).
Contact: deputyclerk@apothecaries.org
The Society is unique in combining the
responsibilities of a City of London Livery
Company with a UK medical academic
institution. The Awards Dinner marks our
annual celebration of medical science and
education. The Society of Apothecaries’ most prestigious award, the Galen Medal in Therapeutics, will
be presented. The Farr Medal, for significant contribution to the management of the care of elderly
people, will also be presented. In addition, the Apothecaries’ Prize for junior doctors at pre-consultant
level, which was introduced in 2017 to mark the 400th anniversary of the granting of the Society’s
Royal Charter, will be awarded at the dinner, along with the Prize for Excellence in Military Medical
Support to Crisis.
Those attending should be seated by 6.20 pm, as the presentation will begin at 6.30 pm precisely. The
presentation will be followed by a reception and a formal dinner to which Presidents of Royal Colleges
and other distinguished guests are invited.
To book tickets please email the Deputy Clerk
Subject to Government Advice on COVID-19, we will endeavour to keep the website as up-to-
date as possible and let you know if things change.
The Galen Medal (back)
The Galen Medal (front)
26Faculty HP: Hans Sloane Lecture 2 June 2021
Date: Wednesday 2 June 2021
Time: to be confirmed
Who can attend: Open to all
Cost: to be confirmed
Dress code: Smart casual
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
‘Poison that “Sweetens the Blood”; Slavery, Drugs and
the Apothecary’
Given by Professor Pratik Chakrabarti
The history of drugs is often about more than the drugs
alone. Drawing from Sloane’s own work, this talk focuses
on the complex world of Caribbean plantations, slavery,
and poisoning that shaped British drugs and apothecaries’
practices. While slaves often used poisons as an everyday
form of resistance, British surgeons also adopted them as
remedies. With reference to one such plant, the Jamaican
Bloodflower, which was often used as a medicine in the
plantations and grown as an ornamental garden plant in
Britain and North America, the talk will explore the history
of anxiety, trust, and inter-cultural exchanges that shaped
the history of modern drugs.
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Agatha Christie passed the Apothecaries’ Hall Pharmacists’ Assistants’ Exam in 1917
27Friends of the Archives: Summer Party 14 June 2021
Date: Monday 14 June 2021
Time: 6.00 pm–8.00 pm
Who can attend: Friends of the Archives & their
personal guests
Cost: £15
Dress Code: Casual
Contact: friends@apothecaries.org
Friends of the Archives Summer Party
This party provides a very special evening for
Friends and their personal guests to enjoy a
convivial occasion at what is, without doubt, the
oldest – and possibly most beautiful – Livery Hall
in the City of London. We hope the weather will be good to us so that we can enjoy the beautifully
restored Courtyard and the magnificent Great Hall at their best. There is always something new to
discover at the Hall, and a favourite treasure to share. A light buffet and sparkling wine will be
provided by Committee volunteers.
The recently restored Society coat of arms in the Courtyard
28Livery Committee: Visit to Chester 14-17 June 2021
Date: Monday 14 to Thursday 17 June 2021
Time: Afternoon of 14 June
Who can attend: Society members and their
guests
Cost: £220 to be confirmed
Dress code: Casual
Venue: Chester
Contact: alison.catherine872@gmail.com
OUR PROGRAMME:
June 14th arrival at your hotel, evening dinner together.
June 15th, Day 1, Fully organised visit to Chester Cathedral, including history of the Cathedral and story
supporting the newly refurbished windows. Lectures on the Cathedral and the stained glass.
June 16th, Day 2, Accompanied tour of the city of Chester, its history, historic buildings and monuments.
June 17th Day 3 Morning. Walking Tour of Chester city centre. Afternoon, departing at your leisure.
What’s included in cost of the excursion
Day 1 Tours, lectures and buffet lunch at the Cathedral.
Evening – Dinner for excursion delegates
Day 2 Guided tour of the City of Chester
Day 3 Morning walk in the city centre
What’s not included
Your transport to and from Chester and hotel accommodation
Booking will be accepted for the whole trip, or for independent sections of the trip (for example, just for
Day 1, or for Day 1+ Day 2, or other)
Please visit the website for up to date details click here
29Faculty HP: Geoffery Flavell Lecture 16 June 2021
Date: Wednesday 16 June 2021
Time: Tea from 5.30 pm, Lecture at 6.00 pm,
Supper from 7.00 pm
Who can attend: Open to all
Lecture Cost: Faculty HP members £5,
non-Faculty members £10, Students free
Hot Buffet: Faculty HP members £25,
non-Faculty members £35, Students £15
Dress code: Smart casual
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
Speaker: To be confirmed
Following Geoffrey Flavell’s death in 1994, the Faculty was bequeathed a sum of money to host a lecture
on the theme of cardiothoracic surgery in his memory. Flavell’s career as a thoracic surgeon spanned the
development of the discipline from the surgical treatment of tuberculosis to cardiac surgery. He was born
in Wellington, New Zealand, and after studying at Otago University chose to complete his medical training
at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, qualifying in 1937. He served in the RAF during the Second World
War, and ended up as an officer commanding the surgical division of No 5 RAF General Hospital, Cairo,
where he was also adviser in surgery to the RAF Mediterranean and Middle East Command. From 1950,
he spent 30 years on the consultant staff of the London Hospital. Much of his work was concerned with
cancer of the lung, and he was one of the first doctors to denounce cigarette smoking as a cause of cancer.
Faculty HP: Faculty HP 60th Anniversary Dinner 24 June 2021
Date: Thursday 24 June 2021
Time: 6.45 pm–10.30 pm
Who can attend: Faculty HP members and their guests
Cost: £85
Dress code: Black tie
Contact: facultyhp@apothecaries.org
On 21 October 1959, the establishment of the Faculty of the
History of Medicine and Pharmacy was formally announced by
the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. Its founding aim was
“to foster and extend more general interest in medical history
and to attract the co-operation of general historians, so that
work in this field may be co-ordinated with wider historical
studies."
Join with friends, guests and fellow supporters of the Faculty
to mark its 60th anniversary with a formal black-tie dinner. A
chance to reminiscence about past Faculty memories and raise
a toast to the next 60 years!
For more information about the Faculty's Diamond Anniversary please click here
30Society Major Event: Second Guest Dinner 28 June 2021
Date: Monday 28 June 2021
Time: 6.45 pm–10.30 pm
Who can attend: Liverymen, Yeomen, and their
guests
Cost: £105
Dress code: Black tie
Contact: deputyclerk@apothecaries.org
The Society’s major functions are our showpiece
events, and are open to Liverymen, Yeomen and
their guests. Hosted by the Master and Wardens,
official guests may include visiting Masters,
Presidents of Royal Societies, senior figures in the
world of medicine, pharmacy, the sciences,
entertainment, the Armed Forces, finance, politics, and beyond.
These dinners are the ideal opportunity to show friends and family what the Livery is all about – whilst
recognising our academic and charitable purpose. With members and guests dressed in their finest,
participating in ancient – and enjoyable – ceremonies, partaking of the finest wines and food, and with
excellent entertainment, what is a once-in-a-lifetime event for most can be enjoyed frequently by
Apothecaries.
To book tickets please email the Deputy Clerk
Subject to Government Advice on COVID-19, we will endeavour to keep the website as up-to-
date as possible and let you know if things change.
A stained-glass window of an Apothecary, in the Great Hall by Frances Spear from 1931
31Society Major Event: Summer Dinner 13 July 2021
Date: Tuesday 13 July 2021
Time: 6.45 pm–10.30 pm
Who can attend: Liverymen, Yeomen, and
their guests
Cost: £105
Dress code: White tie (black tie acceptable)
Contact: deputyclerk@apothecaries.org
The Society’s major functions are our
showpiece events, and are open to
Liverymen, Yeomen and their guests. Hosted
by the Master and Wardens, official guests
may include visiting Masters, Presidents of
Royal Societies, senior figures in the world of
medicine, pharmacy, the sciences, entertainment, the Armed Forces, finance, politics, and beyond.
These dinners are the ideal opportunity to show friends and family what the Livery is all about – whilst
recognising our academic and charitable purpose. With members and guests dressed in their finest,
participating in ancient – and enjoyable – ceremonies, partaking of the finest wines and food, and with
excellent entertainment, what is a once-in-a-lifetime event for most can be enjoyed frequently by
Apothecaries.
To book tickets please email the Deputy Clerk
Subject to Government Advice on COVID-19, we will endeavour to keep the website as up-to-
date as possible and let you know if things change.
Society Major Event: Master’s Day Service & Dinner 25 August 2021
Date: Wednesday 25 August 2021
Time: 5.30 pm–10.30 pm
Who can attend: Liverymen, Yeomen, and their guests
Cost: £105
Dress code: Lounge suit
Venue: St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
Contact: deputyclerk@apothecaries.org
This event is held on the day that the new Master is elected, and
begins with a service at St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe. The service will
be conducted by the new Master’s Chaplain, Reverend Heather Leake
Date, Methodist Presbyter, Ecumenical HIV Chaplain and Consultant
HIV/Sexual Health Pharmacist. During the service the Clerk will read
out the names of members known to have died during the past year.
The service will be followed by drinks in the Courtyard, weather
permitting, and a four-course dinner in the Great Hall.
To book tickets please email the Deputy Clerk
Subject to Government Advice on COVID-19, we will endeavour to keep the website as up-to-
date as possible and let you know if things change.
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