Talk: Can Our Immune Systems Fight Cancer?

Tonight was a talk at the Royal Society - one of their Cafes Scientifiques, talks in an informal atmosphere, by a scientist, with a Q+A afterwards. The subject of this evening's discussion was Can Our Immune Systems Fight Cancer? And with the Royal Society being just a 15-minute walk from the office, naturally I left from there.

Now, this had been advertised by London European Club, and the organiser had advised us to get there by 6 for a good seat (the talk was to start at half past). I left a little later than intended, and got a little lost - never been there before. Anyway, I finally figured out which of the grand old buildings at the south end of Regent Street it was, and passed through the gate. Seeing a cluster of people waiting outside the door, I figured this was a queue, and joined it.

There we stood - and as the queue got so long it stretched around the corner of the building and out of sight, I congratulated myself on being near the start of the queue. I'd got there about 10 past. We did wonder what the story was though, as the start time neared and they showed no sign of opening up. Finally, at around 25 past, a very softly spoken man came out, looked at the long queue in a worried manner, and whispered to the people at the front - which information was then relayed down the queue - that they only had seating for 10 more. So obviously, they had already let in a bunch of people who'd arrived earlier (probably including our organiser, whom I hadn't been able to see). Well, even if they allowed standing, I didn't want to do that. So I left, came back to the office, and messaged the group to let me know where they were headed for drinks, if that was happening. No word yet.. Moral of the story: arrive by 6!

Tomorrow, the Man with the Hat is taking London for Less Than a Tenner to Top Secret. Love those nights! And I doubt they'll fail to find me a seat.

On Thursday, I'm back with the Crick Crack Club at last, at the Art House Crouch End. First meeting of the year, and finally yesterday advertised on Meetup! I saw it on their flier for Crouch End, and booked ages ago. Anyway, the title is Rebranding Beelzebub, which is certainly enough to get me there! And I now live closer to it than I did the last time I was there.

Back to Ireland at the weekend, and on Monday, I'm back with Funzing UK for Eat Zagi - an immersive dining & theatre experience. I had some fun booking it, when the bank thought it was a fraud and kindly stopped my card, so I had to ring them at 2am.. in the meantime, I did find a discount code, so it wasn't all bad. Try "EnjoyFunzing5". Actually, why not try "EnjoyFunzing10"? That's a code too. Anyway, again, I'm closer to this venue in Finsbury Park than I was before..

Next Tuesday, I'm headed for Sex with Strangers at Hampstead Theatre. First Meetup of the year with London Dramatic Arts. Dunno, I think it was that she had seats at both levels of the theatre, so it would've been too hard to avoid them..

Wednesday 1, the Man with the Hat is starting the month again. Let's Do London - for less! is off to the Opera House for La Traviata.

Thursday 2, he's taking both groups to Cadogan Hall for a concert involving the works of Brahms and Elgar, among others.

Friday 3 promises to be unusual.. the Crick Crack Club is hosting a late-night storytelling event at the Wellcome Collection. Mustn't forget to book tickets for the actual storytelling - they go on sale on Friday.

And finally, Saturday 4, I'm finally going to the much-advertised British Museum Tour - Ideas That Made our World. A Funzing event, as advertised by two of their Meetup groups - London Speaks Sessions and LDN Talks @ Night. So I booked with both..