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The Mirage of Old Age

When we are young, old age seems a distant event and like a mirage, the closer we get to it the further away it seems.    However, the reality is that with the passing of years, no matter how young we may feel at heart, we become older and can in time become fragile and vulnerable.

Fraud and Prevention

Type in ‘email fraud’ into the pre-eminent search engine Google and then press enter.   Recently on a laptop in UK Google returned ‘About 211,000,000’ results in 0.43 seconds. Two hundred and eleven million results in less than one minute.  Internet users have come to expect rapid results and to rely upon and trust the information returned.

Orchestra of St John’s

Orchestra of St John’s OSJ was founded 48 years ago by its Director, John Lubbock, and its original home was St John’s Smith Square in Westminster, where it still performs. OSJ appears regularly in London and at concert halls and festivals throughout the country and its concerts have featured world famous soloists such as Dame Felicity Lott, Sir James Galway, John Lill, Yuri Bashmet, Tasmin Little and Steven Isserlis. The …Read More

Orchestra of St Johns | Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons

The Orchestra of St. Johns with its conductor John Lubbock and Jan Schmolck, solo violin, will perform Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons at the Victoria Hall, Hartley Wintney As well as performances at the Royal Opera House, Ashmolean Museum Oxford, Snape Maltings Snape and Blackheath Halls Blackheath the Orchestra of St John’s provide more than fifty musical events each year for children with autism and for adults with dementia.

Lords and Ladies and Wacky Races

When is a pram not a pram?   Answer when it is a Wheelchair, a wheelbarrow or even a scooter.  As long as it has at least 3 wheels on 2 axles, or in the case of wheelbarrows 1 wheel and 2 skids, carries a passenger and can be manually propelled the ‘pram’ and team can enter the Hartley Wintney Pram Race 2015