ENGLISH SPEAKERS’ CIRCLE
International club for cultural and social activities
for speakers of English
At club meetings, pick up a drink at our drinks table from 16:15 and stop for a chat before the talk. Please note that the international clubs are no longer part of the VHS and cannot use the 2nd floor rooms in Mecumstraße 10. Please pay careful attention, therefore, to the venues and start times of our next events and check again before your visit. Further events in spring 2026 will be announced in the spring programme. We look forward to seeing you at our meetings.
The British capital is not only a hub of literature, culture and the arts in general, London has also always featured in literary texts. When it does it is not just a background or a setting, it becomes a character, and sometimes a story couldn't be set anywhere else than in London because it is about London. Join Dr Michael Heinze on a trip through ages and genres to explore this fascinating city.
… with Christmas biscuits – all welcome, voting by members only.
We hope to follow this with some musical entertainment from around 19:15.
More detail later.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel “The Great Gatsby” was published 100 years ago. Although not an immediate success, it became one of America's favourite books about the American Dream and the Jazz Age after it was distributed to US soldiers during the second World War.
A certain Jay Gatsby turns up in New York's high society in the 1920s. No one knows the truth about his past or the source of his huge wealth. He holds legendary parties at his Long Island estate, parties to which New York’s elite is keen to be invited. But it’s all to impress his long-lost lover, Daisy …