Film
All We Imagine As Light
Berkhamsted Civic Centre, 8pm. Also Tue 18. For details of film please visit the website.
What's on
Talks
The Elgin Marbles: A History of Meaning
Potten End Village Hall, 10.30 am. Speaker: Alan Read.
Talks
John Hampden, Rebel or Patriot?
Baptist Church Tring, 8pm. What made a modest gentleman from the Chilterns into a national leader in his own time and a beacon of liberty for the American Founding Fathers? Speaker: Dr Beth Rogers, Chair of the John Hampden Society.
Business
BDCC Networking Breakfast
Berkhamsted Golf Club, 7.30-9.30am. Speakers from Berkhamsted School will be talking about the new 6th form centre and future plans.
Music
Fundraisers
DENS Sponsored Sleepout
Hammond Academy, Cambrian Way, Hemel Hempstead HP2 5TD, 8pm-7am. An inspiring night under the stars, packed full of community spirit and entertainment. When it’s time to bed down, experience just a small glimpse of the challenges faced by rough sleepers during the harsh winter months.
Markets & Sales
Wigginton W.I. Christmas Market
Wigginton Village Hall, Chesham Road, Wigginton, HP23 6EH, 10am-2pm. A Christmas Fayre with a lot of home produce and seasonal crafts to raise funds to support the aims of the local Women's Institute.
Fairs / Festivals
St Peter’s Arts & Crafts Fair
The Court House, Church Lane, Berkhamsted, 10am-4pm. Free exhibition of artworks & crafts. Purchase unique works of art, find an early Christmas gift, plus coffees, cakes and a prize raffle. Supporting St Peter’s Renovation Appeal.
Fairs / Festivals
Christmas at Waddesdon
Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury. Wed-Sun 12noon-7.pm to 4 Jan. This festive season, join Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild and his dog, Poupon, on a tour across Europe. An innovative light show will transform the Manor and garden into a kaleidoscope of colour.
Arts & Crafts
Sushi Making Workshop – With Prosecco
Grape Expectations, Berkhamsted, 2-4pm. Learn how to make 4 different kinds of sushi in a relaxed and friendly environment with Tomono Sushi Party.
Fairs / Festivals
Berkhamsted Festival of Light
Berkhamsted High Street, 3.30pm. With entertainment from local musicians, stalls, Santa's parade, the Elves Posting House in the Civic Centre, fairground rides, St. Peter’s Church service, best dressed shop window competition and Christmas light switch on.
Talks
The Twelve Plants of Christmas
Ashridge Decorative and Fine Arts Society, Potten End Village Hall, 10.30am. Timothy Walker, a distinguished botanist and former Director of the Oxford Botanic Gardens, shows how Christmas folklore ignores plants and will use The Twelve Days of Christmas to highlight their true place in the festive tradition.