pcoming Events
Booking
If you would like to book a ticket for any of these events, please send a cheque made payable to Friends of Benjamin Franklin House along with details of the event, date and type of ticket to Benjamin Franklin House, 36 Craven Street, London WC2N 5NF or call 0207 839 2006
Those entitled to a concessionary rate are Friends of the House, the over 65s and students
Meet Mrs Polly Hewson - Summer Holiday Family Days 
Every Tuesday in August & September 2008, 11:30am & 2:30pm
Kids go free! Adults only £3.50 each. All children must be accompanied.
Discover what life was like in Georgian England by meeting Mrs Polly Hewson, the daughter of Franklin’s landlady, who will guide you around the House, built 1730. Learn about everyday life in the 18th century, as well as the extraordinary story of Benjamin Franklin himself. There will also be the opportunity to follow in Franklin’s footsteps as a scientist, re-creating one of his most famous experiments, a fearsome display of the awesome power of lightning!
Benjamin Franklin House Annual Symposium
Featuring Dr. Richard Horton, Editor of the Lancet, the world's number one global medical journal. Dr. Horton is the 2007 winner of the Edinburgh Medal and will speak on Benjamin Franklin and the Globalisation of Science; tickets include reception.
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 6:30pm - 20.30pm
£8; £5 Friends and concessions (at Conference Centre , British Library)
Dr. Richard Horton qualified in medicine from the University of Birmingham. In 1990, he joined The Lancet as an assistant editor and became Editor-in-Chief in 1995. He was the first President of the World Association of Medical Editors and is an honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University College London, and the University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Founder Fellow of the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences. He co-chairs a WHO Scientific Advisory Group on Clinical Trials Registration and is a Council Member of the Global Forum for Health Research.
In 2007, he received the Edinburgh Medal for professional achievements judged to have made a significant contribution to the understanding of human health and wellbeing. He has been a medical columnist for The Observer and writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and New York Review of Books. He published a book about controversies in modern medicine, Second Opinion, in 2003.
US Presidential Debate
Between the Chairs of Republicans Abroad and Democrats Abroad; Sir Robert Worcester, founder of MORI, to moderate.
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 7pm
£8; £5 Friends and concessions (at Conference Centre, British Library)
