CIRCA-CLUB EVENTS 2026

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Lecture: Queen James: the life and loves of Britain’s first king @ National Portrait Gallery

Join historian and broadcaster Gareth Russell at this lecture inspired by his new book about James Stuart, the first king of Great Britain. Russell delves into the Monarchs romantic life, revealing how he fell in love three times once with George Villiers, the handsomest man in the whole world and how he was infatuated three more times including with a Highland earl and an English spy. We have so much on the six wives of Henry VIII, why not the six loves of James I? This lecture reveals James genius, liar, spendthrift, idealist, witch-hunter and the men he loved at the centre of one of the most dramatic and gripping stories in British royal history. Gareth Russell is an historian and broadcaster. His books include Young and Damned and Fair, The Ship of Dreams, Do Lets Have Another Drink and The Palace. He is the host of the podcast Single Malt History with Gareth Russell and he divides his time between Belfast and London.

Tickets : £ 10 Tickets

Address : National Portrait Gallery
St Martins Place
London
WC2H 0HE

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  • 01 August – Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008), French fashion designer
  • 01 August – Lionel Bart (1930–1999), British writer & composer of pop music and musicals, including Oliver!
  • 02 August – James Baldwin (1924–1987), American novelist
  • 04 August – Walter Pater (1839–1894), English essayist & art critic
  • 04 August – Marcus Urban (1971–), German footballer & diversity adviser
  • 04 August – Rudi van Dantzig (1933–2012), Dutch choreographer, ballet dancer & writer
  • 05 August – Heward Grafftey (1928–2010), Canadian politician & business executive
  • 06 August – Jim McGreevey (1957–), American seminarian & politician, and former Governor of New Jersey
  • 06 August – Andy Warhol (1928–1987), American painter, printmaker & filmmaker
  • 08 August – Michael Urie (1980–), American actor, television producer & director
  • 09 August – Michael Kors (1959–), American fashion designer
  • 10 August – Andrew Sullivan (1963–), English author & political commentator
  • 11 August – Angus Wilson (1913–1991), English novelist & short story writer
  • 13 August – Herb Ritts (1952–2002), American fashion photographer
  • 13 August – Domenico Dolce (1958–), Italian fashion designer and co-founder of Dolce & Gabbana
  • 13 August – Sam Champion (1961–), American television personality & weather anchor
  • 14 August – Horst P. Horst (1906–1999), German-American fashion photographer
  • 14 August – Nick Grimshaw, also known as Grimmy (1984–), English radio & television presenter
  • 14 August – Mark Pocan (1964–), American Democratic congressman for Wisconsin
  • 18 August – Marcel Carné (1906–1996), French film director
  • 19 August – Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990), American magazine publisher
  • 21 August – Miguel Vale de Almeida (1960–), Portuguese anthropologist, LGBT activist, professor & politician
  • 24 August – Stephen Fry (1957–), English actor, screenwriter, comedian & television presenter
  • 24 August – Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), gay liberation activist
  • 25 August – Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886), King of Bavaria
  • 25 August – Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American conductor, composer, music lecturer & pianist
  • 25 August – Rob Halford (1951–), English singer & songwriter, and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Judas Priest
  • 26 August – Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986), English novelist
  • 27 August – Tom Ford (1961–), American fashion designer & film director
  • 29 August – Jean Lorrain (1855–1906), French poet, novelist & dandy
  • 30 August – Ben Bradshaw (1960–), British Labour politician, former Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, and former MP for Exeter

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