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 September – Jeffrey Buttle (1982–), Canadian figure skater, 2008 World Champion
  • 02 September – Ferdinand Karsch (1853–1936), German zoologist & sexologist
  • 03 September – Michael Huffington (1947–), American politician, former Republican congressman (California) & film producer
  • 05 September – Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), British musician, songwriter, record producer & lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona
  • 06 September – Julien Green (1900–1998), American expatriate writer
  • 07 September – Michael Feinstein (1956–), American singer & pianist
  • 07 September – Rudy Galindo (1969–), American figure skater, 1996 World Bronze Medallist
  • 07 September – Paul Iacono (1988–), American actor
  • 07 September – Peter Wheatley (1947–), English Anglican bishop
  • 08 September – Mark Foley (1954–), American politician, ex Republican congressman (Florida) & radio host
  • 08 September – Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), English poet, author & soldier
  • 09 September – John Curry OBE (1949–1994), British figure skater. 1976 European, Olympic & World Champion
  • 09 September – Paul Goodman (1911–1972), American sociologist & poet
  • 09 September – Gok Wan (1974–), British fashion consultant, author, television presenter, actor, DJ, chef & event manager
  • 10 September – Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019), German fashion designer, artist & photographer
  • 11 September – D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist & literary critic
  • 12 September – Leslie Cheung (1956–2003), Hong Kong film actor & musician
  • 14 September – Rob McCall (1958–1991), Canadian ice dancer, 1988 Olympic Bronze Medallist
  • 14 September – Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955–1991), Italian novelist
  • 16 September – Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856–1931), German photographer
  • 19 September – Brian Epstein (1934–1967), English music manager (The Beatles)
  • 19 September – Riyad Vinci Wadia (1967–2003), Indian independent filmmaker
  • 20 September – Dan Gillespie Sells (1978–), English singer-songwriter/guitarist, lead vocalist/frontman for the rock group The Feeling
  • 21 September – Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640–1701), younger brother of King Louis XIV
  • 21 September – Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973–), Latvian politician
  • 23 September – Manvendra Singh Gohil (1965–), Indian Prince
  • 24 September – William Dobell (1899–1970), Australian sculptor & painter
  • 25 September – Pedro Almodóvar (1949–), Spanish film director & producer
  • 29 September – William Thomas Beckford (1760–1844), English novelist, travel writer & the richest commoner in England at the time

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