Listed below for you information are some of the past events held by the BMS

Saturday 19 June 2010 - 11am

Surreal Friends

A visit to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, to see the major exhibition Surreal Friends on its opening day.

Surreal Friends is actually three exhibitions featuring work by Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Kati Horna.

Surrealist women artists, Carrington and Varo, and photographer Kati Horna escaped the Nazis in France in 1939 to live and work in Mexico.

Thursday 20 May, 6pm

The Worldwide History of Dress including Mexican Textiles.

Talk by Dr. Patricia Anawalt.

Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ

Wednesday 24 March 2010, 6pm

Children of the Sun

Talk by Elizabeth Manson Bahr on her recent novel about Moctezuma, Children of the Sun

click here for a review

Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ

Monday 1 March 2010, 7pm

'In Celebration' A Treasure from Mexico. A talk about an Aztec Fan by Beryl Melville, the well known expert on fans from around the world.

The Fan Museum,12 Crooms Hill, London, SE10 8ER

Thursday 14 January 2010, 6pm

Mexican Cinema from Vamos con Pancho Villa to Amores Perros

Talk on the history of Mexican Cinema by Ignacio Durán, Minister for Cultural Affairs, Mexican Embassy. Ignacio Durán is a world acclaimed expert in the Mexican cinema.

Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ

Monday 14 December 2009, 7pm

Carol Service
In aid of Children's charities in Latin America

Readings and Christmas Carols in Spanish, Portuguese and English at The Parish of our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock (Carmelite Church).

Tickets: Adults £5, Children FREE (up to 12 years), price includes entry into the raffle for a magnum of champagne. For more information and tickets go to www.alaf.co.uk

Carmelite Church, 14 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4BB

Monday 7 December 2009, 6.45pm

Moctezuma Exhibition

Reception and private view of the Moctezuma Exhibition and the Exhibition of Mexican Prints in the presence of HRH the Duke of Gloucester, Patron of the British Mexican Society.

British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B

Monday 23 November 2009, 6pm

Annual General Meeting followed by a talk on “Cornish Miners, their adventurous journey to Pachuca and Mineral del Monte in the 1820’s and its aftermath”

by Richard Williams, Chairman of the Cornish Mexican Cultural Society. See www.cornish-mexico.org

Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ

Tuesday 6 October 2009, 6pm

A talk on New Life Mexico – the inspiring centre for street children in Puerto Vallarta

by Philippa Vernon-Powell, Field Director. Philippa gave up her successful corporate career in London to move to Puerto Vallarta to oversee the development of New Life Mexico from small beginnings to its current successes as an internationally recognised charity.

Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ

Wednesday 15 July 2009, 6pm

Our Summer Drinks Reception

This is a splendid opportunity to chat with old friends and meet new people who share our enthusiasm for keeping in touch with Mexico.

The Athenaeum, 107 Pall Mall

Tuesday 2 June 2009, 6pm

A talk by HE Juan Jose Bremer, Mexican Ambassador in London

Ambassador Bremer will draw upon his extensive experience as ambassador to the Soviet Union (1988-90), Germany (1990-98), Spain (1998-2000) and the USA (2001-04) prior to his posting to London. He will make reference to some of the theses included in his excellent book El Fin de la Guerra Fria y el Salvaje Mundo Nuevo (published in 2006).

Mexican Ambassador’s Residence, 48 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8QR (NOT CANNING HOUSE!)