Free Tonight?

Then you have a choice to make. You can either join the Linnean Society in their historic headquarters for a talk on the history of tea, or you can join the Brick Lane Circle and Roy Moxham at the Whitechapel Idea Store for a, erm, talk on the history of tea. While Moxham, author of the extraordinary Great Hedge of India, is a historian worth listening to, the Linneans might win our evening — if only because they actually serve tea (and cakes) in their stunning library beforehand.