Milford Probus Club post-lunch talk on Friday 21 November: Hogarth: Vice, Satire and Welfare. William Hogarth gave us a unique perspective of Georgian London. After a congenial lunch, Milford Probus Club members, guests and visitors will explore this perspective with Helen Naylor, a favourite speaker with a talent for bringing history to life. Hogarth’s city scenes are dynamic and chaotic. Helen contrasts this with his contemporary Canaletto’s sanitised view of London and examines what we can learn from his depiction of high and low culture and human nature. London was Hogarth’s stage. He wove real people and places into his pictures, notably ‘A Harlot’s Progress’ and ‘Four Times a Day’ which examine London’s dark underbelly, its vices and debauchery. Hogarth’s art was an improbable success. It led to legislation, including the first copyright laws and using ‘Gin Lane’ as a potent anti-alcohol poster for the Gin Act of 1751. Lunch and talk just £32. Lunch is at 12.30pm (pre-lunch drinks from 12pm). Visit www.milfordprobus.com or book lunch (book the Monday before) with Miranda O’Brien: miranda.obrien@btinternet.com / 01483 423398.