PHLS: Helen Fielding in conversation with Helen Atkinson Wood

Helen Fielding. If you’re a woman, you’ll have experienced multiple ‘Bridget Jones moments’. If you’re a man, you’ll have gained insights into women through reading the best-selling Bridget Jones books. Helen Fielding created Bridget Jones as the spoof heroine of a weekly column for The Independent newspaper. The character became so popular that Fielding published Bridget Jones’ Diary, and three further sequels. There have been four blockbuster films.

So what does Bridget Jones teach us about women, men and sexual attraction? Are there serious lessons to be learnt from the choices Bridget makes (caddish Hugh Grant versus upstanding Colin Firth)? Were feminist Millennials right to be infuriated by Bridget Jones’ calorie-counting, flirtatious girliness? Were cautious Gen Zers legitimately shocked by an older woman taking a hot young lover?

Join us to hear Helen Fielding discuss life, love and loss. Can her literary creation help us to navigate the ups and downs of modern life?

Helen Atkinson Wood is an actress, presenter, travel writer and artist. She played Mrs Miggins in Blackadder alongside her university friends Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. She’s been in The Archers, Dr Who and The Young Ones. She was given a record high QI score for knowing about exploding custard. Helen has been twice nominated Best Female Comedy Performer by The British Comedy Awards. She’s a patron of the Red Rose Chain Theatre Company and INK Festival.

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This lecture begins at 7pm. Doors will be open from 6.30pm.

BOOKS will be provided by www.primrosehillbooks.com and available to buy and have signed by the speaker after the event.

St. Mary the Virgin Primrose Hill is an Anglican church in the liberal catholic tradition. Founded in 1872 it is now celebrating its 150th anniversary. St. Mary’s has a long and proud history of supporting some of the most vulnerable in society. Part of this is running the winter homeless shelter partnered with Camden Camden Community Cold Weather Shelter (C4WS), and is proud to provide a home to the Mary’s youthwork charity which provides practical care and help to local young people at risk.

The proceeds of this evening’s event will help St. Mary’s continue its social outreach work.

Single ticket (in-person attendance): £15/£10 concessions (OAPs, students)

Live-Streaming ticket (Watch online) ticket: £10 single lecture*

*You will be emailed a link ahead of the event, to watch the talk live-streamed via YouTube or after the event

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Booking Fee: All bookings are subject to a small booking fee which goes to Eventbrite, which provides us with this convenient online booking service.

Ticket Availability: Ticket sales will be available online until 4pm on the day of the lecture and after that, on the door, subject to availability. Online ticket sales will be available to purchase until 6pm on the date of the event.

Alternatively, you can buy tickets in person locally from Primrose Hill Books on Regent's Park Road or from our Parish Office by contacting 020 7722 3238 or by emailing [email protected]

In the event of a SOLD OUT situation, we will run a returns waiting list and tickets will be offered on a first come basis, as they become available.

Refund Policy: We allow refunds up to one day before the event . In the event of a postponement or cancellation of the date (decided by the organisers) a refund or transfer to new date will be offered. On sold-out events, we may be able to accept refunds after this time if we have a waiting list for people awaiting return.

Event Venue

Church of St Mary the virgin Primrose Hill, Elsworthy Rd, London, United Kingdom