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Recreation Room, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN
Can we ever discover the date, time and context of the world's first-ever handshake? Probably not. But can we establish when and why the handshake emerged as a mainstream form of greeting? Yes, we can! In this illustrated talk, historian Penelope Corfield explores the antiquity of the gesture, explains its emergence as a daily greeting and (at the end) briefly speculates on its future prospects.
£5 payable in advance online or on the door - the talk starts at 7pm