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