Recent events

Tonight’s dinner followed the Club’s AGM. Alan Williams began proceedings with a tribute to outgoing Chairman Judy Douglas-Boyd – who, he said, had presided over “the best dining club in London” with great charm, quiet grace and a hint of mischief. J…...

Following the success of last year’s Shakespeare’s Birthday celebrations at the Swan near the Globe, we organized, in association with the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (formed in 1403), another very special event to commemora…...

Introducing the speaker, our Chairman, Friar Judy Douglas-Boyd, described the Hon. Michael Beloff KC as a renowned barrister with an exceptional career. After the Dragon School and Eton, he had read history at Magdalen College, Oxford, and had been p…...

There was a pleasing incongruity to the evening: a packed Ballroom, the hum of animated conversation, excellent wine and the anticipation of dessert, all assembled to accompany a subject few of us would describe as “comfortable”. Violence is not, aft…...

Prior Tom McClintock introduced Baroness Ashton as “an absorbing communicator with a deep social consciousness”, later adding that she was his favourite person to discuss politics with, something the audience readily appreciated during the hour that…...

Prior of the Day Alan Williams presided over a sell-out throng of Friars packed into the Savile Club’s Ballroom. After a fine and convivial dinner, he invited Honorary Secretary Alessandro Gallenzi to introduce the evening’s speaker, Dame Deborah Bro…...