History Corner
Serial SpeakersAccording to the club’s records, there are eleven people who have spoken to the club more than once.
Read moreAccording to the club’s records, there are eleven people who have spoken to the club more than once.
Read moreThe July 1906 Pilgrimage to Tennyson country was one of the most anticipated events of the year.
Read moreIn July 1890, Oscar Wilde called at the Whitefriars Club’s rooms at Anderton’s Hotel and had a long talk about Dorian Gray with Friar Sidney Low, then editor of the St James’s Gazette.
There is no record of Oscar Wilde ever being present at one of the club’s dinners, although he may have attended as a guest of Sidney Low himself.
(Below: Anderton’s Hotel; Oscar Wilde)