George Gissing, the celebrated author of the novel New Grub Street, which satirizes the literary and journalistic world of 1880s London, attended the 20th April 1900 Dinner as a guest of Friar Edward Clodd.
A new document has emerged showing that the prolific English novelist and short-story writer Beatrice Kean Seymour, born in Clapham into a working-class family, spoke at the Whitefriars’ 1930 Christmas Banquet at the Trocadero.
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On 28th October our guest speaker will be Lord Justice Peter Jackson, who is an Appeal Court judge and a most respected legal figure. He is known for his problem-solving approach to family law, and he will talk to us about “A Court That Works”.