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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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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This is a list of our confirmed forthcoming events. Please notes that dates may be subject to change and events to cancellation. Bookings will open nearer the events’ respective dates. Pre-bookings (subject to availability) can be made by writing to our Honorary Secretary at info [@] whitefriarsclub.com.
25th March 2026
For our March dinner, we are delighted to welcome Reith Lecturer Dr Gwen Adshead, a world-renowned forensic psychotherapist, who will address our members on 'Questions about Violence". Join us for what promises to be a stimulating and though-provoking event.
22nd April 2026
Our special guest speaker for our April Dinner is the celebrated barrister and arbitrator Michael Beloff KC, who will talk to us on the subject ‘Of Wigs and Well-being – the Bar Then and Now’, a retrospective of his decade-long career in human rights…...
Bookings are not open for this event yet. If you want to record your interest in this event and make a pre-booking, please write to info [@] whitefriarsclub.com
27th May 2026
We are delighted to welcome back historian Dr Penelope Corfield as a special guest speaker at our 2026 Annual General Meeting Dinner. An expert on Georgian Britain and Ireland, she will talk to us, on this occasion, on the nature of time-space and th…...
Bookings are not open for this event yet. If you want to record your interest in this event and make a pre-booking, please write to info [@] whitefriarsclub.com
