This is a selection of some of our most recent events. A complete list of our past events is available here. If you are a member of the club, you can also read the reports and articles from the Whitefriars Journal (for the years 1900–23) and The Whitefriar (2001 onwards) by clicking here.

25th March 2026

The Gwen Adshead Dinner, 25th March 2026

Our guest speaker on Wednesday, Dr Gwen Adshead, spoke with great passion about her work with patients at Broadmoor Hospital and about violence in society. We were left in no doubt about her intelligence and empathy, and the Friars and guests went ho…

25th February 2026

The 158th Anniversary Dinner with special guest speaker Baroness Ashton

The Friars and distinguished guests were treated to a splendid evening for our 158th Anniversary Dinner. Baroness Ashton, our guest speaker, shared some of her unique experiences as a leading European Union diplomat. We were all left in awe of the de…

29th January 2026

The Dame Deborah Bronnert Dinner

One of the fortunate Friars who attended this event described it as “a most enjoyable evening – definitely one of the highlights of the Club’s recent history”. He could not have put it better. Dame Deborah Bronnert’s brilliant, thought-provoking talk…

10th December 2025

2025 Christmas Gathering

Following on the success of our 2024 Christmas Get-Together at Ye Olde Cock Tavern, we renewed the fun on 10th December 2025, when we met at Friar Hüseyin Özer’s Sofra Restaurant in South Molton Street, a stone’s throw from the Savile Club, for a jov…

25th November 2025

The 2025 Musical Evening, with the premiere of our sung Cordial

History was made on 26th November 2025 when a sung version of our time-honoured Cordial, specially arranged by Dan Gillingwater and Friar Matthew Minter, with Nigel Foster at the piano, was given its premiere in the Ballroom of the Savile Club. But h…

29th October 2025

The Sir Jeremy Hunt Dinner

Sir Jeremy thanked Friar Tom McClintock for his “scary-sounding” introduction, but then conceded that politics can be pretty brutal, especially when it comes to government change. He was worried what effect the sudden departure from 11 Downing Street…