History Corner
The Immortal Dinner of 1872Only four years after its foundation, on 6th September 1872, the Whitefriars Club held one of its most memorable and eventful dinners.
Read moreOnly four years after its foundation, on 6th September 1872, the Whitefriars Club held one of its most memorable and eventful dinners.
Read moreOn 16th June 1899, more than twenty-five years from his first visit, the celebrated humorist Mark Twain returned to the Whitefriars Club.
Read moreTrained as a physical chemist, C.P. Snow (1905–80) worked as a civil servant and was the author of series of novels known collectively as Strangers and Brothers.
C.P. Snow joined the Whitefriars Club in the 1950s. He was Prior of the Day on 24th April 1957 and spoke at the club on 28th May 1970.