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The Enemy of Grub Street at the Whitefriars

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.

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The Immortal Dinner of 1872

Only four years after its foundation, on 6th September 1872, the Whitefriars Club held one of its most memorable and eventful dinners.

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Smoking entertainment: ‘Without note’. ‘Gossip, Wit, Pathos, and Satire from the pages of Punch’

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Extraordinary General Meeting

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The First Smoking Lecture: ‘Douglas Jerrold and His Time’

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Annual General Meeting

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Annual General Meeting

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Informal Sub-Committee Meeting

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Last Pre-War Meeting at the Savage Club

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