History Corner
Mark Twain Returns to the Whitefriars ClubOn 16th June 1899, more than twenty-five years from his first visit, the celebrated humorist Mark Twain returned to the Whitefriars Club.
Read moreOn 16th June 1899, more than twenty-five years from his first visit, the celebrated humorist Mark Twain returned to the Whitefriars Club.
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In 1897, the twenty-five-year American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar travelled to England for a literary tour. He recited his works on the London circuit – and, what was not known before, visited the Whitefriars Club.
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A classical scholar educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, Enoch Powell (1912–98) was a Conservative politician and one of the most divisive figures in recent British history, following his ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech of 20th April 1968.
Powell spoke at the Whitefriars Club later that year, on 19th September 1968.
