History Corner
Serial SpeakersAccording to the club’s records, there are eleven people who have spoken to the club more than once.
Read moreAccording to the club’s records, there are eleven people who have spoken to the club more than once.
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In July 1890, Oscar Wilde called at the Whitefriars Club’s rooms at Anderton’s Hotel and had a long talk about Dorian Gray with Friar Sidney Low, then editor of the St James’s Gazette.
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G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was a celebrated writer and literary critic, best remembered today for his novel The Man Who Was Thursday.
He spoke at the Whitefriars Club on 6th November 1903 on the subject of ‘The Old Journalist and the New’. He also attended several times as a guest (20th March, 23rd October and 6th November 1903, 18th January 1907, 3rd April 1908, 17th December 1909, 2nd May 1924 and 15th December 1927), often contributing to the discussion.
