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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On 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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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) is the celebrated author of many adventure novels, including The Lost World and The Poison Belt, and the creator of the hugely popular detective stories of Sherlock Holmes.
He spoke at the Whitefriars Club on 11th January 1901 on ‘The Art of Fiction’
He was a guest of the club on 22nd February 1907 (Annual Dinner at the Trocadero) and 13th December 1907 (Christmas Dinner at the Trocadero).