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Anne Sebba at the Authors’ Club

By Miranda Miller Last year I joined the Authors’ Club, which organises interesting literary events in the glamorous National Liberal Club, built by Alfred Waterhouse, the architect of the Natural History Museum. It’s a short walk from Embankment Station, a monument...
Remembering Jane Gardam

Remembering Jane Gardam

We were saddened by the news last week that the novelist Jane Gardam had died. She was 96 years old. Born Jean Pearson in Redcar on the North Yorkshire coast in 1928, where her father was a teacher, Gardam moved to London after the Second World War to read English at...

Stephen May at The Authors’ Club

We were delighted to welcome the novelist Stephen May to our monthly lunch on 20 March at the National Liberal Club in Westminster, and to hear about his latest book, Green Ink. May is the author of six novels, including the Costa-shortlisted Life! Death! Prizes! Like...