Jun 9, 2026 | Lunches
It seemed mordantly appropriate that we welcomed Daniel Trilling to the Authors’ Club to discuss his latest book If We Tolerate This: How the British Establishment Made the Far Right Respectable exactly a week after Reform UK’s gains in the local elections. Trilling...
Mar 14, 2026 | Lunches
In his welcome speech, Authors Club president John Walsh joked about how ‘news responsive’ we were in getting Andrew Lownie to talk about his book ‘Entitled: The rise and fall of the house of York’. It was the very day Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested under...
Feb 15, 2026 | Lunches
We were delighted to welcome back the Crown Court judge, barrister and crime novelist Nicola Williams to our first Authors’ Club lunch of 2026. She last addressed us in August 2023, so we know what a wealth of experience, insight and forensic precision she brings to...
Jan 5, 2026 | Lunches
In December we enjoyed a festive lunch (with crackers!) in the spectacular Victorian dining room of the National Liberal Club. We then welcomed Andrew Miller who was interviewed by Lucy Popescu. She began by saying that his acclaimed new novel, The Land in Winter,...
Sep 4, 2025 | Lunches
We were thrilled to welcome the distinguished cultural historian, academic and fiction writer Dame Marina Warner to a well-attended lunch. Marina’s many award-winning books include Alone of All her Sex: The myth and Cult of the Virgin Mary, and Joan of Arc: The Image...
Jul 21, 2025 | Lunches
Words by Suzi Feay Writer and former professional basketball player Benjamin Markovits was brought up in Texas, London and Berlin; the author of ‘The Sidekick’, ‘Christmas in Austin’, ‘Playing Days’ and a trilogy of novels about Byron, he joined us in the Lady Violet...
