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Clubs in popular culture: Spirro's in Alfred Hitchcock Presents - 'Specialty of the House' (1959)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-62) was a seminal series in the history of television.
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Vetting candidates for club membership
A club is nothing without its members; and it is understandable why clubs are preoccupied with recruitment.
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The Clubs of Romandy, Switzerland
French-speaking Switzerland has numerous notable clubs.
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Harold Macmillan's First Carlton Lecture (1982)
Private members’ clubs tend to be, well, private.
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February 2025

February Clubland press round-up
This month has seen no shortage of press coverage, mainly focused around the newer clubs.
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Clubs in Film: 'The Man Who Never Was' (1956)
This is a spotlight on a highly unusual appearance of a club in a film - for several different reasons.
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Lost Clubs: Crockford's (1823-1846)
Crockford’s was a gambling club which existed for barely more than 20 years in several incarnations, but which cast a long shadow, in an age when London…
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Curating a reciprocals list
Access to reciprocal clubs is a major attraction of club membership.
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Where to find scarce club histories - for free
While I’ve previously shared my reading list on London Clubland, I know only too well that collecting club histories can be an expensive and…
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Clubs in Film: Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' (1958)
A thinly-veiled cameo for the Pacific-Union Club of San Francisco.
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Lost Clubs: The Naval Club (1919-2021)
The second clubhouse of the Naval Club, which it occupied from 1946-2021.
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Winston Churchill and His Clubs
As a “thank you” to my paying subscribers, I am providing them with an updated version of my article on the club memberships of Winston Churchill, which…
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