Archive - Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack

Margaret Thatcher's Second Carlton Lecture (1984)

'Why Democracy Will Last'

Jan 20 • Seth Thévoz

George Birch's 1890s Clubland

Photographs capturing late-Victorian London clubs

Jan 17 • Seth Thévoz

Early January press round-up

£4 million losses for the Arts Club in Mayfair; and Soho House's last-minute cash scramble

Jan 15 • Seth Thévoz

Clubs in Film: 'Brannigan' (1975)

One of the last films John Wayne ever made, Brannigan (1975) is a fairly formulaic “fish out of water” police thriller about a Chicago cop in London…

Jan 9 • Seth Thévoz

Samuel Bird's painting of Gladstone at the National Liberal Club - a missing picture

(Photo credit: Stephen Bird, great-great-grandson of the artist Samuel Bird.)

Jan 5 • Seth Thévoz

An insight into London Clubland in the early 1950s: Pathé newsreels of the Empress Club

A corner of the basement restaurant of the Empress Club, seen in 1950, colourised using the Kolorize.CC app.

Jan 3 • Seth Thévoz

New Year Clubland press round-up

Happy New Year to Clubland Substack subscribers!

Jan 1 • Seth Thévoz

December 2025

The Clubs of Manhattan, Part 3 (of 3): Downtown, and Lower Manhattan

You can access a scrollable Google Map of the clubs of Downtown and Lower Manhattan by clicking HERE.

Dec 31, 2025 • Seth Thévoz

The Clubs of Manhattan, Part 2 (of 3): Midtown

You can access a scrollable Google Map of the clubs of Midtown Manhattan by clicking HERE.

Dec 29, 2025 • Seth Thévoz

The Clubs of Manhattan, Part 1 (of 3): Upper East Side

You can access a scrollable Google Map of the clubs of the Upper East Side by clicking HERE.

Dec 26, 2025 • Seth Thévoz

Merry Christmas from the Clubland Substack!

Season's Greetings

Dec 25, 2025 • Seth Thévoz

Clubs in Film: 'Sea Wife' (1957)

Sea Wife is a 1957 melodrama, starring a young Joan Collins and Richard Burton, with the characters mainly called by their wartime nicknames, “Sea Wife…

Dec 19, 2025 • Seth Thévoz

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