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Early December Clubland press round-up

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Seth Thévoz
Dec 14, 2025
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This latest round-up again includes some free sample items - but the wider press coverage of Clubland is reserved for paying members. It remains the best way to keep informed about clubs making the news worldwide.

Henry Jeffreys and Tom Parker Bowles’s Intoxicating History podcast - on the history of alcohol - returned for a Christmas special, focusing on Christmas sherry. (I have a slight interest to declare, because it included some very welcome plugs for my latest book, when the hosts were discussing the origins of Buck’s Fizz.)


I recently spoke about the demand for modern clubs, to the FT Weekend, which ran this story for the current edition, based on the planned launch of the Liz-Truss-fronted club The Leconfield, which the Clubland Substack reported on a fortnight ago:

I had also previously spoken to the Observer for a feature last weekend, titled “Champagne! Private members’ clubs celebrate fresh success,” telling them:


The rest of the press round-up below continues to be a feature for paying subscribers only.

This fortnight’s edition contains 12 more stories drawn from 18 outlets worldwide.

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