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

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

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

Merry Christmas from the Clubland Substack!

Clubs in Film: 'Sea Wife' (1957)

The Illustrated London News' "In Clubland" pictorials

Early December Clubland press round-up

Club Christmas staff fund appeals

Christmas reading 2025: Clubland fiction

Lost Clubs: The New University Club (1864-1938)

Late November Clubland press round-up

Club Culture: A 10-Part Online Weekly Course on Clubland

The 1990 IRA bombing of the Carlton Club

Clubs and charity

Clubs in Film: How to Murder Your Wife (1965)

Early November Clubland press round-up

Clubman, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Clubs in the world of George Smiley

Clubman, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: George Smiley's clubs

The Clubs of Vancouver

Lost Clubs: The Union Club (1799-1964)

Late October Clubland press round-up

ClubCast 7: Ben Schott on Clubland language

London club billiard rooms

The "Food & Beverage Trap" in clubs?

The Do's and Don't's of using reciprocal clubs

Early October Clubland press round-up

Clubs in Film: That Touch of Mink (1962)

The Clubs of Nairobi

Late September Clubland press round-up

Clubs in popular culture: To which club did 'Doctor Who' belong?

'Anthony Powell at the Travellers', by Hugh Massingberd

ClubCast 6: Did Rhodesia's Salisbury Club prop up the Ian Smith regime?

Early September Clubland press round-up

Clubs in popular culture: "Ladies' Night", by Nigel Kneale

The Clubs of Chile

ClubCast 5: Interiors of London clubs, with Andrew Jones

Lost Clubs: The first Ladies' Carlton Club (1910)

Sir Reginald Blomfield (1856-1942) - portrait of a Clubland architect

Late August Clubland press round-up

Clubs in film: 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977)

ClubCast 4: The Labour Party & Clubs

The Clubs of Colombo, Sri Lanka

The sale of Soho House

ClubCast 3: 14th October 1940: The night the Carlton Club was bombed

Early August Clubland press round-up

How have London's historic clubs adjusted to the smoking ban? A visual guide

Club legal textbooks

ClubCast 2: Blades in Fleming's James Bond novels

Clubs in fiction: The Marine Commando Club, Paddington, from 'Round the Horne'

One year of the Clubland Substack

Late July Clubland press round-up

ClubCast 1: European clubs after Napoleon

The Clubs of Buenos Aires

Clubbability: What does it mean?

Lost Clubs: The Junior Athenæum (1864-1931)

Early July Clubland press round-up

London club libraries today

The Clubs of Tokyo

Clubs in Film: 'Casino Royale' (1967)

Late June Clubland press round-up

Reynolds' group portraits for the Society of Dilettanti

Lost Clubs: The United University Club (1821-1971)

From the archives: Inside Annabel's in 1980

The hotel-club: Victorian comeback, or a blight on Clubland?

The Clubs of Vienna

Clubs in Film: 'Goldfinger' (1964)

Early June Clubland press round-up

Lost Clubs: The Pioneer Club (1892-1939)

How membership elections work

Around the World in 80 Days, Part 6 - the 2021 mini-series

Around the World in 80 Days, Part 5 - Michael Palin's 1989 travelogue

Around the World in 80 Days, Part 4 - the 1989 mini-series

Around the World in 80 Days, Part 3 - the cartoons

Around the World in 80 Days, Part 2 - The 1956 film

Around the World in 80 Days, Part 1 - The Novel (1872)

May Clubland press round-up

White's in Hogarth's "A Rake's Progress"

The Clubs of Madrid

Lost Clubs: The Junior Constitutional Club (1887-1941)

"Clubmanship" - Stephen Potter

The Athenæum's architecture and furniture - Tim Gosling

‘London Clubland’ launched today

Clubs in Film: 'Dr. No' (1962)

The Clubs of Eastern Europe

Lost Clubs: The Constitutional Club (1883-1979)

The "Aristocratic Embrace"? The Labour Party and London clubs

Biggles and the Royal Aero Club

Overseas membership, and how it evolved

April Clubland press round-up

Clubs in Film: The Thackeray Club in 'Top Hat' (1935) with Fred Astaire

14th October 1940: The night the Carlton Club was bombed

Lost Clubs: The Junior United Service Club (1827-1953)

The Garrick Club's art collection - online catalogue

Clubs in the work of James Gillray

The Junior Ganymede Club in the novels of P. G. Wodehouse

The Clubs of China

Clubs in Film: 'Members Only' (1965)

Lost Clubs: The Empress Club (1897-1955)

When Westminster took on Clubland's kitchens...

Clubs in 'The Flashman Papers'

Interviewing candidates for membership

Lost Clubs: The United Service Club (1815-1975)

Clubs in 'Yes, Minister' and 'Yes, Prime Minister' (1980-8)

March Clubland press round-up

The Clubs of Bangalore

Lost Clubs: The American Club (1918-1990)

John Mortimer's 'Rumpole of the Bailey' stories: The Sheridan Club

Behind Closed Doors: audiobook preview

Books

"Lodging at my club": Which London clubs have bedrooms?

Lost Clubs: The Devonshire Club (1874-1976)

Index

Clubs in popular culture: Spirro's in Alfred Hitchcock Presents - 'Specialty of the House' (1959)

Vetting candidates for club membership

The Clubs of Romandy, Switzerland

Harold Macmillan's First Carlton Lecture (1982)

February Clubland press round-up

Clubs in Film: 'The Man Who Never Was' (1956)

Lost Clubs: Crockford's (1823-1846)

Curating a reciprocals list

Where to find scarce club histories - for free

Clubs in Film: Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' (1958)

Lost Clubs: The Naval Club (1919-2021)

Winston Churchill and His Clubs

January Clubland press round-up

London women's club AllBright enters administration

The Clubs of Edinburgh

Six months - and 50 posts - of the Clubland Substack

What is the "right" size for a club?

Lost Clubs: The City Carlton Club (1869-1940)

The Clubs of Porto

Clubs in Popular Culture: The Bellona Club

Lost Clubs: The former clubhouse of the City University Club (1895-2017)