Member Monday #033 – Professor John Ashton CBE

Every Monday we profile one of our Members. This week in we are joined by Proprietor 369, John Ashton. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of The Athenaeum. Following John’s appointment to the Governing Board, we asked him to introduce himself. Who are … Read more

Sir David Maddison Opera Prize 2021

I am delighted to announce that the Sir David Maddison Opera Prize 2021 held in association with The Royal Northern College of Music, will be staged at The Liverpool Athenaeum on the evening of Friday June the 18th, with arrivals from 6.30pm and commencing at 7pm.  The evening will follow the same format as in … Read more

Interested In Photography

Photography is something that most people do from time to time whether to record a family event or to record their travels and adventures. Some people develop real skills and pursue excellence making it a hobby or profession but for many it is just matter of making a record maybe of a wedding or birthday … Read more

Member Monday #032

Every Monday we profile one of our Members. This week in we are joined by Proprietor 162, Jutta Hesketh! The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of The Athenaeum. Who are you ? I am Jutta Hesketh, my father was a Dental Surgeon who … Read more

The Athenaeum in WW1 , P.S

In the days when you could visit the Athenaeum and look at the various memorial tablets on the walls it may have struck you that there is not an Athenaeum war memorial It is a remarkable thing, given the spirit of the times and the enthusiasm with which memorials to the fallen and those who … Read more

Member Monday #031

Every Monday we profile one of our Members. This week in we are joined by Proprietor 212, Nathan Di Carlo! The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of The Athenaeum. Who are you ? An optimistic motivated entrepreneur. What is your greatest achievement  ? … Read more

The Athenaeum At War, 1914-18 p.2

In 1914 unlike the Continental powers Britain did not have conscription and relied on voluntary enlistments to recruit is army which was small, 975,000 regulars, many dispersed in garrisons around the Empire, backed by an undervalued volunteer part time Territorial Force created in1908.  Britain’s main strength was seen in the Royal Navy which in 1914 … Read more

‘Be A Light In Darkness’ – John Gorman

Russian troops relieved Auschwitz at 15.30 on January 27th 1944. The United Nations, to commemorate the event, declared the 27th January as international Holocaust Memorial Day. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, for 2021, is asking to commemorate the  event on the theme of … ‘Be a Light in the Darkness‘ … Here is my Light … inspired … Read more

Burns and The Athenaeum

The recent mention of the Burn’s Night Dinner may have made you wonder why we celebrate a Scots poet when many more outstanding literary figures go unremarked.  If this is the case you may not know that Burns and the Athenaeum have a special connection which involved the Institution in a press storm and legal … Read more

Member Monday #029

Every Monday we profile one of our Members. This week in we are joined by Proprietor 300, Past President Andrew Beeston. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of The Athenaeum. Who are you ? Andrew Beeston, born 1940, lived in Formby first 26 … Read more