Jack Birley
Every Monday we profile one of our Members. This week in we are joined by Proprietor 475, Director of the Thursford Collection, Susan Rutherford. Who are you? I am a person who has always aspired to make a positive difference in the world and to recognise, promote and support people in their professional aspirations and … Read more
At February’s New Members evening 10 Proprietors added their name to the history of The Athenaeum and the city when they signed their share in our historic 1809 Share Register!capstone project writing service
Following on from part two of ‘The Story of The Athenaeum’ published on Monday, we are delighted to share the image of the painting of the Club’s first President, George Case. The fantastic picture has been painting by Proprietor Colin Langeveld and hangs proudly in the entrance hall to the left of the Presidents board. … Read more
The Roscoe Myth In 1797, at the time of the foundation of the Athenaeum, William Roscoe was the most famous man in Liverpool. A largely self educated polymath, he was reputed as a poet, a historian, a biographer, an artist, a collector of art works, a politician, an educationalist and an innovator of any and … Read more
To all aficionados of the built environment: I promised you some quirky architecture interest sessions only to be thwarted by an invisible terrorist that confined us all to barracks. Undaunted, and determined to beat it, I sped off with boundless enthusiasm and reckless speed into a digital cul-de-sac. As I trudged through the technological swamp … Read more
“Creating the Athenaeum” In the first part of this history we touched on the Georgian tendency to form groups of like-minded individuals. Of course, people had always congregated in the alehouse, in the coffee house, and a more limited form in social groups based on these institutions, in Liverpool known as “Firesides” where the habitués … Read more
Every Monday we profile one of our Members. This week in we are joined by Proprietor 360, Membership Secretary Maria Checkland! Who are you? Maria Checkland, Café owner, Fragrance Consultant, and Equalities Advisor. I joined the Athenaeum in 2011. What is your greatest achievement? I don’t really think of achievements too much, I’m too busy … Read more
“Liverpool’s Cultural Revolution” The town which emerged from the century after 1660 was a very different place to the small Lancashire market town with a rather unsatisfactory port, mostly engaged in trade around the Celtic Sea that had existed. Contemporary commentators wrote of it in glowing terms. In 1693 William Blundell, who had helped to … Read more
As reported previously, due to the extraordinary circumstances we all find ourselves in at present, the Annual General Meeting scheduled for July 8 2020 has been postponed and will now take place later this year. Details of the rearrangement will be circulated in the coming weeks once finalised. Under normal circumstances now would be the … Read more
Senti, the health technology company which I started to solve the problem of scaling community respiratory services, is looking to raise its next round of investment. Our mission is tech-enabled precision and predictive medicine for people with Asthma and COPD (amongst other pulmonary conditions). We’re raising money in order to accelerate our product development and … Read more