Jack Birley“AN ORNAMENT TO THE TOWN” – THE MINUTE BOOK PROJECT As a historian with a concern in the period and the locality I took a considerable interest in the early Minute Books of the Athenaeum books and soon realised that the narrative they provided cast light on Liverpool in the period, on the minutiae of … Read more
Every Monday we profile one of our Members. This week in we are joined by Proprietor 111, Radio Merseyside’s Roger Phillips! Who are you? I present the lunchtime phone-in programme between 12 and 2 every weekday on BBC Radio Merseyside What is your greatest achievement? To have married wisely and between the two of us, … Read more
Co-edited by one of our Proprietors, Professor John Belchem, and their Artistic Director Bryan Biggs, our neighbours, from across the way are publishing a book to mark the 300th anniversary of the remarkable building!
Following election at yesterday’s Main Committee meeting, we are delighted to welcome seven Proprietors and two Associates to the Club; Dan Cornforth, Philip Jones, Lee Schofield, Thomas and Briony Vogiatzis, Peter Davidson, Graham Spring , Patrick Rupert Cottrell and Keith Simpson. We wish them many happy years of Membership to our Club and look forward … Read more
Yes, you can dance Scottish all over the world -and I have joined classes in Alexandria, USA, the Blue Mountains Australia, Hong Kong and France. And of course there are branches of the Royal Scottish Country Dancing Society(rscds.org) throughout the UK, including Liverpool. I was lucky to get a coveted ticket for a ball in … Read more
We are delighted to continue to provide presentations from the Literature group, in lieu of their monthly meeting at the Club. This month’s has been prepared by Proprietor Jutta Hesketh, and is on the Argentinian writer, Jorge Luis Borges. Enjoy!
Every Monday we profile one of our Members. This week in we are joined by Proprietor 186, John Blain. As announced by the President last week, John has been appointed General Manager of the Club on an interim basis. Who are you? I am John Blain, I am a lifelong Evertonian, Chairman of the Everton … Read more
Dear Member, Tracing your share-holders? During the present situation when ‘time’ seems to be the only item we have an excess of, we wondered if some of you might be interested in the attached thesis. Stephen located this on-line and the author has given her permission for us to circulate it – fortunately she attended … Read more
The country will come together to celebrate VE Day 75 and remember the end of the Second World War in Europe this Friday (May 8th). The Athenaeum was due to mark the occasion with a lunch, but current events have made that impossible. Instead, we share the below message from our friends at SSAFA. SSAFA … Read more
Last Burns’ night, I was invited to a friend’s to celebrate. During the pre-dinner drinks get-together, the hostess said that it was traditional to do an Address to the Lassies, and would I say an appropriate poem or something. I, of course, said ‘yes’. But spent the rest of the pre-drinking, the piping and eating, … Read more