12th September, 2018: Foreign Correspondent (1940) The season begins with a Hitchcock thriller. Set in August, 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, the editor of the New York Globe sends a crime reporter, John Jones, played by Joe McCrea, to Europe to try to get answers about whether there will be ... Read more
Our first Presidential event after the Summer break looks to be one we’ll remember, as the Club plays host to a night of Opera, featuring four first-class artistes. ‘The Voice of Liverpool’, award winning and internationally renowned mezzo soprano, Danielle Thomas, will be joined by the founder and director of Liverpool Italian Opera Co, Nick ... Read more
"Admirals to X Rays. An extraordinary street in Liverpool" The speaker is Marie Passey.
At 5:00pm, prior to the Library & Archive Meeting, Members are invited to join the President at a reception to mark official opening of the Library Reading Room, following its close down transformation. At 5:30pm the L&A Group meeting will start, with Dr Janet Hollinshead giving a talk titled 'Two Tudor, 'Mystery' Manuscripts''. 6.30 pm ... Read more
Thursday, 27 September, 6:30 for 7:00pm £25.00 per person. The first quarter of this year’s Presidential programme ends on Thursday 27 September, as we celebrate 30 years of Tate Liverpool with an illustrated talk by Andrea Nixon, former Chief Executive of the Gallery. Housed in a converted warehouse within the historic Albert Dock, the Tate ... Read more
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'The Death of Walter Gabriel'. Paul Burns on writing the world's longest running radio drama serial and his involvement with the unfortunate death of one of its best-loved characters. 2:00pm in the Wine Servery.
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers. We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go into the ‘cinema’ by about quarter to eight. All ... Read more
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10th October, 2018: Rashomon (1950) Directed by Akira Kurosawa, the film tells the story of the murder of a samurai from different, self-serving viewpoints – the bandit (Toshiro Mifune), the samurai’s wife (Machiko Kyo), the samurai himself (through a medium) (Masayuki Mori) and a woodcutter (Takashi Mimura). One of Kurasawa’s greatest films, he was awarded ... Read more