We are entering an new epoch, a time where technology, automation and machine intelligence has the potential to supplant human labour in all its forms. Not just physical labour and manufacturing, but also white collar industries such as banking and insurance, medicine, teaching, legal and professional services and even the creative arts. What is to ... Read more
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'Pygmalion' (1938 film based on the George Bernard Shaw play of the same name) A Victorian dialect expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society. We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go into the ‘cinema’ ... Read more
New Members Informal Dining. Friday, 3th November. Service will be between 7:00 & 8:00pm. Predinner drinks will be available in the Newsroom from 6:30pm for anyone who wishes to gather before the meal. £25.00 per person. Informal Dining evenings are what they say—Informal! There are no speakers—just good food, company and wine. At the dinner ... Read more
Remembrance Sunday Lunch. Sunday, 12th November at 12:30 for 1:00pm.£25.00 per person. Traditional Sunday lunch following the Civic Remembrance Service at St George’s Plateau. The Club will be open from 11:30am for anyone who wishes to use the facilities before lunch. Menu STARTER Soup of the Day (v) Warm bread roll MAIN Traditional Beef roast ... Read more
“Why not drown Liverpool? Welsh water for an English City", by Dr Graham Jones. All meetings commence at 2:00pm in the Library.
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (USA 1951) Dir. by Alfred Hitchcock On a train journey a tennis champion (Farley Granger) meets a homicidal obsessive man (Robert Walker) who suggests that he should murder the champion’s tiresome wife in return for the murder of his own hated father. The champion tries to back out of the deal, ... Read more
In November we will be joined for supper by Nisha Katona, the former barrister who went on to set up the well-known 'Mowgli Street Food' Indian restaurants, and who also writes books about Indian cookery and recently appeared on Chanel 4. She will be in conversation with our own renowned broadcaster Roger Phillips. The evening ... Read more
Tuesday, 5th December at 12:30 for 1:00pm. £25.00 per person. We begin the festive period early in December with our Annual Christmas Lunch, always a popular addition to the calendar. Please book early to avoid disappointment. MENU STARTER Cream of Butternut Squash soup Aioli, tomato & Sage Salsa MAIN Roast Crown of turkey, chipolata sausage ... Read more
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