The History Group
The Athenaeum Liverpool Church Alley, Liverpool, United Kingdom“Why not drown Liverpool? Welsh water for an English City", by Dr Graham Jones. All meetings commence at 2:00pm in the Library.
“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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The next Liverpool University / Athenaeum joint debate will take place next Wednesday (6th December) commencing 6pm in the Newsroom. This debate takes on a festive theme ... the role of Christmas in an increasingly secular society. As always, it should be a great evening of informative discussion, good humour, great audience participation and some ... Read more
MEET JOHN DOE (USA 1941). Dir. by Frank Capra. Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck Everyone knows Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, but what about his forgotten earlier film with a very similar theme? The hero is just an ordinary guy whom the press and the politicians take up, and then betray. He faces death on ... Read more
'Christmas In Connecticut' (1947 Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison) 'A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas'. We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go ... Read more
‘A Christmas Carol’, performed by John Bromley-Davenport Q.C. Thursday, 14th December at 6:30 for 7:00pm. £25.00 per person. John Bromley-Davenport Q.C. will be at the Athenaeum on Thursday 14th to give us his brilliant one-man performance of 'A Christmas Carol' by Dickens. MENU Honey and mustard sausages, olives and crisps on arrival in Newsroom FIRST ... Read more
Monday, 18th December at 6:30 for 7:00pm. £25.00 per person. Price includes a light supper, minced pies and mulled wine. Further details are to follow.