Wednesday 3rd April 2.00.pm-3.30 pm. ‘Translating Foreign Poetry’ with HH Richard Hamilton. Dick Hamilton was nine when he translated a LaFontaine fable from French verse into English verse. Since then he has dabbled in Spanish and Medieval French. He will discuss this while quoting from famous translators who handled Ancient Greek, Chinese, Arabic and even ... Read more
The ‘wandering musician’ is a traditional subject of art and literature. Christian Dietrich’s painting of 1745 characteristically shows a fiddler and a bagpipe player busking in front of an inn. This way not only is the connection between travelling and making a living readily established but also attributed to the musicians no less than their ... Read more
The Musical - Showboat (1926) Show Boat is a musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on Edna Ferber's best-selling novel of the same name We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go into the ‘cinema’ by about quarter to eight. ... Read more
10th April, 2019 The Death of Stalin (2017) A political satire, written and directed by Armando Iannucci, this modern film is based on a French graphic novel “La Mort de Staline”. The actors include Simon Russell Beale as Beria, Steve Buscemi as Kruschev, Michael Palin as Molotov and Jeffry Tambor as Malenkov. One of the ... Read more
Thursday 11 April: 5:30pm in the Library 6:30pm informal supper (reservation required ) Speaker -Nancy Rudd ; A Gladstone Journal
I am delighted to announce a trio of wine tasting events taking place this spring and summer. In the hope of providing something for as many members as possible, each event will take a different format. We start on 17 April with an Italian evening. After a glass of Prosecco on arrival, we will be ... Read more
Have you booked your place at next Thursday’s Presidential Supper ‘Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Far East Prisoners of War connections’? LSTM’s longest running collaboration is with ex-Far East prisoners of war (FEPOW). Now in its seventh decade, this unique relationship has led to world-class research into tropical medicine and the effects ... Read more
Wednesday 24 April, 6.30pm for 7.00pm £12.50 per person The Athenaeum quiz returns for its second year! Organisations from across the city have been invited to enter a team for the quiz, and there will of course be a team from the Athenaeum. These teams will compete between themselves for a trophy. However, the event ... Read more
Following the huge success of the Inaugural Younger Members Dinner last year - our signature dinner returns, offering fantastic value, where we can meet, dine and introduce new people to the Athenaeum in style. - Delicious Three Course Black Tie Dinner - Served with Champagne - Welcome bubbly on arrival - Bar and Disco - ... Read more
Textile Artist & Illustrator — Rachael Howard. Tuesday 30 April, 1:00 for 1:30pm, £15.00 per person Textile artist & illustrator Rachael Howard will speak about her artistic career. Rachael first spoke at the Athenaeum in 2014 about her practice, she now returns to show how her career has developed. In particular Rachael has worked as artist in residence at ... Read more