Join us for an evening in conversation with Professor Lucy Easthope, world-leading authority on recovering from disaster. About this event Professor Lucy Easthope lives with disaster every day. When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, she's the one they call. Lucy has been at the centre of the ... Read more
Visiting Your Library - Guided Visits Over the last few months, the Library has trialled a series of well-received guided visits of the Library, including a special session in the Committee Room where Librarian Joan Hanford wowed Members with of the special items held within the collection. These guided visits may become a regular feature ... Read more
The Club is open for Dinner on Friday Evenings with service between 6:30pm and 8:00pm. This edition is the next part of Chef Russell's 'Taste of...' series, andthis month we'll be swept across the pond and south of the Rio Grande to enjoy some fine Tex-mex Cuisine! Starter Loaded Nachos Chilli Cheese Sauce, Sour ... Read more
Join us on Tuesday 26th July 2022 for the second of two wine tasting evenings to showcase wines from the Club’s new wine list. Roger Barlow of our Wine Merchants, Gerrard Seel, will host a swift tasting at 7:00pm in the Newsroom giving an overview of the three wines which will accompany each course with ... Read more
On the last Friday of the Month newly joining Proprietors are invited to attend a special reception in the Library at 6:30pm to sign their share in the historic 1809 share register. All members and guests are welcome to attend these receptions and are encouraged to pre-book for Friday Evening Dining after the reception. If ... Read more
The Club is open for Dinner on Friday Evenings with service between 6:30pm and 8:00pm. End the week the right way with a delectable meal from our chefs in the surroundings of your Club. You can book a table for Friday Evening Dining through reception - 0151 709 7770 / reception@theathenaeum.org.uk. On the last Friday ... Read more
The Athenaeum, a historic and emblematic city centre venue, and ArtsGroupie CIC, a prominent Liverpool arts organisation, have teamed up to provide monthly walking tours and events starting Summer 2022. Join us at the Liverpool Pier Head, outside the Cunard Building (the River Mersey side), 10.30am 30th July, as we explore Liverpool's historic links ... Read more
The Athenaeum, a historic and emblematic city centre venue, and ArtsGroupie CIC, a prominent Liverpool arts organisation, have teamed up to provide monthly walking tours and events starting Summer 2022. Travel back to Victorian Liverpool and discover key locations inhabited by local heroine Catherine “Kitty” Wilkinson. Liverpudlian legend, Kitty, was an Irish immigrant who ... Read more
Join the Athenaeum Literature Group in our historic Library Reading Room to talk books, authors and all things belles-lettres. The subject this time is Surrealism and will feature a talk from Dr. David Rice and a second variation on 'What's My Line?' from Proprietor Michael Shankland. Food is also available before and after in the ... Read more
Dr David Rice of the University of Liverpool has kindly agreed to talk to us about Surrealism in Literature. While many of us will be familiar with the art of twentieth century Surrealists, fewer will be aware of the movement’s role in literature. Dr Rice, who is a member of the Surrealist Group that meets ... Read more