The Exchange: An Evening with Konstantin Kisin
2022-10-19 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | The Athenaeum Liverpool, Church Alley, Liverpool, L1 3DD, United Kingdom
Join Russian-British comedian, podcaster, writer and social commentator Konstantin Kisin in conversation about his new book.
For all the West’s failings – terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few – it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up in the Soviet Union, he experienced first-hand the horrors of a socialist paradise gone wrong, having lived in extreme poverty with little access to even the most basic of necessities. It wasn’t until he moved to the UK that Kisin found himself thriving in an open and tolerant society, receiving countless opportunities he would never have had otherwise.
Funny, provocative and unswervingly perceptive, his Sunday Times bestseller ‘An Immigrant’s Love letter to the West’ interrogates the developing sense of self-loathing the Western sphere has adopted and offers an alternative perspective. Kisin argues that wrongdoing and guilt need not pervade how we feel about the West – and Britain – today, and that despite all its ups and downs, it remains one of the best places to live in the world.
After all, if an immigrant can’t publicly profess their appreciation for this country, who can?
‘Kisin’s book has a powerful moral quality that makes it worth reading’ – Sunday Times
Konstantin Kisin is a Russian-British comedian, podcaster, writer and social commentator. He is a regular contributor on television and radio and is frequently described as an “objective voice from the centre of the political spectrum”.
He is also the creator and co-host of the TRIGGERnometry YouTube show where two comics interview economists, political experts, journalists and social commentators about interesting, controversial and challenging subjects.
Book on the website or directly through the Concierge. Tickets are £10.

Library & Archives Group
2022-10-20 17:30 - 19:00
Thursday 20th October at 5.30 pm in the Library Reading Room
‘The Library of Henry Blundell (1724-1810) of Ince Blundell Hall’
By Dr John Edmondson

Dr John Edmondson is a former member and President of the Athenaeum. He lives now in North Wales. Formerly he was head of science at National Museums & Galleries, Liverpool.
He has not stopped working, and recently has been helping Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to prepare a guide to the flora of Iraq.
Many members will know of the location of Ince Blundell Hall between Crosby and Formby, and also may have seen Henry Blundell’s collection of statuary in the Walker Art Gallery.
Come to hear Dr Edmondson speak about the library that Henry Blundell assembled, including mention of our own Athenaeum library.

Supper is available at 6.30 pm, providing it is booked via Reception.

The Sir David Maddison Opera Prize
2022-10-22 18:30 - 23:30
We are delighted to announce The Sir David Maddison Opera Prize 2022 will be taking place on Saturday 22 October 2022, in association with The Royal Northern College of Music.
Six Opera stars of the future will perform for Members and guests with the winner being awarded The Sir David Maddison Opera Prize 2022 and the designation of Athenaeum ‘Artiste In Residence’ for the next 12 months.
Join us between 6:30pm and 7:00pm in the Newsroom for a drinks reception ahead of the contest which will commence at 7:00pm. There will be an interval during which a two-course supper will be served in the Dining Room whilst the Judges’ deliberate. Following dinner attendees will return to the Newsroom for the prize giving and reprise performances of the winner and runner up in the contest
You can book tickets now via the Concierge or the Members’ Area of the website for just £35.00 per person and are available on a first come first serve basis.
We are indebted this year to the generosity of several Athenaeum Proprietors for very kindly providing sponsorship for the event, HH Judge David Hodge QC and Mr David Holdsworth.
There now follows biographies of the RNCM Students contesting for this year’s Sir David Maddison Opera Prize, as well as the menu and itinerary for the event.

Sarah Winn

Mezzo-soprano Sarah Winn, recently completed her Graduate Certificate in Music Studies at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the conservatorium studying under the guidance of Dr Margaret Schindler (Doctorate in Musical Arts). Upon the completion of her degree, Sarah was awarded the Linda Edith Allen award for having achieved the highest performance grade in her year level and the Doreen Ord & Lyceum Club Prize for Classical Voice.
During her time at the conservatorium, she has performed the roles of Béatrice in Berlioz’s Beatrice et Bénédict, the Chinese Cup and The Dragonfly in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, Aloès in Chabrier’s L’etoile, The Publican’s Wife in the world premiere of Paul Dean’s Dry River Run and covered Ramiro in La finta giardiniera. She performed excerpts from Puccini’s La rondine (Suzy), Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Purcell’s Fairy-Queen.
Most recently she performed the role of Der Komponist in the Royal Northern College of Music’s production of Ariadne auf Naxos, where she was also a finalist in the Joyce and Michael Kennedy award for the singing of Strauss and the Frederic Cox award.
Engagements include performing as a guest soloist with the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra in the Brisbane Sings concert (2020), the Alto solo in Handel’s Messiah (2019) with the Queensland Choir and Sinfonia of St Andrews and as a guest soloist in the Noosa Alive Concert with the Noosa Orchestra (2019). She performed in Opera Queensland’s production of Peter Grimes during the Brisbane Festival (2018), as a guest soloist with the Queensland Choir (2018) during their Brisbane concert series and the Alto solo in Haydn’s Nelson Mass with the Queensland Conservatorium Chorale (2018).
Sarah is very excited to be in her second year at the Royal Northern College of Music, completing a Master of Performance. This is generously supported by the Alice Orrell and A&N Kendall Award as well as the Maurice and Jean Buckley Award.

Joe Ashmore

Joe is a first-year masters student on the Vocal Studies and Opera programme at the Royal Northern College of Music, generously supported by The South Square Trust, where he obtained a first class honours degree at undergraduate level.
During his undergraduate degree, Joe took three chorus roles in RNCM operas, Offenbach’s ‘La Vie Parisienne’, Handel’s ‘Theodora’ and Massenet’s ‘Cendrillon’ which was nominated for best opera in the Manchester Theatre Awards. He was also cast as Mistrust in RNCM’s production of ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ by Vaughan-Williams in Spring 2019, directed by Jonathan Cocker and conducted by David Parry. Joe was also ‘Highly Recommended’ in the prestigious James Martin Oncken Song Prize. Most recently, Joe sang the role of the Witch of Endor in Handel’s ‘Saul’ as a guest soloist of the Academy Choir, Wimbledon, alongside renowned bass-baritone Christopher Purves.
In December 2021, Joe made his Bridgewater Hall debut with the RNCM Songsters when performing in a pre-concert performance of Scandinavian music. In March this year, Joe performed in a concert with the Songsters and Chamber Choir for International Women’s Day. Joe was also selected to represent the RNCM as part of a chorus travelling to Bergen, Norway to perform the world premiere of Ryan Wigglesworth’s Magnificat in April. Joe returned to the opera stage in June when he performed the role of Propser in Offenbach’s ‘La Vie Parisienne’ as part of RNCM Opera Scenes.

Sarah Prestwidge

Sarah Prestwidge is a young aboriginal Australian Soprano, studying a Master of Music at the Royal Northern College of Music, with a full ABRSM scholarship. She holds a Bachelor of Music (Education) from Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she was awarded numerous awards for her excellence. Sarah is also the recipient of the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship from the Australian Council for the Arts and a Tait Memorial Trust Awardee.
Sarah’s operatic highlights include, Arsena in The Gypsy Baron, Purran-Murnin in Buckley (Premier), Madam Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor, and Barbarina in Le Nozze Di Figaro. She was also looking forward to performing the roles of Josephine in H.M.S Pinafore and Tytania in Midsummer Night’s Dream throughout 2020. Since moving to the United Kingdom Sarah has performed Mrs. Paskova/Chocholka in The Cunning Little Vixen and Controller in Flight (RNCM), as well as The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute with Woodbridge Opera and Mrs. Anderssen/Nordstrom in A Little Night Music at Buxton Opera where she was a Young Artist this year. In the final year of her Master’s degree at the RNCM Sarah performed the roles of Zerbinetta in Ariadne Auf Naxos and Susanna in Le Nozze Di Figaro.
Sarah has sung in orchestral works including, Orff’s Carmina Burana as a soprano soloist and Cheetham’s Eumeralla. She has also performed extensively for corporate events such as, Merivale Sydney, Mandarin Oriental Hotels, Holland America Line, International Towers Sydney, the Australian Rural Fire Brigade and those at the Utzon Room of Sydney Opera House.
Over the years, Sarah has been mentored by Deborah Cheetham at Short Black Opera, where she has worked as a Soprano and Music educator. From 2018 to 2020, she was also a Young Artist in Pacific Opera, during which time she was awarded a Prue Kennard study grant. In 2019, Sarah studied in an intensive program with Bel Canto Opera, Munich, which was generously sponsored by the Wagner Society NSW. Since moving to the United Kingdom, Sarah has enjoyed working at Buxton Opera as a Young Artist and being involved in workshops with Opera North and British Youth Opera, of which she successfully auditioned for.
Additionally, Sarah is a trained classroom Music teacher with proficient/qualified teacher status and an experienced singing teacher.

Olivia Tringham

Originally from Merseyside, Olivia is a Soprano currently studying with Linda Richardson at the Royal Northern College of Music. At the RNCM, Olivia played Mère Marie in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, La Suora Infermiera in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Sally in Barber’s A Hand of Bridge, Fanny Price in Dove’s Mansfield Park and Prima Donna in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. This year she has also performed opera scenes from Verdi’s Falstaff and Britten’s Turn of the Screw, was a finalist in the Frederick Cox Competition 2022 and has been chosen for a number concerts, such as the world premier of Wrigglesworth’s Magnificat with the Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, Norway. Olivia has a natural draw to character driven music and particularly enjoys tackling musically challenging repertoire.
Professionally, Olivia was a 2021 Buxton International Festival Young Artist, performing as Mrs Segstrom in A Little Night Music by Sondhiem and in a range of concerts. Olivia was also due to be a part of the Wexford Festival Opera 2020 Chorus with a step-out role in Catalani’s Edmea and roles in their pocket operas, but this festival was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. In summer 2022, Olivia will Join Grange Park Opera for Verdi’s Otello, The Flying Dutchman by Wagner, Ponchielli’s La Gioconda and the Excursions of Mr Broucek by Janacek.
During the pandemic, Olivia founded the independent opera company ALLO Opera, with the aim of giving Young Artists performance opportunities during the coronavirus pandemic. ALLO Opera have produced a series of recorded virtual Galas, opera scenes and a live, fully staged version of Mozart’s Don Giovanni recorded in July 2021, in which Olivia played Donna Elvira. ALLO Opera has built an online community of young artists and are trying to re-write the way that young artists portray themselves online. www.oliviarosetringham.co.uk

Camilla Seal

Praised for her ‘unaffected simplicity’ (Classical Source) and ‘velvety mezzo’ timbres (The Telegraph), Camilla made her debut at Buxton International Festival as Prince Charming in Viardot’s Cendrillon prior to her most recent season at Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Chorus).
​She graduated with Distinction from her Masters at RNCM in 2022, studying under Jane Irwin and Michael Harper, with the support of Help Musicians. There, she was the First Prize recipient of the Betty Bannerman Award for French Song (2022), the Brigitte Fassbaender Award for Lieder (2021) and the Creative Innovator Award (2021).
​Her other operatic roles include creating Bella in Smail’s new work, Blue Electric (Tête à Tête; Playground Theatre); Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (RNCM); Mrs. Nolan in Menotti’s The Medium (RNCM); Mary in Tavener’s Mary of Egypt (King’s College Chapel, Cambridge) and scenes as Fox in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen (Morley Opera); Jemmy in Rossini’s Guillaume Tell (Morley Opera); Tisbe in Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Morley Opera); Don Ettore in Haydn’s La Canterina (RNCM); Hänsel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel (NOS Short Course).
​As a collaborative performer, she founded the devising ensemble, the New Renaissance Collective in 2018 and has co-created and performed in productions including Beaten Gold and an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis.
In concert, she has performed recitals for Manchester Song Festival, Clonter Opera and a rich variety of baroque repertoire with HM Sagbutts and Cornetts, Polyphony, the European Union Baroque Orchestra and Musica Antica.
​Camilla came to music at an early age, signing with the cross-over group, Angelis, under Sony BMG. She studied English at Girton College, Cambridge and then Social Inequality at LSE where she published articles for Classical Music magazine on freelance music making. She is also a keen aerial artist and a member of the Salon Collective, where she trains in Meisner’s acting method.
James Holt

James has recently completed postgraduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music where he was generously supported by the Ann Driver Trust and the Alice Orrell and the A&N Kendall Award, where he studied under Peter Alexander Wilson. Previous engagements include Nym (Cover, Sir John in Love) with British Youth Opera, Schaunard (La Bohème) and Marchese D’Obigny (La Traviata) with North Wales Opera Studio, Die Perückenmacher (Ariadne auf Naxos) with RNCM Opera, Marchese D’Obigny (La Traviata) with Hampstead Garden Opera, Burgesses Chorus (Peter Grimes) with Bergen National Opera and as a member of the French Acting Chorus (Silent Night) with Opera North. James has also performed several roles within opera scene programmes including, Ford, Harekin, Steward, Guglielmo, Die Notar and Henry. This summer James was a member of Buxton International Festivals Young Artist Programme and was also invited to take part in a years mentorship scheme with Opera North shadowing the full-time chorus.

Itinerary
6:30pm for 7:00pm: Drinks reception in the Newsroom
7:00pm: Concert
8:15pm: Interval – guests make way to Dining Room for dinner
8:30pm: Two-Course Dinner served
9:30pm: Guests make way to the Newsroom
9:45pm: Prize finale
10:15pm: Fin – Newsroom bar open
11:30pm: Last orders
12:00am: Club closes

Menu
Main Course
Roast breast of Guinea Fowl
Boudin Blanc, Pear and Tarragon
served with Buttered Greens and Ventreche Ham
Pommes de Terre Sables
Dessert
Pear Cheesecake
White Chocolate Sauce

Moneytools Presents - Your Big Money Decisions Made Simple
2022-10-24 19:00 - 21:00
Join Proprietor Paul Clarke for an evening that will help with your big money decisions – either that you’re facing now or in the future. Paul’s ethical passion about people’s finances ensures an environment is created that allows you to drive towards your financial good life.
The topics tonight will be:
Money Philosophy
Identify what the ‘good life’ might look like to you financially!
Money Planning
Discover and define your financial direction.
Money Management
The power of compounding your life and your money.

Book through our website or directly via the Concierge.

New Member Welcome Dinner
2022-10-28 18:30 - 22:00
Join us and your fellow members for complimentary fizz and nibbles and welcome our latest Proprietors as they sign the Share Register before dinner in the Dining Room.

Ladies Lunch
2022-10-31 12:00 - 15:00
The next in the Ladies Lunch series, open to all Athenaeum ladies and their guests.
Join us for a spooktacular lunch on Monday 31st October at 12:30pm, with guest speaker John Coventry in the haunted Library Reading Room.
Menu:
Main Course
Cauldron Braised Beef Ghoulash, confit of blood red pepper, bonfire roasted pumpkin, devilled garlic potatoes.
Savoury pumpkin pie (v), slashed kauffman cabbage.

Dessert
Toffee Apple Cheesecake with vanilla sauce
Vampire’s Kiss or Witches Brew (or tea and coffee if you prefer)

Book on our website or directly through the Concierge.

Literature Group - Poetry from the Wirral
2022-11-01 14:00 - 15:00
At our next meeting we will be entertained by two Wirral poets (one of whom is probably known to many of you as a fellow Proprietor) who have kindly agreed to read some of their work to us.
David J. Costello is a winner of the Welsh International Poetry Competition and is widely published. His pamphlets are Human Engineering (Thynks Publishing 2013) and No Need for Candles (Red Squirrel Press 2016). Heft, his first full collection (Red Squirrel Press 2020) won third prize in the 2020 Poetry Book Awards for best collection
The Proprietor known to you as Ian Gould-Jones writes and reads under the name of Ieuan Cligwari, which simply means ’Ian Wirral’ in Welsh. It is a leaning to the ancient bardic tradition of Wales and a double nod to deep Wirral and Welsh roots.
His poetry often mixes landscape with emotion, metaphysics and the possibility of the numinous. Welsh culture, history and landscape run through a lot of his poetry. He has recently been exploring mixing media such as photography and musical soundscapes with the spoken word. Ieuan has had his poetry published in book (collections), pamphlet and on the internet. He is working on four collections – Rheged, Songs of Heart, Andalusia and Dwynwen’s Rest – and is mentored by Cheltenham based poet Anna Saunders.
In December, we will be looking at the life and work of another local poet, Rodney Street born Arthur Hugh Clough, who had close connections to the Athenaeum.
The group will meet on November 1st in The Athenaeum Library Reading Room from 2pm – 3pm. Put your name down on our website or through the Concierge.

Friday Evening Dining - Taste of the Orient
2022-11-04 18:30 - 23:00
Go East with the newest iteration of our Taste of… Friday dining series, Taste of the Orient!
These Friday Dining events have been very popular with proprietors, so if you’re the kind of person interested in eclectic cuisine, come join in the fun.
November 4th’s menu includes: Dim Sum, Beef in Black Bean, Singapore Chow Mein and much much more.

Tour of the Athenaeum
2022-11-09 11:00 - 20:00
How well do you know your club house and the history of the club housed within? We’re blessed with such amazing heritage, let’s not keep it a secret!
Tours will be taking place at 11:00am (followed by lunch in the Dining Room), 1:00pm (followed by afternoon tea in the Newsroom) and 6:00pm (followed by supper in the Newsroom), and are available to book for £25.00, including a donation to the Library.

Dr Stephen Lloyd - Shakespeare North
2022-11-11 18:30 - 23:00
Presidential evening dinner with a talk before.

Remembrance Sunday Lunch
2022-11-13 12:30 - 16:00

Quiz Bingo
2022-11-17 18:00 - 23:00
Bingo at The Athenaeum – or rather, Bingo with a twist…
It’s two-parts general knowledge quiz and three parts bingo game, as players will have answer questions correctly to cross off the numbers on their cards.
Numbers will be chosen by home-made digital software that randomly chooses the general knowledge questions – and each game will cost £1 with the winner taking all.
If successful, the idea is to continue these events with various different activities. Suggestions include: Quiz Darts, Quiz Pool and Quiz Golf.
It’s wacky fun for all ages!
Tickets are £12.50. Book through the Members Area or directly through the Concierge.

New Members Welcome Dinner
2022-11-18 18:30 - 19:30

Liverpool Salon Presents - Beyond the Hype
2022-11-24 18:30 - 20:00
Beyond the Hype: The Inside Story of Science’s Biggest Media Controversies
Fiona Fox’s book Beyond the Hype takes us behind the scenes of some of the most toxic science stories of the last two decades, including: Climategate, involving the theft of ten years of emails from a Climate researcher, used to claim that climate change was a hoax, the shaming of the Nobel prize winner Tim Hunt, the media frenzy over the dangers of ‘Frankenstein food’, and the bewildering story of the harassment of scientists researching Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ ME.
The book finishes with Fox’s reflections on the pandemic, from the media profiles of Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance, to the role of political journalists and the government’s mantra of ‘following the science’.
Chief Executive of the Science Media Centre since 2001, Fiona Fox believes in the vital importance of good science communication and warns of the damage to public understanding when scientists are scared to speak out on the defining issues of our times.
Beyond the Hype is chaired by Pauline Hadaway, co-founder of the Liverpool Salon and is part of the Salon’s series of public conversations on themes of utopia and dystopia.

Tickets: £10 (early bird £7.50 until 15 October)

Theatre Visit - Liverpool Playhouse
2022-11-26 14:00 - 20:00
Join your fellow Proprietors of The Athenaeum on a theatre trip to our very own Liverpool playhouse to see Noughts and Crosses, a modern day Romeo and Juliet story and Winner of Excellence in Touring UK Theatre Awards 2019.
All seats are £25, reduced to £23 for groups of 10 or more.
Please book your place with the Concierge at reception by November 4th.

Founders Ball - 225th Birthday
2022-11-26 19:00 - 2022-11-27 01:00

Film Night: Spellbound by Alfred Hitchcock
2022-11-30 18:30 - 22:00
Join us in the Wine Servery for another dose of the good stuff – classic cinema!
This month we’ll be enjoying Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound (1945), after a light supper in the dining room.
Book here or directly through the Concierge.

The Library & Archives Group
2022-12-01 17:30 - 20:30
Proprietor, David Roscoe, will be using some of the Athenaeum’s own archives to speak about a fascinating period in the Athenaeum’s own history:
‘The Relocation Committee’ and the Athenaeum’s move from its original premises in Church Street to its present building in Church Alley.
The move became necessary due to the City Council’s road-widening scheme for Church Street. This resulted in plans to demolish the original building.
By the time of the end of the First World War the Athenaeum faced serious challenges with membership numbers down and annual financial deficits. Compulsory purchase of the Club’s building amounted to a real threat to the Athenaeum’s very existence.
The talk will examine the story of the negotiations with the City Council and how the Club survived. Who came out well from the eventual deal? The new building was able to open in 1928. David has used 30 years of the Athenaeum’s minute books, as well as the minutes of the ‘Relocation Committee’.
Thursday 1st December at 5.30 pm in the Library Reading Room, with supper afterwards at 6.30pm for those members who book for this.

MENU
Main Course
Confit Duck a’la Orange
French beans
Hasselback Potatoes
Risotto Forestier (V)
Wild Mushrooms, hazelnuts
Parsnip Crisps
-ooOoo-
Dessert
Christmas Pudding Cheesecake
Brandy custard
-oo0oo-
Tea or Coffee

Democracy in Crisis - Lunch with Phil Whitfield
2022-12-02 12:30 - 14:00
Is Democracy in Crisis?
Thirteen of the 35 countries that chose democracy after the Second World War have backslid into autocracy, according to the United Nations.
America reels, goaded by Donald Trump. Even Britain wobbles; Tories in disarray, according to Proprietor Phil Whitfield, who follows his engaging talk In War The First Casualty Is War with another eyewitness brochure presentation.
Whitfield returned to his native Liverpool after half a century reporting terror for the BBC and The New York Times, living in the Arab world for the past two decades.
Is the turmoil at home and abroad signalling a shock in store?
An opportunity to discuss followed by optional lunch. Tickets are £20.
Book now through the website or directly with the Concierge.

Literature Group
2022-12-06 14:00 - 16:00
The Literature Group meets on the first Tuesday of the month in the Library Reading Room at 2:00pm, all members and guests are welcome, and there is no need to book.
This month, Proprietor Dr Paul Burns will be speaking about local poet Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861), inspired by the fact that both Clough and his uncle used to hold what is now Dr Burns’ Athenaeum share. Clough was a major Victorian poet who has recently fallen out of fashion and is not studied or read as much as he once was. Dr Burns will be talking about his life and influences as well as discussing a few of his poems.

Athenaeum Festive Afternoon Tea
2022-12-09 12:00 - 18:00
It’s our signature Afternoon Tea with a Christmas twist – don’t miss out on this opportunity to enjoy our luxurious selection of savouries & pastries, themed especially for Yuletide.
Enjoy a festive afternoon tea and a glass of fizz in your Club, time slots between 12:00pm and 3:00pm.
Tickets are £39.99 per head. Book here to directly through the Concierge.

Athenaeum Christmas Lunch
2022-12-09 12:30 - 16:00
Join us and your Fellow Proprietors for an afternoon of festive fun and food. The Athenaeum kitchen will be preparing a wonderful three-course Christmas meal for those who book, featuring: truffled mushroom & thyme soup, roast crown of turkey and – of course – Christmas pudding.
Gather in the Newsroom from 12:30pm for a glass of fizz ahead of a hearty Christmas lunch with all the trimmings at 1:00pm.
Tickets: £28.

Athenaeum Christmas Dinner
2022-12-09 19:00 - 22:00
We are offering Christmas Lunch & Dinner on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th December. Gather in the Newsroom from 7:00pm for a glass of fizz ahead of a hearty Christmas dinner with all the trimmings at 7:30pm.
Tickets: £28 per person.

Athenaeum Carol Concert
2022-12-15 18:00 - 23:00

New Members Welcome Evening
2022-12-16 18:30 - 22:00
Don’t miss your chance to sign our historic share register, if you haven’t done so already. New Members Welcome Evenings are a great place for fresh applicants to meet our existing Proprietors and enjoy a dinner afterwards, so if you haven’t already done so, register your interest with the Concierge.

Xmas Informal
2022-12-20 18:30 - 23:30

Xmas Social
2022-12-21 18:30 - 2022-12-22 00:00
Christmas Quiz, music and buffet!

Tickets: £20

Film Night: The Holly and the Ivy by George More O'Ferrall
2022-12-22 18:30 - 22:00
Proprietor Dr Ian Cubbin invites you all to a night of cinematic celebration, as we travel through the golden era of the silver screen. Each month we’ll be showing one of the all-time great flicks in our Wine Servery, and everyone from cinephiles to casual movie goers are invited to enjoy what will be a fantastic night of food, fun and film.
This month we’ll be raising the Christmas Spirit and seeing out the Athenaeum’s year with some festive cheer, as we bring you George More O’Ferrall’s The Holly and the Ivy (1952).
All screenings will be preceded by a one-course supper and have an intermission.
Book now through the Member’s Area of the website or via the Concierge. Tickets are £15.

Literature Group
2023-01-03 14:00 - 15:00
The Literature Group meets on the first Tuesday of the month in the Library Reading Room at 2:00pm, all members and guests are welcome, and there is no need to book.

History of Art Group
2023-01-09 11:30 - 12:30
The History of Art Group meets on the 2nd Monday in the month at 11:30am in the Wine Servery. All Members and guests are welcome and there is no need to book, simply turn up and enjoy!
