Younger Members' Quarterly Dinner
2018-11-17 19:00 - 2018-11-18 01:00 (Europe/London) | The Athenaeum Liverpool, Church Alley, Liverpool, L1 3DD, United Kingdom

Vincent Roper - Retirement Lunch
2018-11-19 12:30 - 16:00
Join us on Monday 19 November for a special lunch to both celebrate Vincent Roper’s 87th birthday and commemorate his retirement as Librarian of the Athenaeum.
Further details on the event will follow, however as this will likely be a very popular lunch with many Proprietors wishing to thank ‘Vin’ for all the work he has put into the Club over the years, booking early is strongly recommended.
Event Schedule
Reception Drink in the Newsroom: 12:30-1:00pm
Lunch Served: 1:00-2:30pm
The Newsroom will be serving until 4:00pm on this day, with the Club closing at 4:30pm.

The Film Group
2018-11-20 14:00 - 16:00
Tuesday 20th November, 2018: Libel (1959) This British Film was directed by Anthony Asquith and stars Olivia de Havilland, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Massie, Wilfred Hyde-White and Robert Morley. A Canadian World War II pilot (Massie) in London sees Sir Mark Lodden (Bogarde) on TV giving a tour of his ancestral home. The pilot recalls that he was in a POW camp with a Major Lodden and believes that the baronet is actually an actor called Wellney (also played by Bogarde), who shared their POW hut. De Havilland plays the baronet’s wife and the pilot’s belief results in a libel trial.
The film is recognised by the American Film Institute as one of its top 10 court films.
(Running time: 100 mins)

(Originally scheduled for 21 November)

Music Group: 'Love Songs: English, French & Russian'
2018-11-21 17:30 - 18:30
Russian Singer Irina Ektova in the Newsroom
21 November 2018 at 5.30 p.m.
I am delighted to announce a short concert in the Newsroom on Wednesday, 21 November 2018 at 5.30 p.m. The event will feature my friend Irina Ektova, who will sing a selection of love songs in English, French and her native Russian, with myself on piano. Between 2005 and 2010 Irina and I were colleagues at the British International School Moscow, where Irina taught French and I taught Music. Songs in English will include classics by Gershwin, Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart; in French ‘Les feuilles mortes’ (better known to English audiences as ‘Autumn leaves’) and ‘Champs Elysees’; and in Russian some celebrated romances, including ‘Yah vass lyubill’ (‘I loved you’) – words by Alexander Pushkin. The concert will be very informal, with the bar open and food and drink available as normal.

Glyn Williams
Co-Music Group Facilitator

'Suffrage', Dinner with Janet Dugdale
2018-11-22 18:30 - 22:00
In November we will be taking part in Liverpool City Council’s Vote 100 week, which will celebrate the centenary of votes for women and the first female MPs. During that week there will be a Presidential dinner during that week with Janet Dugdale, Director of National Museums Liverpool, speaking to us about the history of female suffrage in Liverpool. Janet is an expert on this topic, and this talk promises to be an interesting event.

Event Schedule
Arrivals: 6:30 for 7:00pm
Talk in the Newsroom: 7:00 for 7:30pm
Dinner served: 7:45-21:30pm
Newsroom bar open following dinner, last orders between 10:15 and 10:30pm.
Club Closed: 11:00pm

Dress Code: Lounge Suits

Library And Archive Group
2018-11-23 11:30 - 14:30
“Maps, and how to interpret them”. 11:30am in the Library.
The intention is to examine where the many maps in the Athenaeum collection are stored and how to find what is here. Illustrative examples will be available to view.
At 12.30 pm following the talk an informal lunch will be available (£12.50 per person -reservation required)

Arts Group
2018-11-28 14:00 - 15:30
Jutta Hesketh NDD ceramics, Oxford School of Arts, will be talking about Diego de Velasquez, Court Painter to Philip IV of Spain in the C17th.
The presentation will concentrate on Velasquez’s clear and undistorted depiction of court life in his painting ‘Las Meninas’ and its influence on C20th artist Pablo Picasso.

Christmas Saturday Openings
2018-12-01 10:00 - 17:00, 2018-12-08 10:00 - 17:00
The first two Saturday’s in December the Club will be open for Members to enjoy. The Newsroom will be opening and fully serviced with last orders for food taken at 5:00pm.
No dress code will be in enforced during these two special openings, ideal for having lunch in between Christmas shopping!

Athenaeum Christmas Lunch
2018-12-03 12:30 - 14:00
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.

The Literature Group
2018-12-05 14:00 - 15:30
Euripides by Brian Gill.
THE BACCHAE:
An Ancient Play With Timely Warnings For Today.
The Ancient Greeks had an astonishing understanding of human psychology. Their literature was frequently tasked with demonstrating the disastrous consequences of pursuing our ‘blind’ and unconscious motives in the service of egoic ambition
Taking the plays, The Bacchae and Oedipus Rex as a starting point we can use them to assess the formidable extent of their psychological understanding and gain invaluable insight into the potential disaster that awaits us today, both collectively and individually, should we continue to act in ignorance of basic human psychology. Our flagrant disregard for a wisdom and foresight that became the foundation of western civilization cannot continue with impunity.
Should anyone feel drawn to read these plays, perhaps it would be better to wait until after this presentation.

The Film Group
2018-12-11 14:00 - 15:30
11th December, 2018: Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) A musical which could only be on film, it was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and choreographed by Busby Berkley. The gold diggers in question are four aspiring actresses: Polly (Ruby Keeler), Carol, an ingenue (Joan Blondel), Trixie, a torch singer (Aline MacMahon) and a glamour puss, (Ginger Rogers). Made during the Great Depression, the film is about a production which is ready to be shown, but is closed for non-ppayment of bills. The producer Barney Hopkins (Ned Sparks) despairs, because he has everything except the money to put on the show, but Plly’s boyfriend, Brad, (Dick Powell) comes to his rescue.
The film was selected in 2003 by the Library of Congress for preservation in the US National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”.
(Running time: 96 mins)

The Athenaeum Film Nights - Meet Me in St Louis
2018-12-12 18:15 - 22:00
Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
In the year leading up to the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.
We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go into the ‘cinema’ by about quarter to eight. All our films have a suitable intermission and we empty out no later than ten o’clock.
1 Course Supper Menu TBC
Tea, coffee & mints
Sweeties During Film

Christmas Carol Concert
2018-12-13 18:30 - 22:00
Our Annual Carol Concert this year will feature the Formby Silver Band who will be performing some festive hits following a supper in the dining room. Mince pies and mulled wine will be available during the evening.
Further details to follow.

Christmas Informal Dining
2018-12-20 19:00 - 22:00
We finish 2018 in relaxing fashion with an ever popular informal dining occasion. There are no speakers – just good food, company and wine. You may wish to bring along family and friends with you or join one of our larger club tables. Please specify this on booking.

The Film Group
2019-01-09 14:00 - 16:00
9th January, 2019 Song of Summer (1968) This is a joint presentation with the Music Club (and we hope that it will not be the last.)
Written and directed by Ken Russell for BBC’s Omnibus, this black and white TV film covers the last six years of the life of composer Frederick Delius, when he had become blind and paralysed. Based on the memoir “Delius As I Knew Him” by Eric Fenby, it describes Fenby’s life with the composer and his wife, transcribing music from the composer’s dictation. Russell said that this was the best film he ever made and that he would not have done a single shot differently.
Delius is played by Max Adrian, Fenby by Christopher Gable and Jelka by Maureen Pryor.
(Running time: 72 mins)

The Athenaeum Film Night -The Count of Monte Cristo
2019-01-10 18:15 - 22:00
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous “friend”, escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.
We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go into the ‘cinema’ by about quarter to eight. All our films have a suitable intermission and we empty out no later than ten o’clock.
1 Course Supper Menu TBC
Tea, coffee & mints
Sweeties During Film

Restaurant Dining Evening
2019-01-11 19:00 - 22:00
Restaurant Dining Evening
Friday 11th January, service between 7:00 & 8:30pm, please specify your desired time to sit down for dinner, time slots will be filled on a first come first serve basis.
Our next ‘Restaurant’ evening of fine dining will be held on Friday 11th January. There will be options at every course, priced individually in a la carte style. As well as our standard wine list, there will be specially selected fine wines on offer, at least one white and one red, priced in line with the Club’s competitive rate. Why not bring a guest or two to sample the delights of the Athenaeum?
The dress code for the evening will be smart casual.

Music Evening
2019-01-18 18:30 - 23:00
Details TBC

Burns Night
2019-01-25 19:00 - 22:00

History Group Meeting
2019-01-30 14:00 - 15:30

Literature Group Meeting
2019-02-06 14:00 - 15:30
Of Human Bondage’: Diana Lane on Somerset Maugham’s semi-autobiographical novel. When ‘Of Human Bondage’ was published in 1915, Somerset Maugham was at the height of his popularity and fame as a writer of plays, short stories and novels. Since then he has rather fallen out of fashion. Diana’s talk will give us an insight into the writer and his work, reminding some of an old favourite and introducing others to him for the first time.

The Athenaeum Film Nights - The Pickwick Papers
2019-02-07 18:15 - 22:00
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly encounter the friendly but disreputable Mr. Jingle, who becomes a continual source of trouble for all who know him. Pickwick himself is the victim of a number of misunderstandings that bring him both embarrassment and problems with the law.
We begin about 6.45pm with a one course supper and go into the ‘cinema’ by about quarter to eight. All our films have a suitable intermission and we empty out no later than ten o’clock.
1 Course Supper Menu TBC
Tea, coffee & mints
Sweeties During Film

New Members Informal Dining
2019-02-08 18:30 - 23:00
Friday 8 February, service between 6.30pm & 7.00pm—£25.00pp
This Informal Dining Evening is open to both New and current members alike. There are no speakers – just good food, company and wine. You may wish to bring along family and friends with you or join one of our larger club tables; please specify this upon booking. Spaces on these larger tables are subject to availability. Informal Dining Evenings that are titled under the banner ‘New Member’s’ are also an opportunity for those to sign the historic 1801 Share Register for those who have not yet had the chance to do so. The signing ceremony following dinner is a special event and an important part of the process of becoming a Proprietor.
An a la carte menu will be available for guests to choose at the dinner.
Schedule
Drinks in the Newsroom from 18.00 to 18.30
Service in the Dining Room from 18.30 to 20.00
Newsroom Bar Open Through out from 18.30 to 23.00
Last Orders From 22.45 to 23.00
Building Closes at 23.30

The Film Group
2019-02-13 14:00 - 16:00
13th February, 2019 Gaslight (1944). This is the second version of a mystery-thriller about a wife whose husband slowly manipulates her into believing that she is becoming insane to distract her from his criminal activities. This version is directed by George Cukor and stars Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and Jospeh Cotton. (See if you can identify the 18-year old maid.)
The film won a Best Actress Oscar for Bergman and was nominated for Best Picture. It received seven nominations in all.
(Running time 114 mins)

Library and Archives Group Lunch
2019-02-14 11:30 - 14:00
11.30 am in the Library
12.30 pm informal lunch (reservation required )
Proprietor Jutta Hesketh: ‘Greek Myths:
The Very beginnings, Chaos to Zeus, seen through Literature and Art”.
(Based on works in the Library)

Dinner with Professor David Lalloo
2019-02-21 18:30 - 23:00
Thursday 21 February, 6.30 & 7.00pm, £25.00 per person

LSTM was founded in November 1898 by Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, a influential shipping magnate, when Liverpool was a prominent port city with extensive trade with overseas regions such as West and Southern Africa. The number of patients in the region admitted to hospital with ‘tropical’ diseases soared. Sir Alfred Jones set up a School of Tropical Medicine to investigate these outbreaks. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), founded in 1898, was the first institution in the world dedicated to research and teaching in the field of tropical medicine.

Whilst Liverpool is no longer the major trading port it was in Victorian times the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is still world leader in its field.

As a registered charity, LSTM works across the world, often in very difficult circumstances, to fulfil its mission of reducing the burden of sickness and mortality in disease endemic countries.

Professor David Lalloo Director of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Tropical Medicine
Having undergone initial training in Newcastle upon Tyne, David Lalloo trained in General (Internal) Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, spending three years in Papua New Guinea. He undertook clinical and laboratory research in Oxford before moving as Senior Lecturer to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1999.

Since then he has focused on clinical trials in the tropics, particularly in HIV related infections, malaria and envenoming. He currently has collaborations and studies in a number of countries including Malawi, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Kenya, Nigeria, eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland) and South Africa. He has worked with in Malawi for almost twenty years. He holds an appointment as an Honorary Consultant at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and remains clinically active.

Prior to taking up the Directorship of LSTM in January 2019, David was Dean of Clinical Sciences and International Public Health and was Director of the Welcome Trust Liverpool Glasgow Center for Global Health Research and the Liverpool Welcome Trust Clinical PhD Programme. He has a strong interest in identifying and supporting young UK clinicians interested in tropical research and strengthening scientific capacity in resource poor settings. He continues to supervise PhD and MD students in a wide variety of infection related areas.
Schedule
Arrivals from 18.30 to 19.00
Talk from 19.00 to 19.45
Dinner Served at 19.45
Newsroom Bar Manned from 21.30 to 22.30
Last Orders from 22.15 to 22.30
Club Closes at 23.00
Menu
Starter
Salad of Buffalo Mozzarella and beef tomato, melon pearls, pesto and rocket

Main Course
Breast of chicken with a smoked ham and ricotta mousse, creamed white wine and mushroom sauce
Served with panache of vegetables, buttered parsley new potatoes

Dessert
Tropical fruit salsa, coconut Panna cotta

Lunch with Investec
2019-02-26 12:00 - 15:00
Tuesday 26 February, 12:00 for 12.30
Talk and Lunch presented by our corporate member Investec. Following the talk a light lunch for attendees will be provided. Numbers are limited so please book early for this event. There will be no charge for this event.

Brexit, Trump and Winne –the-pooh by Stephen Trowbridge
Stephen is a Senior Investment Director responsible for a client bank of over £200million, overseeing the investment strategy and management of funds for individuals, trusts, charities, offshore bonds and pension funds. Stephen also sits on the firm’s Global Investment Strategy Group, and Asset Allocation Committee. After leaving Oxford Stephen spent ten years in the City of London and in Guernsey before joining Rensburg Sheppards (now Investec Wealth & Investment) in Liverpool in 1990.

Cutting-Through inheritance Tax Complexity By Paul Brokenshare
Paul has been a Financial Planner since 1991 and provides bespoke, independent financial advice tailored to an individual’s requirements. He specializes in advising high net worth clients and their families across the full spectrum of wealth management matters and in particular, with regard to retirement planning, pensions, general tax planning and inheritance tax planning needs. Paul has held the coveted Chartered Financial Planner status since 2008. He is a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. Paul is also an Affiliate Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and, as such, operating within an elite group at the forefront of his profession.
Schedule
Reception in the Library from 12.00 to 12.30
Presentation from 12.30 to 13.30
Light Lunch from 13.30 to 14.30

The Library Dinner (Black Tie)
2019-03-01 18:30 - 23:30
A Club Through Time’, with Dr Ian Cubbin
Friday 1 March, 6.30 for 7.00pm £35.00pp

Chairman of the Library Sub-Committee, Dr Ian Cubbin, will be guiding the audience as they embark on the journey of ‘A Club Through Time’. From the Athenaeum’s inception in 1797 to present day, via a change in premises, the characters that have shaped the Athenaeum and the city beyond, and perhaps a murder trial for good measure?

A number of newer Proprietors, and even some long standing ones know very little of our origins and history, this will be a great opportunity to learn more in a pleasant and conducive environment surrounded by fellow members and guests.

This ever popular Black Tie dinner is likely to sell out early, it is recommended to book well in advance to avoid disappointment. Tickets include dinner, reception drink and a donation to the Library Fund.
Schedule
Reception from 18.30 to 19.00
Presentation from 19.00 to 19.45
Dinner Service from 19.45 to 21.30
Newsroom Bar Manned from 21.30 to 23.00
Last Orders from 22.45 to 23.00
Building Closed at 23.00

Artist Talks, with the Bluecoat Display Centre.
2019-03-05 13:00 - 16:00
Ceramicist—Attila Ollah.
Tuesday 5 March, 1:00 for 1:30pm, £15.00 per person

As part of Bluecoat Display Centre’s ongoing programme of exciting artist’s talks, the next event will feature ceramicist Attila Ollah. Attila will speak about his artistic career in ceramics and making but also his involvement in creating ice sculptures. He has recently established his own workshop and runs pottery classes at Altar Pottery.
Attila’s work explores the power of the vessel: over thousands of years, through association with birth, nourishment, ritual, celebration and death, the vessel has become deeply rooted in the human psyche. Attila explores the vessel as the archetypal symbol of the body through which the Self and that which is beyond the Self can be realised.
Attila has worked with Glacial Art to produce ice sculptures for global TV phenomenon Game of Thrones. After applying for a summer placement with world renowned ceramicist Claudi Casanovas, he was also offered a year-long apprenticeship opportunity with Casanovas in Catalonia. Attila then applied what he had learned about the mediums of both ice and ceramics to inform his work, which includes ceramic bowls suspended in ice.
Followed by Afternoon Tea in the Newsroom.
Schedule
Arrivals from 13.00 to 13.30
Talk starts in the library from 13.30 to 15.00
Afternoon Tea Served in Newsroom from 15.00 to 16.00
Building closes at 16.00
