Remembrance Sunday Lunch Sunday 8th November 12:30-1:00pm £25.00 per person Traditional Sunday lunch following the Civic Remembrance Service at St George’s Plateau. Cream of Vegetable Soup (V) served w. a Warm Bread Roll. ~~ Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding, Seasonal Vegetables and Roast Potatoes ~~ Apple Pie & Custard
Lunch Honouring Vasily Petrenko Thursday 12th November 11:45-12:12pm £20.00 per person The Committee, on your behalf, offered Vasily Petrenko Honorary Membership of the Club which he kindly accepted. The Maestro will receive his membership at an early lunch on 12th November to fit in with his busy world schedule. Pork & Armagnac Pate, Spiced ... Read more
‘Athenaeum Questions’ with Roger Phillips Friday 20th November 6:45-7:15pm By 20th November the Conservative government should have bedded in so it is time for “Athenaeum Questions” based on BBC’s “Any Questions” with our own Roger Phillips in the chair. Will it be a government of all the talents or just the usual suspects? So ... Read more
ESU & The Athenaeum Joint lunch 'From the Mersey to the Middle East: Words and Images 1939-1945.’ In conjunction with the History, Arts and Literature Interest Groups Wednesday 25th November 12:00-12:30pm £17.50 Professor Rhiannon Evans will draw upon the recently published war journal of Sister Joyce Ffoulkes Parry, ‘Joyce’s War’, and the paintings of ... Read more
THE HISTORY & DEVELOPMENTS OF THE CENTRAL DOCKS Mr Peter de Figueiredo will explain the background of the Princes to Bramley Moore docks, our contribution to the heroic age of Dock building. Peter is a heritage consultant to the Peel Group, whose plans will be explained. (A spring visit is planned !) THURSDAY 26TH NOVEMBER— ... Read more
Wednesday 2nd December — 2pm Library Diana Lane “Waverley” by Sir Walter Scott
Wednesday 9th December — 2pm Committee Room Alan Andrews “Ghost Story”
Wednesday 16th December— 2pm Wine Servery David Brazendale “Early Days at the Athenaeum”
‘Strands’ by Jean Sprackland Wednesday 17th February 12:00-12:30pm £15.00 per person Author Jean Sprackland joins us for a reading of her book ‘Strands, a Year of Discoveries on the Beach’. Signed copies will be available after the lunch. Paupiette of Plaice with Salmon Mousse White Wine Sauce, Peas & Potato Croquette ~~ Vanilla ... Read more
Athenaeum Film Nights Presents ‘The Third Man’ Thursday 18th February 6:00-6:30pm £10.00 per person Including one course supper and refreshments Set in postwar Vienna, Austria, "The Third Man" stars Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, who arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime (Orson Welles), only ... Read more