Wednesday 1st October 1:30pm in the Library   ‘Murder in the Lake District’ By Martin Edwards  

Dinner with Elemer Boreczky (£25.00) Thursday 2nd October 7:00-7:30pm (MENU TO FOLLOW) Dr. Boreczky is a retired Senior Lecturer of the University ELTE Budapest, Hungary and a former Visiting Professor of Rudgers University, New Jersey, USA. The subject of the lecture is entitled: John Wyclif’s Political Theology and King and Emperor Sigismund’s Reformation The end ... Read more

Visit to the Tate Liverpool Art Gallery Monday October 13th - Meet in the Foyer at 1:45pm. DLA PIPER SERIES: CONSTELLATIONS There will be an illustrated presentation by an expert before going to view the exhibition itself. The above series links artists and their work between the years of 1900-1960. Cost £5.00, please book at ... Read more

THE ATHENAEUM WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL PROPRIETORS TO A “THREE” SESSION DEMONSTRATION OF FOOD PREPERATION AND PRESENTATION BY OUR CHEF RUSSELL HOUGH   “STARTERS” WEDNESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2014   “MAIN COURSE” WEDNESDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2014   “DESSERTS” WEDNESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2014     THE EVENING WILL START AT 6.30PM WITH A DEMONSTRATION FOR APPROXIMATLY ... Read more

Thursday 16th October Dietmar Greineder talks on ‘Architecture of Berlin-past and present’ 2pm in the Library  

Tuesday 21st October – 1:30pm in the Wine Servery (Proprietors and Guests only)   On the 21st of October to The Sting, the winner of seven Oscars in 1974, including Best Picture. It features Robert Redford and Paul Newman at their best, and music by Scott Joplin.

Athenaeum film nights present (£10.00pp) Alfred hitchcocks’s ‘Jamaica inn’ Wednesday 22nd October 6:00-6:30pm Set in Cornwall where a young orphan, Mary, is sent to live with Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss who are the landlords of the Jamaica Inn. Mary soon realizes that her uncle's inn is the base of a gang of ship wreckers ... Read more

Bluecoat & Athenaeum Afternoon tea (£12.50pp) Artists talk with Jacqueline Scholes (Silversmith) Tuesday 28th October 1:00-1:30pm From an early age I have been fascinated by beautiful objects. I am interested in their form and function and the materials from which they are made. I like to   handle these objects and have always had a desire ... Read more