Seth Thévoz
Contributor at Freelance
Writer at Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack
Historian, writer, immigrant, FRHistS, right eyebrow raiser; UK political finance & Clubland; https://t.co/GytvIBMzR6; https://t.co/Im4uJcOY7x
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1 week ago |
clubland.substack.com | Seth Thévoz
Map showing the spread of the various Labour-sympathetic clubs of the early 20th century. (Dates refer to the physical location of buildings.)Anthony Sampson, analysing clubs for his landmark 1962 Anatomy of Britain, regarded Labour politicians as being “more pubbable than clubbable” - an observation repeated by Sam Aldred in his 2020 survey of Clubland artefacts - and dismissed the idea of Labour politicians having made significant inroads into London Clubland.
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clubland.substack.com | Seth Thévoz
The ‘Biggles’ series, of nearly 100 novels and short story collections by Captain W. E.
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thegentlemansjournal.com | Seth Thévoz
Etiquette Lifestyle Members Our for-educational-purposes-only guide to gaining entry to London’s most vaunted private members’ clubsAs long as there have been members-only clubs, non-members have attempted to access them, for reasons ranging from mild curiosity to determined social climbing. And a great many gatecrashers have used a combination of techniques to gain entry.
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2 weeks ago |
clubland.substack.com | Seth Thévoz
Scores of London clubs were bombed throughout the Second World War. One of the highest-profile casualties was the Carlton Club. The Carlton - named after its first clubhouse in Carlton House Terrace - was founded in 1832 as the official club for the Tory Party, and mixed social facilities with practical political functions, including electioneering work and whipping operations. Sir Reginald Blomfield’s 1923-4 alterations to the façade of the Carlton Club, pictured in 1927.
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3 weeks ago |
clubland.substack.com | Seth Thévoz
James Gillray (1756-1815) is widely regarded as “the grandfather of the political cartoon”, his topical etchings by turns witty, erudite, vulgar, and rendered with tremendous technical brilliance. He mocked all the great institutions of the day - and so it should come as little surprise that clubs featured as a recurring trope in his work, especially as he lived and breathed “Clubland.”Gillray conveyed a remarkably consistent image of clubs across more than three decades of practice.
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The second of the Clubland Substack’a deep dives for the Bank Holiday weekend: a detailed look at how clubs were portrayed in the witty, bawdy, outrageous cartoons of the great James Gillray. https://t.co/qrtMV4WKmE https://t.co/BAdmklgdjj
Have you ever wondered about Jeeves’s mysterious club, the Junior Ganymede, in P. G. Wodehouse’s books? Here’s all you ever wanted to know about it - and more. https://t.co/gq5nhUrcof https://t.co/ILAwIp5hxU
