Club Night - Tuesday 11th October - Clubland's Hidden Treasures: A Talk By the Rev’d Sam Aldred

Whilst some of these objects are treasures in the literal sense – such as paintings by Edward Millais and Sir Joshua Reynolds – others are more… peculiar. There is an axe wielded by a prime minister, a decoupage folding screen made by a disgraced army officer whilst he was in prison, and a section of a Georgian water pipe on which Voltaire saw fit to comment.

The cast of characters includes princes and prostitutes, prime ministers and prize pigs. From White’s to the Beefsteak, the Savage, to the Royal Thames Yacht Club;  behind every item there is a tale worth telling.

About the Author

Sam Aldred was educated at Oxford. He worked as a perfume salesman in Kazakhstan and a schoolmaster in Brighton before entering the Church. He is now a priest at the civic church of St Mary’s in Swansea, and chaplain to the University of Wales Trinity St David. A keen joiner, Sam is a member of as many clubs and societies as will have him, and has founded a couple of his own. Dubbed “the Vicar of Vice” by Idler magazine, Sam has written articles on clubs, Central Asia, boarding schools, and cocktail recipes in a variety of obscure publications. Clubland's Hidden Treasures is his first full length book.