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Shortly after getting back from France, we returned to the Millennium Gloucester for our annual general meeting and summer party. The former was even more efficient than usual, lasting no… Continue reading Summer Party & Annual General Meeting 2024

This year’s Champagne Tour took place over an extended long weekend. We settled in at the Hotel de la Paix, which it transpired we were sharing with a number of… Continue reading Champagne Tour 2024

The annual Julian White Agencies/Champagne P. Brugnon tasting took place on a sunny Thursday evening in the Conservatory of the Millennium Gloucester Hotel. As usual, the dynamic duo showed the… Continue reading Champagne Tasting 2024

On Friday 12th April, we returned to the Royal Over-Seas League in St James’s for our Spring Gala Dinner and 45th Grand Chapitre Britannique. Over eighty of us were in… Continue reading Spring Gala Dinner 2024

On Saturday 13th April, we returned to Stoke Bruerne to avail ourselves of some of Andrew Woodward’s famed hospitality, at one of his biannual dinners at the Boat Inn (the… Continue reading Herald of Spring 2024

On Tuesday 20th February, we held our annual Chinese New Year celebration in Phoenix Palace, a wonderful restaurant near Baker St, famed for its excellent food, lavish traditional Chinese decor,… Continue reading Chinese New Year 2024

Our first outing of 2024 was on Friday 2nd February, where we went to the Royal Lancaster Hotel to support our friends and partners The Clink Charity at their annual… Continue reading The Clink Charity Ball 2024

On Friday 9th December, we experimented with a new type of event: a reception aimed at encouraging both members and aspiring Novices to come and perform some festive sabrage. Seventy-five… Continue reading Festive Fizz 2023

On Friday 3rd November 2023, we made our second consecutive annual visit to Ironmongers’ Hall for the Autumn Gala Banquet and 44th Grand Chapitre Britannique—the first full outing for Justin… Continue reading Autumn Gala Banquet 2023