Category: Events

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 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

On Wednesday 11th October, our trio of Ambassadors present and past (Julian White, Gerard O’Shea, and Justin Rhodes), accompanied by a member of Council (Chris Noon), made their way to… Continue reading Laurent-Perrier Dinner 2023

On Saturday 16th September, we descended upon the tranquil canalside village of Stoke Bruerne, where our Connétable for Northamptonshire & Bedfordshire, Andrew Woodward, hosted one of his famous biannual sabrage… Continue reading End of Summer 2023

On Monday 4th September, we returned to Le Vacherin, a wonderful French bistro in Chiswick (and one of our Caveaux). It was a full house, with seventy guests who had… Continue reading Le Vacherin 2023

On Thursday 24th August, our new Ambassador, Justin Rhodes, led a group of members of the Confrérie du Sabre d’Or to Lancashire to visit Northcote, which is nestled in the… Continue reading Northcote 2023

[Full write-up including gallery is forthcoming… but for now, please see pp. 35–37 of this year’s edition of The Golden Sabre!]