We are thrilled to host Simon Heffer, Baron Blackwater for 2 events at the Club: “An Evening in Conversation with Simon Heffer" and a Pre-Luncheon talk on his book ' Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars.'

"An Evening in Conversation with Simon Heffer"

Thursday 16th April 19:00

19:00 Arrival & Drinks Reception

20:00 Dinner

21:30 In Conversation with... Simon Heffer, Baron Blackwater

23:00 Carriages

Tickets £45 per person

Arrival Drink & 3-Course Dinner

Menu

Ewing’s Smoked Mackerel, Beetroot, Orange & Endive Salad with Grain Mustard Dressing,

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Slow Cooked Daube of Hannan’s Beef, Savoy Cabbage, Roast Parsnip, Bacon Champ, Braising Juice Gravy

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Lemon Tart with Raspberry Sorbet

More information

Simon Heffer is an English Historian, Journalist, Author, Political Commentator and Member of the House of Lords. A Professor of Modern British History at the University of Buckingham and a columnist for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, where he writes about Politics, culture, books and cricket. He has written a number of histories and biographies, most recently Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars, and edited the three-volume complete edition of the diaries of Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon. He has also written three books on English grammar.

Pre-Luncheon talk by Simon Heffer, Lord Blackwater, on his book 'Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars'

Friday 17th April 12:00

12:00 Arrival

12:30 Talk by Author Simon Heffer

13:30 Luncheon

Tickets £25 per person

2-Course Luncheon with Tea & Coffee

Menu

Roast Chicken Supreme, Breaded Cauliflower, Roast Carrot, Champ, Bacon & Rosemary Chicken Gravy

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Raspberry & White Chocolate Cheesecake with Chocolate Ice Cream

More information

Sing As We Go is an astonishingly ambitious overview of the political, social and cultural history of the country from 1919 to 1939.

It explores and explains the politics of the period, and puts such moments of national turmoil as the General Strike of 1926 and the Abdication Crisis of 1936 under the microscope. It offers pen portraits of the era's most significant figures. It traces the changing face of Britain as cars made their first mass appearance, the suburbs sprawled, and radio and cinema became the means of mass entertainment. And it probes the deep divisions that split the nation: between the haves and have-nots, between warring ideological factions, and between those who promoted accommodation with fascism in Europe and those who bitterly opposed it.

Simon Heffer is an English Historian, Journalist, Author, Political Commentator and Member of the House of Lords.

A Professor of Modern British History at the University of Buckingham and a columnist for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, where he writes about Politics, culture, books and cricket. He has written a number of histories and biographies, most recently Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars, and edited the three-volume complete edition of the diaries of Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon. He has also written three books on English grammar.

‘An epic new history . . . a work of epic scholarship, breathtaking range, and piercing originality’ Daily Express

‘An astonishing achievement of narrative history . . . I think the word is "magisterial".’ Spectator

‘Excellent, thorough, detailed and combatively argued.’ Sunday Times

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