Notes from the club room

Journal

Minutes, letters and observations from the Society's papers.

Architecture · 18 August 2026
Before the Curtain Rose
Professor Edmund Ribbington’s account of the morning when the Grand Theatre existed only as chalk lines, rolled plans and a considerable difference of opinion.
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From the reading room · 22 June 2026
The Question Between the Shelves
A conversation in the Royal Library concerning which stories deserve to be preserved—and who should be allowed to decide.
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At four o’clock · 9 April 2026
Tea at Four, with One Place Remaining
A note from Sir Percival Hootington on the curious importance of setting one place too many.
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From the register · 12 March 2026
Minutes from the Unhurried Committee
The Admiral called the meeting to order in the usual way: by waiting until the room had settled of its own accord.
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Grounds · 28 January 2026
A note on the knot garden
The hedges have been clipped into a pattern that looks, from the library window, like a thought someone has not quite finished.
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Correspondence · 4 November 2025
A letter concerning seasonal dress
Lord Edgar Blackquill writes, not for the first time, on the difference between a coat and a statement.
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Before the Curtain Rose