Really pleased to announce the launch of a thoroughly updated version of Locating London's Past: locatinglondon.org@ihr.bsky.social@long18thsem.bsky.social@ihrhistorylab.bsky.social
Jimmy Carter turns 100 on Tuesday, and his hometown of Plains, Ga., is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the milestone — even if the former president himself isn’t expected to be attending.
Jimmy Carter is the first American president to reach 100. Locals in his hometown of Plains, Ga., are excited to celebrate the man they know as “Mr. Jimmy.”
How the Savile Club & the (now-defunct) Naval Club were used as filming locations for the Drones Club in 'Jeeves & Wooster' (1990-3) - & some of the misdirection used for the interiors. The latest post on my Clubland Substack: clubland.substack.com/p/clubs-in-p...
This isn’t a post about the Drones Club in the books of P.
IT’S PUBLICATION DAY! The new, updated edition of ‘Behind Closed Doors: The Secret Life of London Private Members’ Clubs’ is now available in paperback, complete with an extra chapter. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1472...
Coming from a Francophone household, I know that the highest accolade that can be offered to any literature in the home is to store it in the toilet, alongside the Asterix and Tintin books.
The latest post on my Clubland Substack: "The (Mostly-)Vanished Clubs of Cuba" Sign up to the newsletter for more on global Clubland history. open.substack.com/pub/clubland...
Cuba once had a sizeable club culture.
This is exactly the kind of long-form writing suited to my Clubland Substack, combining my interests in history & investigative journalism: a detailed piece looking at the rogue Rhodesian regime of Ian Smith, and its relationship with the former Salisbury Club. clubland.substack.com/p/did-rhodes...
An investigation into claims that the club formed a crucial part of governing the pariah state.
Because my new Substack on all matters Clubland has only grown very quietly, while I set about getting some content up there, I’d not explained what it’s going to be about - until now. clubland.substack.com/p/everything...
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