27/08/2023
On Thursday evening, I had the pleasure of attending the National Liberal Club Annual Summer Party.
It was an evening filled with live music from singer Miss Jones, and a summer buffet enjoyed on the stunning Terrace overlooking the Embankment, the River Thames, and views towards the London Eye, in the City of Westminster.
I particularly enjoyed taking in the French Renaissance architecture, and the Victorian interior design of the Smoking room and the Dining room tiled Corinthian columns. I also enjoyed exploring the massive marbled main staircase, which is apparently a simplified reconstructed design after the wartime bombing.
In my research before attending this event, I learn’t that this Private members club was, at the time of completion in 1911 - the largest ever club house built in London.
It was a pleasure to have met John Sweeney and his partner Maria Iacuzio, Charles G Gillett - Honorary Archivist of the National Liberal Club and Karin Rehacek Chair of the National Liberal Club.
Thank you to Luke Birkett for coming as my guest.