This week’s ClubCast (the Clubland Podcast) looks at the many attempts to set up an official Labour Party private members’ club in central London; and at Labour’s strained relations with clubs. Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe
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ClubCast 3: 14th October 1940: The night the Carlton Club was bombed
This week’s edition of ClubCast (the Clubland Podcast) takes a detailed look at one of the most dramatic chapters of Clubland history: the bombing of the Carlton Club in the Blitz, when it was filled with members of Churchill’s government. Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe
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ClubCast 2: Blades in Fleming's James Bond novels
This week’s edition of ClubCast (the Clubland Podcast) offers a deep dive into one of the best-known fictional clubs of all time - Blades, in Ian Fleming’s original James Bond novels of the 1950s and 1960s. And it asks how accurate and plausible it was, compared to the clubs of the day? Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe
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ClubCast 1: European clubs after Napoleon
This is the experimental first episode of the new podcast edition of ‘Clubland’, on the world of private members’ clubs - think of it as an audiobook edition of the Clubland Substack, with little easter egg extras. This first episode looks at the explosion of clubs across continental Europe, after the fall of Napoleon.So settle back and enjoy… Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe
Expert insight & analysis on the history, culture & economics of private members' clubs worldwide, from historian Dr Seth Thévoz. clubland.substack.com