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jueves, 10 de septiembre de 2015
How to get accepted into London’s exclusive members clubs
Gaining membership of London's most prestigious gentlemen's clubs is no easy matter. Entry isn't just a case of finances - the selection criteria are far more intensive than that. Wit, contacts, good conversation, manners… All are required. GQ speaks to representatives from London's top clubs to find out exactly what's required to get through the door.
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Tucked away on Greek Street in Soho, Club Prive is located upstairs in London's oldest French restaurant, L'Escargot. Membership is limited to 1,000. Co-Founder Brian Clivaz, who previously ran Home House in Marylebone and The Arts Club, told GQ that L'Escargot "only admit people we like".
"We always meet people before they are elected," Clivaz says. The selection criteria ranges from "how did the candidate treat the receptionist on arrival" to "if at a banquet, would you be happy to sit next to them or be bored stiff?
"If you met them at the bar, could you strike up a conversation with them, and be willing to buy them a drink? Would they buy you a drink?"
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Club Prive at L'Escargot
Tucked away on Greek Street in Soho, Club Prive is located upstairs in London's oldest French restaurant, L'Escargot. Membership is limited to 1,000. Co-Founder Brian Clivaz, who previously ran Home House in Marylebone and The Arts Club, told GQ that L'Escargot "only admit people we like".
"We always meet people before they are elected," Clivaz says. The selection criteria ranges from "how did the candidate treat the receptionist on arrival" to "if at a banquet, would you be happy to sit next to them or be bored stiff?
"If you met them at the bar, could you strike up a conversation with them, and be willing to buy them a drink? Would they buy you a drink?"
THE ASSOCIATION OF LONDON CLUBS
- ANNABEL’S, - 44 Berkeley Square, London W1J 5QG. Arrguably the grande dame of London’s private members’ club scene, Annabel’s was founded in 1963 by Mark Birley and has been building its globally renowned reputation for five decades. Annabel’s offers fine dining in the restaurant, a cocktail bar, a courtyard garden, nightclub and private dining rooms. Membership fees: Annually from £1,000, with a £1,000 joining fee.
- BLADES CLUB - fictional London gentlemen's club appearing and referenced in several of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels, most notably Moonraker. Blades was founded between 1774 and 1776 and is of a caliber equal to or greater than that of any other club. Blades is situated on “Park Street” (correct name Park Place) off of St James's Street, at the approximate location of the real-life club Pratt's. Based on Fleming’s notes as well as details of the club included in the novels, Blades is an amalgam of several nearby clubs, several of which Fleming mentions by name in various Bond books. These include Boodle's, The Portland Club, White's and Brooks's.
Britain's Men-Only Clubs Have to Let In the Ladies
By Eben Harrell / London Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010
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It was an unlikely venue for a civil rights sit-in. But on Oct. 1, Lady Antonia Fraser, the formidable Anglo-Irish author and widow of playwright Harold Pinter, walked into the Garrick Club — a plush, "gentlemen only" member's club in London's West End — and took a seat at the hallowed center table in the coffee room. Throughout its 179-year history, the table had been reserved for men. But there was nothing the members could do to stop Lady Antonia's defiance. Britain's new Equality Act — a law that prohibits establishments from discriminating based on gender — is forcing the country's male-dominated social clubs to overturn many of their cherished traditions.
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It was an unlikely venue for a civil rights sit-in. But on Oct. 1, Lady Antonia Fraser, the formidable Anglo-Irish author and widow of playwright Harold Pinter, walked into the Garrick Club — a plush, "gentlemen only" member's club in London's West End — and took a seat at the hallowed center table in the coffee room. Throughout its 179-year history, the table had been reserved for men. But there was nothing the members could do to stop Lady Antonia's defiance. Britain's new Equality Act — a law that prohibits establishments from discriminating based on gender — is forcing the country's male-dominated social clubs to overturn many of their cherished traditions.
miércoles, 9 de septiembre de 2015
LILLIE SQUARE - EARLS COURT LONDON
http://www.lilliesquare.com/
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