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SUMMARY:Oscar Wilde Society Birthday Dinner
DESCRIPTION:6.30 p.m. champagne and canapés reception followed by dinner at 7.15 p.m. in the Lloyd George Room \nThis year’s annual Birthday Dinner will be a most important event as Merlin Holland\, Oscar Wilde’s grandson\, will be speaking about his book After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal\, which will have been published the day before. This eagerly awaited book charts the extraordinary afterlife of the legendary writer\, thinker\, wit and decadent\, tracing the dramatic fluctuations in Wilde’s posthumous reputation over the past 125 years. The book will be on sale at the event and Merlin will be happy to sign copies. \nThe price for a three-course meal with wine will be £100. Booking closes on Friday 4 October or whenever all places have been booked. This event is filling up rapidly so don’t delay if you want to join us for an unforgettable evening! Members may bring one guest. \nThis event is sold out.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/oscar-wilde-society-birthday-dinner/
LOCATION:The National Liberal Club\, Whitehall Place\, LONDON\, SW1A 2HE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Our Events
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SUMMARY:Oscar Wilde Society Summer Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Reception from noon with lunch starting at 1.00 p.m. \nLast year it was decided to move the location of our traditional summer lunch in Oxford to St Hilda’s College\, the first women’s college at the University of Oxford\, established in 1893. It is a lovely college\, with gardens onto the river\, and we enjoyed our traditional Pimms reception followed by a delicious lunch in their riverside pavilion overlooking the dreaming spires. The event was such a success that we will be returning there for this year’s lunch. \nMagdalen College is located just the other side of the bridge to St Hilda’s\, so guests can visit the college (subject to whether it is closed for a private event) following the luncheon if they would like to see Oscar’s college as well. \nSt Hilda’s is located on Cowley Place\, which is off to the right if approaching the roundabout at the end of the High Street from the High Street itself. If coming from London by Oxford Tube\, if you alight at St Clements’ it is a five-minute walk from the stop. If arriving by train\, you can catch any of the following buses to ‘the Plain’ roundabout: 400 (stop R1)\, 1\, 5 (Stop R2)\, X7\, X8 (Stop R5) \nOur speaker this year will be author\, critic and art historian Dr James Cahill. His debut novel\, Tiepolo Blue (2022) was shortlisted in 2023 for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award\, and was selected in autumn 2024 for H. M. the Queen’s Reading Room. It was described by Sir Stephen Fry as ‘the best novel I have read for ages … masterly’. His second novel\, The Violet Hour\, was published in February 2025. The plot involves a reimagining of the relationship between Dorian Gray and Lord Henry Wotton; the main character\, Thomas Haller – an abstract painter – is in thrall to the older\, more worldly Claude Berlins\, a renowned art dealer. The novel is indebted to Wilde’s ideas about art and Hellenism\, and to the thinking of the Aesthetic movement in general\nTickets cost £70 per person\, which includes a Pimms reception\, three course lunch\, and after dinner tea/coffee. Wine with the meal is not included but can be bought on the day from their wine list\, which features bottles from Brightwell’s\, a local Oxford vineyard. \nBooking closes on Friday 11 July. Members may bring one guest.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/oscar-wilde-society-summer-luncheon-2/
LOCATION:St Hilda’s College\, Cowley Place\, Oxford\, OX4 1DY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Our Events
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SUMMARY:Author’s Lunch: Jad Adams on Ernest Dowson
DESCRIPTION:2025 will be the 125th anniversary of the death of the poet Ernest Dowson and to mark the occasion there will be a revised edition of Jad Adams’ biography Madder Music\, Stronger Wine: The Life of Ernest Dowson\, Poet and Decadent. This is a new version of the classic biography of the ultimate decadent poet who wrote some of the most quoted lyrics in English verse – including the titles of two of the greatest twentieth century films: Gone with the Wind and Days of Wine and Roses – but died penniless at the age of thirty-two. Jad’s non-fiction books include Decadent Women: Yellow Book Lives\, Gandhi: Naked Ambition\, Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle and Women and the Vote: A World History. \nJad has kindly agreed to speak at an author’s lunch on Saturday 22 February 2025 on the subject of Dowson’s relationship with Oscar Wilde. The lunch will be held at The George in the Strand\, 213 Strand\, London and it will cost £60 for a two-course meal with coffee. This price does not include drinks but there will be a bar in the room that will be open throughout the event. \nIf you would like to come\, please make your payment by 8 February via PayPal to membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk or by cheque made out to The Oscar Wilde Society and sent to: \nJohn Stratford\, Hon Treasurer\,\nThe Oscar Wilde Society\n9 Rosehip Way\nBishop’s Cleeve\nCheltenham\nGL52 8WP \nNote: Booking is not complete until we have sent you an acknowledgement email. If you have not received this within 7 days of paying\, please contact us. \nMembers may bring one guest. Please state when booking if you have any allergies. Please state if you would like to have the vegetarian or vegan menu. We regret that we are unable to accommodate any dietary requirements beyond these options.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/authors-lunch-jad-adams-on-ernest-dowson/
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SUMMARY:Oscar Wilde Birthday Dinner
DESCRIPTION:National Liberal Club\, Whitehall\, London SW1A 2HE \nGeorge Room \nFriday 18 October 2024 \n6.30 p.m. drinks reception followed by dinner at 7.15 p.m. in the Lloyd \n  \nSociety members are encouraged to join us for the thirty-second birthday dinner of the Oscar Wilde Society in the magnificent surroundings of the National Liberal Club. This will be a very special event as we will be launching the Joan Winchell edition of Selected Articles from The Woman’s World\, Edited by Oscar Wilde\, chosen\, with an introduction and notes\, by Eleanor Fitzsimons. Eleanor will be our speaker. Merlin Holland will propose the toast to his grandfather. \nDress code: black tie or lounge suit for gentlemen\, Wilde glamorous for everyone. \nThis event is now fully subscribed.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/oscar-wilde-birthday-dinner/
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SUMMARY:Oscar Wilde Society Summer Lunch
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Oxford celebration will be hosted at St Hilda’s College on 17 August. St Hilda’s was the first women’s college at the University of Oxford\, established in 1893. It is a lovely college\, with gardens onto the river\, where we will enjoy our traditional Pimms reception. Lunch will be served in their riverside pavilion overlooking the dreaming spires. \nMagdalen College is located just the other side of the bridge to St Hilda’s\, so guests can visit the college (subject to whether it is closed for a private event) following the luncheon if they would like to see Oscar’s college as well. \nSt Hilda’s is located on Cowley Place\, which is off to the right if approaching the roundabout at the end of the High Street from the High Street itself. If coming from London by Oxford Tube\, if you alight at St Clements’ it is a five-minute walk from the stop. If arriving by train\, you can catch any of the following buses to ‘the Plain’ roundabout: 400 (stop R1)\, 1\, 5 (Stop R2)\, X7\, X8 (Stop R5). \nOur speaker this year will be Dr Sophie Duncan\, Research Fellow and Dean for Welfare at Magdalen College\, Oxford. Sophie grew up in Stratford upon Avon and has published widely on Shakespeare\, as well as advising Kenneth Branagh and other directors of theatre companies. She is currently organising an exhibition to open at Magdalen in the autumn commemorating 150 years since Oscar’s arrival at Magdalen\, and her talk will be called: Oscar Wilde in Oxford. \nTickets are £70 per person\, which includes a Pimms reception\, three course lunch\, and after dinner tea/coffee. Wine with the meal is not included but can be bought on the day from their wine list\, which features bottles from Brightwell’s\, a local Oxford vineyard. \nIf you would like to come\, please make your payment by 2 August via PayPal to membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk or by cheque made out to the Oscar Wilde Society and sent to:\nJohn Stratford\, Hon Treasurer\nThe Oscar Wilde Society\n9 Rosehip Way\nBishop’s Cleeve\nCheltenham GL52 8WP \nMembers may bring one guest. \nPlease state when booking if you have any allergies. Please state if you would like to have the vegetarian or vegan menu. We regret that we are unable to accommodate any dietary requirements beyond these options.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/oscar-wilde-society-summer-lunch/
CATEGORIES:Our Events
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SUMMARY:Wilde About Oscar
DESCRIPTION:Wilde About Oscar is a programme of to celebrate the great novelist\, playwright and poet the 170th anniversary of his birth. There are performances at 2 pm\, 3:30 pm and 5 pm. As part of the programme\, Oscar Wilde Society Chairman Vanessa Heron will engage in a Q&A with Paul Doust\, who has a one-person show as Lady Bracknell.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/wilde-about-oscar/
CATEGORIES:Other Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Oscar Wilde Annual Birthday Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the thirty-first Oscar Wilde birthday dinner\, held by the Oscar Wilde Society in the magnificent surroundings of the National Liberal Club. \nOur special guest this year will be author and director Dominic Dromgoole\, whose many achievements include the splendid year-long Classic Spring Season of Oscar Wilde’s works at the Vaudeville Theatre in London between 2017 and 2018. Dominic was artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe in Southwark for more than ten years and has both directed and produced films. He is the author of Hamlet: Globe to Globe and Will and Me\, and he will be talking about his most recent book\, Astonish Me! First Nights That Changed the World. One of those first nights is\, of course\, the first night of The Importance of Being Earnest at the St James’s Theatre on 14 February 1895. Dominic will be happy to sign copies of Astonish Me! of which the paperback edition will be on sale. \nThe price for a three-course meal with wine will be £90. If you would like to come\, please fill out this online form\, which includes payment details\, by 27 September 2023: \nhttps://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S3X7RRJ \nPayment should be made by PayPal to membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk. \nDress code: jacket and tie for gentlemen\, Wilde glamorous for everyone.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/oscar-wilde-annual-birthday-dinner/
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SUMMARY:Oscar Wilde Society Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The AGM will be held by Zoom video conferencing on Friday 22 September at 7.00 p.m. It will be followed at 8.00 p.m. by an illustrated talk by Yvonne Ivory called ‘Dorian Gray in Babylon Berlin’. Yvonne writes: \nAfter his death in 1900\, Irish author Oscar Wilde became a cult figure in the German-speaking world. He had his fans among anarchists\, individualists\, socialists\, aesthetes\, expressionists and\, especially\, in the queer community. Some celebrated his life and mourned his martyrdom; others took up a mode of homage preferred by Wilde himself and let his work inspire their own new creations. This talk will explore how some Germans reimagined The Picture of Dorian Gray from the end of Great War into the Golden Twenties. How might the lost 1917 film Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray relate to the first gay movie Anders als die Anderen (1919)? Does Franz Schreker’s risqué 1918 opera Die Gezeichneten – a smash hit in its day – owe a debt to Wilde’s novel? And what’s behind the name of Berlin’s lesbian nightclub\, the Café Dorian Gray? Find out in this survey of just some of the German Pictures of Dorian Gray. \nThe zoom link for the AGM and the talk will be emailed to members a few days before the meeting. \nAGENDA\nWelcome and introductions\n1. Approval of the minutes of the previous AGM\n2. Chairman’s report\n3 Hon. Secretary’s report\n4. Hon. Treasurer’s report\n5. Membership subscriptions for 2023/2024\n6. Website and social media\n7. The Wildean\n8. Other publications\n9. Elections for the Committee for 2023/2024\n10. Elections of Honorary Officers of the Society for 2023/2024:\n– Hon. Secretary\n– Hon. Treasurer\n– Chairman\n11. Appointed members for 2023/2024\n12. Members’ comments and questions\n13. Close
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/oscar-wilde-society-annual-general-meeting-2/
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SUMMARY:Forbidden Love' - The Sphinx Song Cycle at London Song Festival
DESCRIPTION:London Song Festival 2023 \nwww.londonsongfestival.org/concerts \nOn Friday 18 August the London Song Festival is proud to present the world premiere of Sir Granville Bantock’s song cycle ‘The Sphinx’\, a setting of Oscar Wilde’s poem of the same name. This masterpiece of English song was written in 1941 but has remained unperformed until now. \nGranville Bantock was well-known in his day for works such as the Hebridean Symphony and the Festival March\, but his music is unfairly forgotten today. For this performance\, the songs will be combined with readings of extracts from the transcripts of Oscar Wilde’s trials\, from De Profundis\, from his letters\, and from the words of Ada Leverson (aka The Sphinx)\, throwing into sharp focus the connections between the songs’ depiction of forbidden love and Oscar Wilde’s own tragic story. \n‘The Sphinx’ will be sung by two baritones: Arthur Bruce\, a Britten-Pears Young Artist and a Samling Artist\, who has sung lead roles with Scottish Opera\, Bampton Classical Opera and the Berlin Opera Academy and Edward Jowle\, a Samling Scholar\, an alumnus of the Verbier Festival Atelier Lyrique and the Accademia Europa dell’Opera\, who has given recitals at the Oxford Lieder Festival. The pianist is Nigel Foster\, the Director of the London Song Festival\, who has performed at Wigmore Hall\, the South Bank\, on BBC Radio 3 and across Europe and the Americas. The spoken word sections will be read by Simon Butteriss\, whose career encompasses acting with the RSC\, the Old Vic Company and in West End plays and musicals\, numerous film and television appearances\, and singing at La Scala Milan and with ENO and other opera companies. \nThis performance uses a new performing edition of ‘The Sphinx’ prepared by Bantock specialist Dr Andy H King. \nTickets are on sale from the London Song Festival website – please scroll down the page as ‘The Sphinx’ is the third concert listed. \nAll Oscar Wilde Society members are entitled to the £15 concession-price tickets. Full price (without concession) is £20.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/forbidden-love-the-sphinx-song-cycle-at-london-song-festival/
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SUMMARY:Oscar Wilde Society Summer Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:“Now and then it is a joy to have one’s table red with wine and roses.” \nJoin us in Oscar’s honour for our annual summer lunch in the usual convivial environs of his alma mater\, Magdalen College\, Oxford OX1 4AU. \n  \n12:30 p.m. for Pimm’s (or pressé) in The Chaplain’s Quad followed by a three course lunch with wine at 13:00 in the Terry Newport Room and Ante Room.\n\n\nLunch will be followed by a talk from our very own Dr Aaron Eames based on his PhD dissertation entitled ‘Writing Wilde’ exploring Wilde biographies of the early twentieth century. Oscar says in ‘The Critic as Artist’ that ‘every great man nowadays has his disciples\, and it is always Judas who writes the biography’. Aaron’s talk will introduce us to some of these Judases and their portrayals of Wilde’s life\, loves and sexuality.\n\nThe price for the reception\, three courses and wine is £90 per person. To reserve a ticket\, please follow this link:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FL3Z9CJ
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/oscar-wilde-society-summer-luncheon/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch and OWS Birthday Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to the generosity of an Oscar Wilde Society member and collector of Wildean material\, we are able to publish a facsimile edition of Constance Wilde’s autograph book. \nThe book is in the collection of the British Library and is reproduced by its kind permission. It has never been published before\, except in short extracts. Devon Cox\, known to all of us as the author of A Street of Wonderful Possibilities: Whistler\, Wilde & Sargent in Tite Street\, has done a magnificent job of editing this major contribution to our appreciation of Constance\, Oscar and their world. \nHis brilliant introduction puts Constance’s autograph book\, ‘a vision of a unique gathering of notable men and women’\, into the context of her own interests and circles of friends\, and shows how it reflects the different stages of her marriage to Oscar. \nConstance Wilde was a talented and much loved woman. It is time for her to step out from under the shadow of her famous husband\, and the publication of her autograph book will help her to do that! \nThis facsimile edition of Constance Wilde’s Autograph Book 1886-1896 is beautifully produced\, fully illustrated and printed in colour throughout. The price is £25. However\, by following the link below you can take advantage of our special pre-publication offer of only £20: \nhttps://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/autograph-book/ \nWe will launch the book at our annual Birthday Dinner which this year will be held at the beautiful Savile Club in Mayfair at 69 Brook Street\, London W1K 4ER. Our speaker this year will be Devon Cox who will talk to us about Constance Wilde’s autograph book.  The dinner will start at 19.30. All those attending the dinner will be invited to the book launch\, which will precede the dinner and start at 18.00. \nUnfortunately\, the book launch and dinner are now completely sold out\, but to save a place on the waiting list\, please send an email to: membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/book-launch-and-ows-birthday-dinner/
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SUMMARY:Summer Lunch - Magdalen College\, Oxford
DESCRIPTION:Oscar Wilde Society Summer Lunch – Saturday 30 July 2022 \n“Now and then it is a joy to have one’s table red with wine and roses.” \nJoin us in Oscar’s honour for our annual summer lunch in the convivial environs of his alma mater\, Magdalen College\, Oxford OX1 4AU. \n12:15 p.m. for Pimm’s (or pressé) in The Chaplain’s Quad followed by a three course lunch with wine at 13:00 in the Terry Newport Room and Ante Room. \nLunch will be followed by a talk entitled “The Choice of Hercules: Oscar Between Ruskin and Pater” by Dr Bernard Richards\, an Emeritus Fellow at Brasenose College\, Oxford\, where he was a Fellow in English from 1972 to 1996. He is the author of English Poetry of the Victorian Period in the Longman Literature in English series\, and is the author of more than 350 scholarly articles and reviews\, ranging from John Donne to 20th-century authors. His most recent work is a chapter on unwritten Ruskin for the forthcoming Ruskin Companion (Cambridge University Press). He is also currently printing (privately) Praeterita Continued\, a completion of Ruskin’s unfinished autobiography. Dr Richards is an expert on John Ruskin (1819-1900)\, whom we know to have been a formative influence on Oscar. \nThe price for the reception\, three courses and wine is £80 per member. Places will be given in order of payment. Members may also purchase tickets for a guest. Please email our Events Secretary\, Matthew\, at membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk by 1 July to reserve a ticket\, making payment by PayPal preferably to  membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk. \nWe are only able to accept cheques if absolutely necessary – please email membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk for details if you have no option but to pay by cheque. \nWhen reserving\, please also include any dietary requirements and/or details of any allergies\, which will be passed on to Magdalen College.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/summer-lunch-magdalen-college-oxford/
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SUMMARY:A Visit to the House Beautiful for OWS Members - 25 June 2022
DESCRIPTION:Please see the email sent by the Membership Secretary to OWS members on 24 May 2022 for details.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/a-visit-to-the-house-beautiful-for-ows-members-25-june-2022/
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SUMMARY:Wilde and his Irish connections (Joint event with NLC Irish Circle)
DESCRIPTION:When Henry James met Oscar Wilde in Washington in 1882\, he confessed to the young Irish man who was causing such a stir in America\, that he was “nostalgic for London.” “Really?” Wilde replied. “You care for places? The world is my home.” Oscar Wilde was an internationalist who valued the richness of diversity\, language and culture. Yet\, as George Bernard Shaw remarked so astutely: “It must not be forgotten that though by culture Wilde was a citizen of all civilised capitals\, he was at root a very Irish Irishman\, and\, as such\, a foreigner everywhere but in Ireland.” \nWilde spent most of his adult life in England and produced all but his earliest poetry there. After he was released from prison\, in 1887\, he retreated into self imposed exile in France. Yet Ireland was his birthplace\, his touchstone\, and his home during his formative years. So just how Irish was Oscar Wilde? How did his nationality inform his ideas and output? How embedded was he\, if at all\, in the vibrant Irish community of artists\, thinkers and writers who called London home during the 1880s and 1890s? \nBiographical Note\nEleanor Fitzsimons is a writer and researcher who lives in Dublin\, Ireland. Her biography Wilde’s Women: How Oscar Wilde was shaped by the women he knew (Duckworth\, 2015) was widely and favourably reviewed. Eleanor is an honorary patron of the Oscar Wilde Society and a member of the editorial board of society journal The Wildean. She has worked as a television researcher for the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ\, and was a contributor to BBC documentary The Importance of Being Oscar\, first broadcast on BBC2 in April 2019. \nTickets:\n1) Talk only: Free to attend in person at the NLC (Zoom invite will also be sent to all members to join virtually)\n2) Talk and two-course dinner: £32.50 – STRICTLY Members only \nShould you wish to stay for dinner\, you need to book your place by sending an email to both: bookings@nlc.org.uk AND binoederv@btinternet.com \, specifying whether you are booking for the Talk Only (Free)\, or for the Talk and Dinner (£32.50). Also let us know if you have any dietary requirements. Once your place is confirmed\, you will be asked to call NLC office on 02079680912 to make the payment. \nPlease note that places for dinner are very limited\, so book early to avoid disappointment. \n 
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/wilde-and-his-irish-connections-joint-event-with-nlc-irish-circle/
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SUMMARY:Annual Birthday Dinner at the National Liberal Club (OWS & NLC members + their guests)
DESCRIPTION:After over a year of lockdown\, we are delighted that our annual birthday dinner at the National Liberal Club is back again. This year\, however\, we are proud to announce that our event will take place at the prestigious ‘Gladstone room’\, which is the main dining room of the National Liberal club\, with fantastic views of the Thames and the London Eye.\nThe event will be for our members (+ their guests)\, and members of the National Liberal Club. Bookings will be taken in the order that payment is received.\n\n\nIt is our pleasure to announce that the special guest this year will be our most recent Honorary Patron\, actor and writer Neil Titley (who is also a member of the NLC). Neil will speak\, after dinner\, about ‘Rambling On – 40 years with Oscar’ and tell us about his travels and adventures whilst performing and touring his one-man Oscar Wilde show\, Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes. Those who have previously heard Neil’s witty stories will know that we are in for a treat. Neil will also be signing copies of his book ‘Under Ken Wood: The Story of a London Pub’\, which is the funniest guide to Hampstead you will ever find.\n\n \n\n\nMembers will also be delighted to know that our Honorary President\, Gyles Brandreth\, the esteemed British actor\, broadcaster\, writer and former politician\, will be giving the toast to Oscar and the Society in the Smoking Room at 7.15 pm prior to dinner. He will be also signing copies of his new autobiography ‘Odd Boy Out’ for those who wish to purchase copies. \n\n\nWe are also having a book sale to raise funds for the society. Books have been kindly donated from dear members of the society\, including our beloved late Honorary Patron\, and member of the NLC\, Jonathan Fryer.\n\n\nWhen booking\, please let us know of any dietary requirements.\nCost: £75 per person for the drinks reception and three-course dinner with wine.\n\n(Payment by PayPal is preferred to: membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk or by cheque payable to the Oscar Wilde Society sent to our Events Secretary Geoff Dibb (his address should be in your latest issue of Intentions)\n\n\nIf you have any questions please contact Geoff.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/annual-birthday-dinner-at-the-national-liberal-club-ows-nlc-members-their-guests/
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SUMMARY:The 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) - Members Only
DESCRIPTION:The AGM will again be held online on Zoom. This will be an excellent opportunity for members who are usually unable to join us to take part and we look forward to welcoming as many Society members as possible. The Zoom link will be mailed a few days prior to the meeting.\n\nAGENDA\n\nWelcome and introductions.\nApproval of the minutes of the previous AGM.\nChairman’s report.\nHon. Secretary’s report.\nHon. Treasurer’s report.\nMembership subscriptions for 2021/2022.\nWebsite and social media.\nThe Wildean.\nOther publications.\nElections for the Committee for 2021/2022.\nElections of Honorary Officers of the Society for 2021/2022:\nHon. Secretary\nHon. Treasurer\nChairman\nAppointed members for 2021/2022.\nMembers’ comments and questions.\nClose of Meeting.\n\nWe welcome new committee members to help to run the Society. Nominations for the Committee must be proposed and seconded by members of the Society. If you do not know other members well enough to approach them\, the Committee will help. Please apply to the Hon Secretary Vanessa Heron. She would be delighted to help you or to answer your questions.\n\nWe look forward to welcoming you.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/the-31st-annual-general-meeting-agm-members-only/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210315T180000
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SUMMARY:Bonhams' Unveiling the Classics: Oscar Wilde - A Man for our Times     
DESCRIPTION:Launched in December 2020\, The Classics is dedicated to offering the very best of the Classic Arts\, from antiquities to the 19th century.  Hear more from specialists alongside guest-speakers in a series of online webinars this spring. \nCollector Jeremy Mason in conversation with Bonhams Director of Books & Manuscripts\, Matthew Haley\, about his passion for Oscar Wilde and the process of building a collection. Moderated by Lucinda Bredin.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/bonhams-unveiling-the-classics-oscar-wilde-a-man-for-our-times/
CATEGORIES:Other Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200926T110000
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SUMMARY:Visit to Leighton House and Linley Sambourne’s House
DESCRIPTION:We will be visiting two wonderful artists’ houses in Kensington: Lord Leighton’s Palace of Art in Holland Park and the house of Punch cartoonist Linley Sambourne which has been preserved as a time- capsule of the complete aesthetic interior. Leighton’s magnificent house\, with its fountain playing in a tiled court that could have come straight from the Arabian Nights\, was one of the great artists’ houses and has recently been splendidly restored. Linley Sambourne – whose caricature of Oscar Wilde as a sunflower will be familiar to members – created a perfect aesthetic interior whilst satirising aestheticism for Punch readers. Sambourne’s granddaughter Anne\, Countess of Rosse\, founded the Victorian Society at a dinner party in the house and presented the house to the Society\, ensuring its preservation. \n\n\n\nAdmission to both houses will cost £22 or £20 for students and over-60s. The guided tour of Leighton House will begin at 11.00 a.m. The tour of Linley Sambourne House will be self-guided as the rooms are too small for large parties. We can arrive at Linley Sambourne House at any time after 2.00 p.m. and take ourselves around. Lunch will not be provided\, but there are many eating places in the area. If the weather is fine\, we can enjoy a packed lunch in the garden of Leighton House. \nPayment by PayPal is preferred to: membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk and if you do use this means of payment\, please email Geoff Dibb so that he definitely has your booking. Alternatively ask Geoff for the address to send a cheque made to The Oscar Wilde Society. \nImage from Time Out
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/visit-to-leighton-house-and-linley-sambournes-house/
CATEGORIES:Our Events
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SUMMARY:Curated Visit to The Aubrey Beardsley Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce that the joint curator of the Aubrey Beardsley Exhibition\, Dr. Caroline Corbeau-Parsons\, has offered to give the Society a guided tour of this important exhibition. This will be out of hours so that we can experience the exhibition peacefully! \nThis is the largest exhibition of Beardsley’s drawings for 50 years and the largest display of his original drawings in Europe since the seminal 1966 exhibition at the V&A\, which triggered a Beardsley revival. \nThis exhibition will cover Beardsley’s intense and prolific career as a draughtsman and illustrator\, cut short by his untimely death from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-five. Beardsley’s charismatic persona played a part in the phenomenon that he and his art generated\, so much so that the 1890s were dubbed the ‘Beardsley Period’. \nOver 200 works will be on display including his celebrated illustrations for Oscar Wilde’s Salomé\, Le Morte d’Arthur and Lysistrata. It will also show artworks that were key inspirations for Beardsley\, including Japanese scrolls and watercolours by Edward Burne-Jones and Gustave Moreau. \n\n\n\nIn order to be out-of-hours\, we will meet at the early time of 08:45 a.m. at Tate Britain (staff entrance – a map will be supplied) and the tour will begin promptly at 09:00 a.m. Dr. Corbeau-Parsons will be with us for one hour and then members can remain in the exhibition when it opens to the public at 10:00am at no further cost. This is a significant saving on the usual cost of entry. \n\n\n\nPlease do not be late on the day. It will not be possible to gain entrance after our group has gone into the exhibition because we are using the staff entrance and being met there by Dr Corbeau-Parsons \nThis curated visit will be limited to 20 members and guests. To book your places please contact Geoff Dibb. \nPayment by PayPal is preferred to: membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk and if you do use this means of payment\, please email Geoff as well so that he has your booking. If you prefer to pay by cheque made to The Oscar Wilde Society\, contact Geoff to know the address to post it to.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/curated-visit-to-the-aubrey-beardsley-exhibition/
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SUMMARY:Annual Birthday Dinner (National Liberal Club)
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce that the Society’s Honorary President\, Gyles Brandreth\, will be our guest and after-dinner speaker. We will be meeting and dining in the David Lloyd George Room and\, because this is our major event and is always popular with members and their guests\, early booking is recommended. \nWhen booking please inform of any dietary requirements. Cost: £75 per person for the drinks reception and three course dinner with wine.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/annual-birthday-dinner-national-liberal-club/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190927T190000
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We will meet in the foyer of this company office just before 7.00 pm. This is an excellent opportunity for old and new members to get acquainted and we would be particularly pleased to welcome newly joined Society members. \nAGENDA \nWelcome and introductions \n\nApproval of the minutes of the previous AGM\nChairman’s report\nHon. Secretary’s report\nHon. Treasurer’s report\nMembership subscriptions for 2019/2020\nWebsite and Social Media\nThe Wildean\nOther publications\nElections for the Committee for 2019/2020\nElections of Honorary Officers for the Society for 2019/2020:\nHon. Secretary\nHon. Treasurer\nChairman\nAppointed members for 2019/2020\nMembers’ comments and questions\nClose\n\nWe welcome new Committee members to help to run the Society. Nominations for the Committee must be proposed and seconded by members of the Society. If you do not know other members well enough to approach them\, the Committee will help. \nPlease apply to the Hon. Secretary\, Vanessa Heron. She would be delighted to help you or to answer your questions.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/annual-general-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190720T114500
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SUMMARY:Summer Lunch\, Oxford (Members and their guests)
DESCRIPTION:Magdalen College recently told the Society that the date they offered is no longer available due to building works. We have found a delightful Victorian pub nearby – The Cape of Good Hope – Iffley Road\, The Plain\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX4 1EA\, which has offered us a private dining room. \nCost is £43 per head and includes a three-course lunch\, Pimms for the reception and a glass of prosecco for the toast. Other drinks to be purchased from the pub. \n  \nPROGRAMME \n \nVisit the Robert Ross Memorial Collection at University College\, guided by the College Librarian Elizabeth Adams before lunch. Lunch will be held in a private room at The Cape of Good Hope\, just over Magdalen Bridge. Our after-lunch speaker is Daryl Green\, the Librarian from Magdalen College\, who will introduce us to the Magdalen College holdings of Oscar Wilde materials and then escort us on a curated tour of Wildean materials in their collection and the Making History: Christian Cole\, Alain Locke and Oscar Wilde at Oxford Exhibition. \n\n\n\n\n  \nTIMETABLE \nMeet at University College at 11:45\n Visit Robbie Ross Collection to 12:30 \nWalk to Cape of Good Hope – arrive 12:45\nPimms reception – approx. 30 minutes \nLunch to 3:00 – Speaker Daryl Green \nVisit Magdalen Exhibition 3:30 – 4:30 \n\n\n\n  \nPayment by PayPal is preferred to: membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk and if you do use this means of payment\, please email Geoff so that he definitely has your booking. Alternatively send a cheque made to The Oscar Wilde Society to Geoff at: 29 Oxford Road\, St. John’s\, Wakefield\, West Yorkshire WF1 3LB.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/summer-lunch-oxford-members-and-their-guests/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190706T140000
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SUMMARY:Guided Walk\, Tite Street\, Chelsea
DESCRIPTION:Meet on Sunday 6th of Julyat 2 pm at the Embankment end of Tite Street. \n\n\n\nDevon Cox\, Society member and author of the wonderful study of Tite Street\, The Street of Wonderful Possibilities\, will lead us on a guided tour of Tite Street where Wilde\, Whistler and Sargent\, amongst many others\, lived in the nineteenth century. We will walk (slowly!) up Tite Street and Devon will inform us of the rich history before us. When we get to the northern end we will walk to a local pub for a well-deserved rest at about 3:30pm. This walk is limited to 25 people so early booking is encouraged. \n\n\n\nPayment by PayPal is preferred to: membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk and if you do use this means of payment\, please email Geoff so that he definitely has your booking. Alternatively send a cheque made to The Oscar Wilde Society to Geoff at: 29 Oxford Road\, St. John’s\, Wakefield\, West Yorkshire WF1 3LB.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/guided-walk-tite-street-chelsea/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190524T190000
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SUMMARY:Robbie Ross Celebration Dinner (members and their guests only)
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the Savile Club and to be held in the Clubhouse at 69 Brook Street\, London W1K 4ER \nA dinner in celebration of the 150th birthday of Robert ‘Robbie’ Ross\, man of letters\, devoted friend\, erstwhile lover and literary executor of Oscar Wilde and mentor to the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen; with speeches by Ross’s biographer\, Jonathan Fryer; the President of the Oscar Wilde Society\, Gyles Brandreth; and a reading by actor Edwin Thomas\, who played Robbie in Rupert Everett’s film The Happy Prince. \n \nCost: £57 including wine. Payment by PayPal preferred to membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk or else by cheque made payable to The Oscar Wilde Society and sent to John Stratford at 9 Rosehip Way\, Bishop’s Cleeve\, Cheltenham GL52 8WP. \nDress code: elegantly casual\, no jeans or trainers. Gentlemen are required to wear a collared shirt and jacket but a tie is not mandatory.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/robbie-ross-celebration-dinner-members-and-their-guests-only/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190511T151500
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SUMMARY:Matthew Sturgis at Boswell Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:BOSWELL BOOK FESTIVAL IS THE WORLD’S ONLY FESTIVAL OF BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR\n\nIf you thought you knew all about Oscar Wilde\, then think again. Matthew Sturgis – the acclaimed chronicler of the 1890s – has uncovered dramatic new material including the transcript of Wilde’s trial\, described by one critic as ‘gripping as it is grim’. Every aspect of Wilde’s life is brilliantly told\, from his Dublin upbringing to his triumphs as wit and dandy\, as author of the Portrait of Dorian Grey and The Importance of Being Earnest to his tragic downfall as the lover of Lord Alfred Douglas. \nSturgis’s compelling new life captures like none other the wit\, lovability\, dramatic genius\, insane self-destructiveness and originality of Wilde. \nChaired by broadcaster Sheena McDonald. \nBook signings: Authors will be delighted to sign copies of their books immediately after their events.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/matthew-sturgis-at-boswell-book-festival/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190302T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190302T133000
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SUMMARY:Guided Visit to the Oscar Wilde Temple
DESCRIPTION:Twenty years in the making\, The Oscar Wilde Temple is an immersive work of art and secular space honouring Wilde\, one of the earliest forebears of gay liberation\, whilst commemorating LGBTQ+martyrs and those lost to the AIDS crisis. For this exhibition\, the entirety of the gallery\, a Victorian former chapel\, has been dramatically transformed to create an environment that celebrates Oscar Wilde. \nThis is a FREE event.\nIf you are coming\, please email Geoff.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/guided-visit-to-the-oscar-wilde-temple/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190202T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190202T153000
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SUMMARY:Author's Lunch with Michèle Mendelssohn\, writer of 'Making Oscar Wilde'
DESCRIPTION:We shall meet at 12:00 pm for 12:30 for lunch at ‘Obica’ restaurant. \nThis Italian restaurant is an attractive venue where an excellent lunch is served; we were last there for Gyles Brandreth’s author’s lunch in 2017. \nAll members and their guests will be very welcome. \nThe last date to book a place is 19 January 2019. \nThe meal will be £57 per person inclusive of Prosecco and wine. The private dining room has limited space\, so places will be allocated in order of payment\, preferably by PayPal to membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk or by cheque (made to The Oscar Wilde Society) to Geoff Dibb at 29 Oxford Road\, St John’s\, Wakefield\, West Yorkshire WF1 3LB. \nPlease state if you would like the vegetarian option. \nOur speaker is Michele Mendelssohn. She is a literary critic and cultural historian. She is Associate Professor of English Literature at Oxford University. \nMaking Oscar Wilde reveals the untold story of young Oscar’s career in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Set on two continents\, it tracks a larger-than-life hero on an unforgettable adventure to make his name and gain international acclaim. ‘Success is a science’ Wilde believed\, ‘if you have the conditions\, you get the result.’ \nMaking Oscar Wilde reveals the untold story of young Oscar’s career in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Set on two continents\, it tracks a larger-than-life hero on an unforgettable adventure to make his name and gain international acclaim. ‘Success is a science’ Wilde believed\, ‘if you have the conditions\, you get the result.’ \nAny questions\, please contact Geoff. \nTo quote our President Gyles Brandreth:  ‘You may not think there is new stuff to learn about Oscar Wilde\, but there is—as this book proves. Michele Mendelssohn has succeeded in throwing new light on Wilde’s remarkable American lecture tour. Thoroughly researched and beautifully written\, this is a valuable addition to Wildean scholarship.’
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/authors-lunch-with-michele-mendelssohn-writer-of-making-oscar-wilde/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181114T190000
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SUMMARY:The Oscar Wilde Quiz (Members Only)
DESCRIPTION:The Lady Violet Room at the National Liberal Club will be the venue for the second Oscar Wilde Quiz. Those who competed in the last one in March 2015 will know how fiercely competitive some of the Society members are\, and we hope this will be an equally entertaining and very social evening. \nTeams of four will compete for a special aesthetic prize. Neil Titley will be Quizmaster and Michael Seeney will keep the scores and has written the more fiendishly difficult questions. \nWe are promised plenty of questions of a more general nature\, linked to Oscar Wilde\, as well as some which will really challenge your Wildean knowledge. \nFood and drink (bar snacks) will be available to purchase while you rack your brains\, and you can either plan a team of four or we will match people up on the night. \nPayment is preferred by PayPal to membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk. If paying by PayPal\, please email Geoff to inform him.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/the-oscar-wilde-quiz-members-only/
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SUMMARY:Last Day of Classic Spring Season
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the very last night of Dominic Drimgoole’s Classic Spring Season of the plays of Oscar Wilde\, This is the first time in the history of the London stage that a theatre has been dedicated to the work of one author for a whole year – even Shakespeare has never been paid that compliment. So let’s make the last night of The Importance of Being Earnest a night to remember\, with an efflorescence of green carnations in the auditorium of the Vaudeville Theatre. You can book here. \nAny questions\, please contact Geoff.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/last-day-of-classic-spring-season/
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SUMMARY:Annual Birthday Dinner (Members Only)
DESCRIPTION:7 pm Smoking Room for Reception Drinks\nfollowed by\nDinner at 7:30 pm in the Lady Violet Room \n  \nUnfortunately\, our guest and after-dinner speaker for the evening\, Dominic Dromgoole\, has informed us that he will not be able to speak to us after the meal. This is disappointing news. But we are extremely happy to be able to announce that Matthew Sturgis\, the author of the latest and much awaited biography of Oscar Wilde (Oscar: A Life) is able to be our guest that evening and tell us about his book and his insights into Wilde’s life. We are certain that this will make it a very pleasant and informative evening for us all. \nWe are sorry that we have had to make changes at this late stage but we hope you understand that it was beyond our control. If you have booked already and this change makes you wish to cancel then please contact Geoff Dibb. \nThe dinner includes drinks as well. When booking\, please indicate if you require a vegetarian meal or have any other dietary requirements. \nPayment is preferred by PayPal to membership@oscarwildesociety.co.uk\, or by cheque made to (The Oscar Wilde Society) to Geoff Dibb at: 29 Oxford Road\, St John’s\, Wakefield\, West Yorkshire WF1 3LB.\nIf paying by Paypal\, please inform Geoff. If you have any questions\, also send them to him. \nThe private dining room has limited space\, so places will be allocated strictly in order or payment. In order to finalise details with the National Liberal Club the last date to book a place is 4th of October.
URL:https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/event/annual-birthday-dinner-members-only/
CATEGORIES:Our Events
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