The Oldie adds that in 1993 broadcaster Jeremy Paxman was “blackballed by the Garrick Club for being rude to politicians – which was in fact his job”. Milne and Kingsley Amis have all been members of the club, as have composers such as Edward Elgar and influential artists John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Literary icons Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, Anthony Trollope, J.M. The club still chooses members using one of its original tenants, that “it would be better that ten unobjectionable men should be excluded than one terrible bore should be admitted”. Men are expected to wear jackets and collared shirts at all times and ties when dining in the Coffee Room, unless arriving after 9.30pm for after-theatre supper, while female guests are permitted to wear trousers but not jeans. There is dark polished wood, gilded picture frames and antique mahogany tables.” “There are leather armchairs and strong G&Ts, attentive uniformed waiters and good food. Writing in The Times last year, Hilary Rose says that “there are liveried porters and an astonishing art collection stacked up to the ceiling in every room. There is also a card room, billiards room, reading room and roof terrace. The club boasts dining facilities, a cocktail bar, private dining rooms, accommodation and a theatrical library that claims to include the “most comprehensive collection of theatrical paintings and drawings in existence”, according to its website. It is named after David Garrick, a celebrated 18th-century actor and theatre manager, who popularised a “naturalistic” style of acting still influential today, according to Britannica. SEE MORE Garrick Club: should the iconic gentleman's club allow women?įounded in 1831 under the patronage of King William IV’s brother, the Duke of Sussex, the Garrick was first formed as a place where “actors and men of refinement and education might meet on equal terms”.
Situated in the heart of London’s West End, the Garrick is one of the oldest private members’ clubs in the world. Some of the biggest literary, dramatic and legal stars have joined the club, which celebrates its 190th anniversary this week. Today, the club reportedly has 1,300 members and a seven-year waiting list. Signing a petition calling for the club to change its membership rules, Blair described the lack of progress as “outrageous”. The QC has described how she was first turned away by the London club in 1976 while still a pupil lawyer alongside her future husband, Tony Blair. She was invited by her supervisor, who was a member – but found that the club would not admit her for lunch, reports The Times. Strictly: Giovanni Pernice explains how deaf actor Rose Ayling-Ellis uses ‘muscle memory’ to train © Provided by The WeekĬherie Blair has joined a growing group of female lawyers and judges fighting to convince the iconic men-only Garrick Club to admit women members.
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