London Clubland The Insider Guide to the Modern World of Private Members' Clubs

A fascinating, exhaustive guide to London's private members' clubs - both old and new - and their culture.

In this comprehensive tour of London's clubs, every question you've ever had about Clubland will be answered by a consummate insider, grounded in a 'real world' perspective of how these secretive institutions are seen. By turns knowing and insightful, while also affectionately funny, Clubland offers an warts-and-all survey of private members' clubs, spanning the old, the new and, of course, the singularly eccentric traditions and quirks within them.

Dr Seth Alexander Thévoz is a freelance historian and journalist. He holds degrees from the Universities of Cambridge, London and Warwick, and is a former research associate of the History of Parliament Trust and Nuffield College, Oxford. He has variously been shortlisted for the Whitfield Prize for his first book, Club Government, and a British Journalism Award for his investigative work with openDemocracy. He has been working on the history of London clubs for 14 years and was librarian of a major London club for over 10 years, and has been a speaker and consultant in clubs across four continents.