The next meeting of the Northumbria Club will be the Annual Guest Night on Wednesday 12.3.25. It will be at 6pm for 6.30pm at the Army & Navy Club. The after-dinner speaker will be John Duns, co-owner and business development director of publishing business NET, which is based in the North East. It owns North East Times Magazine, Bdaily - a digital news website - and also runs events for business people. John is also an enthusiastic long-term member of the Literary & Philosophical Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He will tell us a little about the general history and activities of the Lit & Phil but will deal in particular with the Society's Library at 23 Westgate Road, a splendid building whose 200th anniversary falls in 2025.
The Northumbria Club provides an opportunity for those with a Northumbrian background or interest in Northumbria to meet socially. Meetings are held at least four times a year at venues including the Army and Navy Club. Click here for membership costs and application.
The Club
Among many fascinating speakers to the Club, recent examples include Professor Peter Styles on Climate Change and Energy; Sally O'Neill, Deputy Treasurer to Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; Professor Thomas Otte on Viscount (Edward) Grey of Fallodon; Dr Lesley Milner on The After-Life of St Cuthbert; Pippa Lines on the Great North Air Ambulance Service; and Christopher Hunwick, the current archivist at Alnwick Castle and Syon House.
Next Meeting
Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland.
Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland.
Speakers
Dates for all meetings up until the end of 2025 are now available on the Meetings page.
Joint Presidents - The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland.