Exciting Events

The past few months have seen a wide variety of Club events, many covered elsewhere in this Journal, including my attendance with the Club Chairman at the fascinating Oxford Farming Conference. Alas, your Secretary subsequently dropped off his perch for a few weeks, due to illness (OFC attendance and illness not being related!!). As would be expected, the business of the Club continued.

Typical of the events organised for members in London was one held in January. After an early supper in the Club, Kirsty and Virginia led a party of 30 members to the latest Cirque Du Soleil show, this year entitled Kurios –Box of Curiosities. Reportedly stunning and mind boggling at the same time a tremendous time was had by all.

Another great night out included a sumptuous Club meal before almost 30 people made the short trip to the

Farmers Club members Mark Laird and Alastair Stewart, together with co-founders Vince Gillingham and Keith Dawson, need your used 4x4 vehicles for their Ukraine-focused Pick-Ups for Peace project. The mission is to drive over 100 4x4s packed with aid to Ukraine by June. Following suitable modification the vehicles will be used to ferry urgently needed supplies into conflict areas and transfer injured soldiers to hospital. The first 22 vehicles were driven to Lviv in western Ukraine in March. E-mail: pickupsforpeace@ memus.com / www.justgiving.com/ crowdfunding/help-cpg-ukraine / search “pick-upsforpeace” on Twitter/ Facebook/LinkedIn

Playhouse Theatre on Northumberland Avenue, now re-cast as the Kit Kat Club. Members were treated to an intense, racy and really interesting cabaret show set in a 1930s Berlin Club. So popular was it that Kirsty and Craig are considering a re-run. Watch out for notices!

March was completed by two Under 35s events, the first being a celebration of St Patrick’s Day with a drinks reception here at the Club, followed by an LGBTQ+ supper, also at the Club, with several inputs from those involved in Agrespect. This nicely led into the Easter period, which saw the Club a little quieter, but with much to look forward to, including the Monday Evening Lecture with Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, the General Committee meetings, Past Chairman’s lunch, St George’s Day lunch with Adam Henson and various Under 35s events (see website + p20).