{"id":401811,"date":"2025-09-06T05:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/401811\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T05:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:11:19","slug":"london-members-club-photos-are-collected-in-a-new-coffee-table-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/401811\/","title":{"rendered":"London Members\u2019 Club Photos Are Collected in a New Coffee-Table Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before <a href=\"https:\/\/airmail.news\/arts-intel\/highlights\/lolita-cross-guide-to-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City<\/a> suddenly became a mecca for swanky private members\u2019 clubs (yes, I\u2019m looking at you, San Vicente West Village, <a href=\"https:\/\/airmail.news\/issues\/2023-12-16\/inside-casa-cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casa Cruz<\/a>, Chez Margaux, and Maxime\u2019s), there was <a href=\"https:\/\/airmail.news\/arts-intel\/highlights\/luke-edward-halls-guide-to-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London<\/a>. Given the more than 130 such institutions in that city, the Yanks have yet to catch up to their forefathers\u2014and still have much to learn. Perhaps they can start by taking a page or two from Andrew Jones and Laura Hodgson\u2019s The London Club. It\u2019s a delectable tour of 46 clubs that span 300 years of architecture and design.<\/p>\n<p>The book covers the venerable Boodle\u2019s, Brooks\u2019s, and White\u2019s, all on St. James\u2019s Street and dating back to the 18th century (the interior designer Nina Campbell remembers her father frequenting these), as well as Regency institutions, Victorian club buildings, early-20th-century haunts, postwar dens, and modern spots.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-small\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/air-mail.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>      Enter your e-mail to read the full story for free<br \/>and to receive our weekly e-mail newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Or, <a href=\"https:\/\/airmail.news\/subscribe\/promo-AMLD5025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>subscribe<\/strong><\/a> to AIR MAIL and get access to our entire archive. 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