As Club Librarian, I curate our collections of rare Liberal books, pamphlets and ephemera. I am an academic historian and investigative journalist, with two specialisms: the history of British political finance, and the history of private members’ clubs. I am the author of Club Government (2018) and The Secret Life of London Clubs, due out in 2022. I sit on the Club’s Membership Committee.
I’ve taught students across London, Oxford and Warwick Universities, and from Georgetown in the USA. Long-standing freelance assignments include Private Eye (allegedly) and openDemocracy, with a sideline in business intelligence consultancy, focused around risk.
Shortlisted for the Whitfield Prize in History (2019) and the British Journalism Award for Best Investigation (2020). My work means I now have to be largely politically inactive; but I remain a lifelong Liberal, and have held various Lib Dem party posts. (Dr Théoz joined the Club in 2004)
