ClubCast: The Clubland Podcast

Seth Thévoz

Expert insight & analysis on the history, culture & economics of private members' clubs worldwide, from historian Dr Seth Thévoz. clubland.substack.com

Episodes

  1. ClubCast 7: Ben Schott on Clubland language

    10/27/2025

    ClubCast 7: Ben Schott on Clubland language

    To mark the launch of Ben Schott’s new book, Schott’s Significa, I spoke to Ben about the distinctive and idiosyncratic use of language in London Clubland. Ben is the author of Schott’s Original Miscellany and its sequel Miscellany and Almanac volumes, as well as the author of two ‘Jeeves & Wooster’ novels. He is also a keen frequenter (and observer) of clubs. You can view the full and varied backlog of Clubland Substack articles, by clicking on the index below. Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe

    33 min

  2. 09/15/2025

    ClubCast 6: Did Rhodesia's Salisbury Club prop up the Ian Smith regime?

    This week’s ClubCast looks at the pariah regime of Ian Smith in Rhodesia, after 1965’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence. It tackles the mystery of whether the capital’s Salisbury Club - a pillar of the Rhodesian white minority establishment throughout these years - helped to prop up the regime, through the years of sanctions and civil war. Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe

    26 min

  3. 09/08/2025

    ClubCast 5: Interiors of London clubs, with Andrew Jones

    Andrew Jones is the author of a major new coffee-table book, The London Club: Architecture, Interiors, Art, lavishly illustrated with photographs by Laura Hodgson. It was a pleasure to be joined by Andrew for an exclusive interview for the Clubland Substack, to explore what club interiors can tell us. Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe

    33 min
  4. ClubCast 4: The Labour Party & Clubs

    08/25/2025

    ClubCast 4: The Labour Party & Clubs

    This week’s ClubCast (the Clubland Podcast) looks at the many attempts to set up an official Labour Party private members’ club in central London; and at Labour’s strained relations with clubs. Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe

    22 min
  5. ClubCast 3: 14th October 1940: The night the Carlton Club was bombed

    08/18/2025

    ClubCast 3: 14th October 1940: The night the Carlton Club was bombed

    This week’s edition of ClubCast (the Clubland Podcast) takes a detailed look at one of the most dramatic chapters of Clubland history: the bombing of the Carlton Club in the Blitz, when it was filled with members of Churchill’s government. Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe

    24 min

  6. 08/04/2025

    ClubCast 2: Blades in Fleming's James Bond novels

    This week’s edition of ClubCast (the Clubland Podcast) offers a deep dive into one of the best-known fictional clubs of all time - Blades, in Ian Fleming’s original James Bond novels of the 1950s and 1960s. And it asks how accurate and plausible it was, compared to the clubs of the day? Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe

    36 min

  7. 07/28/2025

    ClubCast 1: European clubs after Napoleon

    This is the experimental first episode of the new podcast edition of ‘Clubland’, on the world of private members’ clubs - think of it as an audiobook edition of the Clubland Substack, with little easter egg extras. This first episode looks at the explosion of clubs across continental Europe, after the fall of Napoleon. So settle back and enjoy… Get full access to Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack at clubland.substack.com/subscribe

    18 min
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