Club events
Watch Jane Bussmann live at the Frontline Club on Fora TV
Comedian, scriptwriter and journalist Jane Bussmann at the Frontline Club for a special one-off comedy night.
Frontline Club Networking Party: Freelance video journalism showcase
For our next Frontline Club networking party, we’re inviting members, guests and friends to join us in celebrating the very best in independent video journalism.
FULLY BOOKED On the Media: Is the age of celebrity-obsessed media coming to an end?
“Celebrities” have dominated news culture in the last decade and become a mini publishing industry all of their own. But, is this coming to an end?
Joining us for a discussion about the media’s relationship with fame, are comedian and former journalist Jane Bussman, Popbitch founder Camilla Wright, with more to be confirmed.
Club quiz
With quiz master Marcus Berkmann.
Join us for another quiz evening in the Clubroom. You can enter as an individual or as a team of six. All money will go to the Fixers’ Fund which raises money for families of fixers around the world killed or injured while working with the international media.
Club quiz
With quiz master George Chamier author of When it Happened.
Join us for another quiz evening in the Clubroom. You can enter as an individual or as a team of six. All money will go to the Fixers’ Fund which raises money for families of fixers around the world killed or injured while working with the international media.
VAN ES International Wake
Tim Heald and Penny Byrne are organising a celebratory wake in Hugh Van Es’s honour. There’ll be a cash bar and an opportunity to buy food for those who want. Doors open at 7pm and close when the last one is left standing. Bring youselves, some good van Es stories bearing in mind that the Frontline is the nearest thing London has to the FCC in Hong Kong which was latterly van Es’ spiritual home.
Frontline Club Quiz – Members and guests only
Join us for another quiz evening with quizmaster Justin Pollard from the QI. Event will take place in the Clubroom.
FRONTLINE: A Broadsheet Launch – Members only event
Join us to celebrate the launch of the FRONTLINE: A Broadsheet. FRONTLINE: A BROADSHEET aims to be a high-quality, quarterly publication, in some ways radical; in others resurrecting traditions lost from the British market.FRONTLINE will address major events and themes in international and domestic British politics, culture, conflict and lifestyle.FRONTLINE will be political, but party-politically-allergic, […]
FULLY BOOKED: Dinner Screening: Blood Trail
For one evening only we proudly present an exclusive screening of the feature length documentary, Blood Trail. Made over 15 years by club founders Vaughan Smith and Richard Parry the film is an intimate journey with war photographer Robert King, following his ambition to win the Pullitzer Prize for photography in the most dangerous warzones […]
POSTPONED- Dinner Briefing: South Africa – The Rise of Jacob Zuma and an Uncertain Future for the ANC?
In the third of our highly popular dinner briefing strand, this off-the-record background briefing will be followed by a 3-course dinner plus wine. If you have any special dietary requirements, please email phil.brown@www.beta.frontlineclub.com in advance. Arriving at 7pm, guests will be given a glass of wine as they sit and listen to the discussion. Following […]
Frontline Club Quiz – Members and guests only
with Quiz Master Marcus Berkmann. Enter as a team (up to 6 people) or as an individual. The quiz will last two hours and includes a break. Free drinks and books for the winners. £5 entry per person donated to the Fixers’ Fund.
Dinner Briefing: Threats, response and reconstruction – Afghanistan in 2009
In the first of a new strand, this off-the-record background briefing on Afghanistan, will be followed by a 3-course dinner plus wine. Arriving at 7pm, guests will be given a glass of wine as they sit and listen to the discussion. Following this, they will be served dinner and afterwards will get a chance to […]
HIV / AIDS Season: Press briefing with Helen Epstein
According to Epstein, the Secretariat of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has lost valuable ground by ignoring for years the contribution of long-term concurrent relationships to Africa’s AIDS epidemic.
UNAIDS may be “contributing to the mystification of AIDS in Africa by promoting a needlessly overcomplicated view of the epidemic”, says Helen Epstein, an independent consultant on public health in developing countries.
She argues that long term, overlapping, or “concurrent” partnerships provide at least a partial explanation for the staggeringly high infection rates in the general population in some African countries, and calls for UNAIDS to reassess its handling of scientific data.
Frontline Annual Party and Awards – FULLY BOOKED
With great pleasure we invite the Club members to join us to celebrate Frontline’s 5th Anniversary. Party starts from 6.30pm with free drinks and canapes until 9pm. The Frontline Journalism Awards, in association with Canon, will also be taking place this evening starting at 7.30pm.
Food and Wine Tasting
An evening of fine food and wine with Malcolm Gluck and John Taylor.
A tantalising menu of excellent fare cooked by Frontline head chef John Taylor accompanied by fine wines recommended and explained by Malcolm Gluck.
£78 (inclusive of VAT and service)
(credit card details needed for booking)
To book call 020 7479 8960.
McCain or Obama – The 56th US Election Night
The Frontline Club and the editors of Monocle invite you to join them to follow live coverage on the American networks of the 56th US Presidential election night. Join leading journalists, policymakers and think tank members as the results unfold state by state. There will also be the latest coverage, commentary and analysis from colleagues on the night, who have been closely following and reporting on these elections since the campaign began. We look forward to seeing you for wine, refreshments and history in the making.
Food and Wine Tasting
An evening of fine food and wine with Malcolm Gluck and John Taylor.
A tantalising menu of excellent fare cooked by Frontline head chef John Taylor accompanied by fine wines recommended and explained by Malcolm Gluck.
£78 (inclusive of VAT and service)
(credit card details needed for booking)
To book call 020 7479 8960.
Frontline Club Journalism Awards
100% of funds raised at the awards ceremony go to the Fixers Fund – set up by the Frontline Club Charitable Trust to promote responsibility in the news industry for the welfare of fixers and translators.
The fund was created in May, 2007, initiated by Jon Lee Anderson, in response to the murder of Ajmal Naqshbandi in Afghanistan. The fund raises money for the families of fixers killed or injured while working with the international media.
“There can be no better moment than this one to establish a special compensation fund for the indispensable, underpaid and often unnamed Ajmals and Sayeds who pull us through and help us get our stories around the world, and who, increasingly, are paying the ultimate price for doing so.”
Frontline Club Spring Party
Please come and join us for a Spring Party at the Club. We will be serving food and drinks on the house from 6.30pm until 8.30pm, and we hope the party will continue until late.
Come and share the experience of spring lamb and vegetables fresh from the Frontline Farm in Norfolk. The farm already provides our restaurant with game, eggs, seasonal fruit, vegetables and herbs.
We encourage you to bring along a guest to join in the festivities. As well as a celebration, it will also be a great opportunity for members to introduce friends or colleagues who might be interested in applying to join.
Spring Food and Wine Tasting
Join Frontline’s head chef, John Taylor and wine author, Malcolm Gluck in our exclusive, private dining room for a specially crafted Spring tasting menu, matched with a range of hand picked fine wines.
Third Party Event – Aid agencies and the media – a match made in hell? – FULLY BOOKED
World in Action, “The Demonstration” – 40th Anniversary Screening
Sunday 17 March 1968 was the date of the largest demonstration seen in Britain since World War 2 as the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign marched to the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square. What started off as a peaceful protest rapidly turned into violence and mayhem, which the Word in Action crews were there to document.
Frontline Club Annual Party – MEMBERS ONLY
Please come and join us to celebrate our fourth anniversary. We will be serving drinks and canapes on the house from 6.30pm until 8.30pm, and we hope the party will continue into the night.
MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS ONLY.
The 2007 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism – FULLY BOOKED
The Kurt Schork Memorial Fund and the Institute for War & Peace Reporting present an evening to celebrate the best in committed and fearless reporting.
The Award Ceremony to be followed by a special panel discussion:
“Getting the real story out: How to access and verify stories from inside the world’s most problematic and isolated countries?”
FULLY BOOKED.
Media Talk and Exhibition opening – The Art of War – war time drawings by Feliks Topolski
A Celebration of the Centenary of Artist Feliks Topolski (1907-2007).
Opening of an exhibition of his war time drawings. The exhibition is curated by Karen Davies.
With an introduction by Charles Glass.
MEMBERS ONLY: Reception with Horst Faas
Opening of the Horst Faas curated exhibition and drinks and canapee reception. Members only.
In association with The Associated Press.
Horst Faas, the legendary photographer whose images became iconic of the Vietnam War and who shook the world by publishing Nick Ut’s “Napalm Girl” as AP photo editor.