Come from 6:30pm to late. We hope to see many of you there.

Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith will be auctioneer for the evening, so make sure you bring your chequebooks for a chance to bag some of the following prizes!

For you and three friends, win a VIP visit to the new “Beefeater London – the Home of Gin”.
This will be London’s first gin visitor centre due to open in 2014 at the Beefeater distillery in Kennington. The visit includes a personal tour by the master distiller himself, a behind the scenes visit to the actual stills and secret stores of botanicals, and finally the inner sanctum of the Montford Bar – the distillery’s private cocktail bar for a private sampling of Beefeater’s range of award-winning gins in cocktail format. Complimentary goody bag to take away.

A copy of Afghanistan – A Distant War signed by Robert Nickelsberg and a print of one of the photographs.
A stunning collection of Nickelsberg’s photography – it’s a moving and indispensable book that captures the whole sweep of the country’s tumultuous modern history. Nickelsberg is also kindly donating a 11″x14″ print from the book.

A signed 16″x12″ print by Gary Knight.
The winner may choose any photograph from Gary Knight’s website: www.garyknightphotography.com. Reserve £300.

Jude armchair in white sand pure Belgian linen from Sofa.com.

Width: 59cm
Height: 80cm
Depth: 108cm
Frame: Solid beech
(Collection to be arranged from their warehouse in Hayes.)

A weekend for two at the Frontline Club, including a three-course dinner in the restaurant on Saturday night.
Enjoy a weekend of wining and dining at the Frontline Club.

A year’s subscription to two fantastic magazines: Prospect & Granta.
Prospect is Britain’s leading monthly current and foreign affairs magazine. The magazine was the only independent media organisation to win a prize at this years Foreign Press Association Awards. A subscription to Prospect also allows you to attend our exclusive reader events for a year – 2013 highlights included William Hague, Michael Sandel, Simon Schama and Jeremy Paxman. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
Granta is a magazine of new writing, showcasing the best in fiction, reportage, memoir, photography and poetry. www.granta.com 

A weekend stay at Castello di Potentino in Tuscany, Italy.
Kindly donated by Alexander Greene, the stay includes three nights for two couples at this idyllic and ancient castle nestled in an unspoilt valley in southern Tuscany. Potentino is a family home, and working wine and olive oil estate. The offer includes breakfast, wine tasting and dinner. Transfers and flights not included. www.potentino.com

Lunch with John Simpson at the Frontline Club.
Sit down for lunch with the BBC’s renowned world affairs editor John Simpson. With a career that has spanned nearly half a century I am sure you will find plenty to talk about.

A stay at Gandamack Lodge, Kabul, Afghanistan and a much sought-after Gandamack Lodge teapot.
Named after the legendary and fictional 19th century character Harry Flashman, and once home to Osama bin Laden, Gandamack is surely THE place to stay in Kabul. Courtesy of Peter Jouvenal. www.gandamacklodge.co.uk

A beautiful signed print by VII photographer Ed Kashi from his series about ageing.
Ed Kashi

A tour of London in Frontline’s armoured vehicle with chauffeur and guide Vaughan Smith.

One of Julian Assange’s disguises, a USB stick containing the Afghanistan and Iraq War Logs and a lunch or dinner with Julian Assange to take you through the logs.
Wikileaks

Murdo Macleod’s book GNIUS (“face” in Gaelic), with a signed foreword by Alan Rusbridger.
The Guardian

A weekend stay for two at the Gandamack Lodge in Kabul; food, drink and armoury included.
Peter Jouvenal

Two signed Louis Theroux DVD box sets: The Strange & The Dangerous and Law & Disorder and a coffee with Louis.
Louis Theroux

A money can’t buy visit to London’s most exclusive gin bars
The private bar at the Beefeater Distillery in Kennington is famed as possibly the world’s most exclusive gin bar – cocktails at the distillery will be followed by food and drinks at Mark’s bar at Hix before a visit to London’s next most exclusive gin bar – the private club of the Yeoman Warders in the Tower of London. An exclusive opportunity to see the ceremony of the keys at the Tower completes the experience for 4 people.
Chivas Brothers

An opportunity to sit in the BBC News studio watching the 6 o’clock news be transmitted live.
George Alagiah & the BBC

Jon Snow’s set of socks and tie.
Jon Snow

A night out in Paris with free drinks for two at Bar 61.
Remy Ourdan, Bar 61 Paris

A signed print by one of France’s most experienced war photographers, Patrick Chauvel.
Patrick Chauvel

A tour of ITV News newsroom and studios, meet the presenters and watch from behind the scenes as an ITV News programme is broadcast live.
ITN

War Stories and Six Days by Jeremy Bowen, signed by the man himself PLUS a Hassan Nasrallah car air freshener from Hezbollah.
Jeremy Bowen

A framed photograph of Paddy O’Connell in mid-flow at a First Wednesday event, signed by the man himself.
Chris King & Paddy O’Connell

Home cooked spaghetti Bolognese at Paddy O’Connell’s London residence.
Paddy O’Connell

A Limited Edition signed copy of Eugene Richards’ War is Personal -a real collectors’ item.
Aidan Sullivan & Getty Images

A selection of 10 titles from V40, Verso’s 40th year of radical independent publishing.
The Verso Book of Dissent
The Obama Syndrome by Tariq Ali
Surveys from Exile by Karl Marx (his journalism from London!)
Meltdown by Paul Mason
Dispatches from the Dark Side by Gareth Peirce
Israel and Palestine by Avi Shlaim
None of us were like this before by Joshua ES Phillips
Words & Money by Andre Schiffrin
The Return of the Public by Dan Hind
A Seventh Man by John Berger and Jean Mohr
Verso

Dinner in the BBC’s canteen with John Sweeney and an undercover tour of the BBC.
John Sweeney

A stunning photograph by VII photographer Gary Knight of India’s Special Boat Force patrolling the small canals off Lake Dal near Srinagar, printed by Metro Imaging.
Gary Knight & Metro Imaging

An all expenses paid weekend for two at the Frontline Club.
The Frontline Club

Bottle of The Glenlivet Founders Reserve
Bottled this year to mark the visit to The Glenlivet by HRH The Prince of Wales to open the newly expanded Glenlivet Distillery. Only 1824 bottles of this 21 year old single malt were produced to mark the year George Smith founded the distillery. (Retail £250)
Chivas Brothers

To book for the Annual Party please see here (MEMBERS ONLY).