WOMEN MAKING NO!SE - University Women's Club

University Women's Club in Mayfair, London inaugural art exhibition. Artists: Christy Symington MRSS, Carole Robb, Michelle Molyneux, Veronica Vossen. Everyone is welcome, please could you email or call to advise your visit time beforehand, as it is a club venue.

Outside the club stands an ornate Victorian lamppost, which has a trapdoor that during the Cold War was used by the Soviet embassy as a dead letter drop. A chalk mark on the lamppost base would indicate a delivery. Intriguingly, whilst KGB spies were lurking on the doorstep of the club, next-door at No 3 Cubby Broccoli was busy casting unknown actor Sean Connery to play the part of a spy called James Bond in his new film ‘Dr No’.

Founded by the pioneers of education for women, the University Women’s Club is a welcoming and secure environment for professional, business, student and graduate women. For the past 130 years, the Club has offered itself to members as a retreat from the stresses of London, as a resource with our Library and intellectual events and as a network for busy women to meet and engage with like-minded individuals.

Women of all ages and backgrounds, with a variety of careers as scientists, teachers, writers, artists, musicians, diplomats, lawyers, businesswomen, academics and doctors meet in the comfortably appointed rooms to talk, read, enjoy each other’s company and entertain friends. Men are welcome at all times as guests and may stay in the en-suite rooms if booked in by a member.