A complete history of The Buckland Club dinners to date…
Date | * denotes Summer Party | Sponsor |
31st January 1952 | Inaugural Dinner | |
15th October 1952 | Swedish Dinner | Prof. A C Frazer |
25th February 1953 | Elizabethan Dinner | Mr R E Threlfall |
14th October 1953 | American Dinner | Mr Walter W Hoffman |
24th February 1954 | Irish Dinner | Prof. Thomas Bodkin |
13th October 1954 | Spanish-Mexican Dinner | Col. Walter H Moursand Jr |
16th February 1955 | Yugoslav Dinner | Mr Michael Clapham |
12th October 1955 | Gypsy Dinner | Mr Brian Vesey-FitzGerald |
8th February 1956 | Cervantes Dinner | Prof. J Manson |
10th October 1956 | Harvest Home Supper | Mr H W Hughes CBE/Mr John Higgs |
27th February 1957 | Diner Charantais | Dr F G Healey |
9th October 1957 | American Thanksgiving Dinner | Mr Walter W Hoffman |
12th February 1958 | Railway Dinner | Mr C Hamilton Ellis |
8th October 1958 | Russian Dinner | Prof. R E Peierls |
4th February 1959 | Frank Buckland Memorial Dinner | Prof. Sir Solly Zuckerman |
14th October 1959 | Australian Dinner | Prof. A B MacGregor |
24th February 1960 | Champagne Dinner | M. Victor Lanson |
12th October 1960 | Swedish Crayfish Party | Prof. A C Frazer |
8th February 1961 | Rabelaisian Dinner | Dr M A Screech |
11th October 1961 | Thai Dinner | Mr Suchin Labanukrom |
28th February 1962 | Lewis Carroll Dinner | Mr Roger Lancelyn Green |
17th October 1962 | Scottish Dinner | Prof. W Melville Arnot |
Sir Robert Aitken/Prof Hugh McLaren | ||
20th February 1963 | Bordeaux Dinner | M. Yves Fourault |
9th October 1963 | Trinidad Dinner | Sir Leary Constantine MBE |
19th February 1964 | A Shakespeare Dinner | Prof. T J B Spencer |
14th October 1964 | Fishmonger’s Dinner | Mr J S Barclay |
24th February 1965 | Florentine Renaissance Dinner | Prof. Ellis Waterhouse CBE |
13th October 1965 | Modern Greek Dinner | Mr S L Hourmouzios |
16th February 1966 | Peripatetic Dinner | Mr Michael Clapham |
5th October 1966 | The Lunar Society Bicentenary Dinner | Mr A H Westwood |
1st February 1967 | Iranian Dinner | Prof. Brodie Hughes |
11th October 1967 | Dickens Dinner | Prof. Philip Collins |
21st February 1968 | Roman Dinner | Prof. Hugh Sinclair |
9th October 1968 | Irish Dinner | Mr John Lombard |
12th February 1969 | Languedoc Dinner | Col. H G V Milward |
15th October 1969 | Italian Dinner from Emilia | Mr J P H Walker |
4th February 1970 | An Oranje Dinner | Mr Van Haeften |
28th October 1970 | Sir Arthur Thompson’s 80th B’day Dinner | Dr J M Malins |
22nd February 1971 | Dansk Aftensmad (Danish Dinner) | Mr Knud Teisen |
27th October 1971 | Parson Woodforde Dinner | Dr John Enticknap |
9th February 1972 | German Dinner | Mr Oscar Hahn CBE |
25th October 1972 | Brillat-Savarin Dinner | Dr John Hathaway |
28th February 1973 | C. V. Hancock Dinner for the Club’s 21st Birthday | Mr G Scott Atkinson |
31st October 1973 | Fungus Dinner | Dr A C Houghton |
20th February 1974 | Indian Dinner | Mr Ajaib Singh |
30th October 1974 | Pepys Dinner | Prof. Robert Latham CBE |
19th February 1975 | Russian Dinner ’75 | Prof. R E F Smith |
29th October 1975 | Japanese Dinner | Mr Peter Martin |
10th March 1976 | Byzantine Dinner | Dr Anthony Bryer |
27th October 1976 | Colonel Peter Hawker Dinner | Mr H Evan Price MBE/Mr Roger Lees/ |
Mr H Leyton Greener | ||
16th February 1977 | Portuguese Dinner | Senhor Jorje Dias |
25th June 1977 | Silver Jubilee Picnic 1977* | |
26th October 1977 | An Edgbaston Hall Dinner | Prof. John Malins |
1st February 1978 | Polish Dinner | Prof. J Kolbuszewski |
8th November 1978 | A Dinner in Memory of Sir Arthur Thomson | Sir Michael Clapham |
2nd March 1979 | Magyar Vacsora Hungarian Dinner | Mr Peter Farago |
31st October 1979 | Ottoman Dinner | The Hon Sir Steven Runciman |
20th February 1980 | A Johnsonian Dinner | |
In Memory of Prof. T.J.B. Spencer | Dr Alastair Robb-Smith | |
7th June 1980 | Gloucestershire Summer Party. * | Dr Ben Davis |
29th October 1980 | Indonesian Dinner | Mr Roger Owen |
25th February 1981 | Trollope Dinner | |
6th June 1981 | Lao Party * | Mr Alan Davidson CMG |
28th October 1981 | Black Country Dinner | Dr J M Fletcher |
23rd February 1982 | Mongal Dinner | Prof’s A A M Bryer & R E F Smith |
13th June 1982 | Victorian Boat Trip * | |
4th November 1982 | North Italian Dinner | Robert & Janet Raikes |
9th February 1983 | Cantonese Dinner | So Yan-Kit |
26th October 1983 | Chaucerian Dinner | Dr John Marenbon |
1st March 1984 | Un Dîner Québécois | Mme. Mireille Attas |
31st October 1984 | Frank Buckland Dinner | Mr John Buckland |
13th February 1985 | Alice B. Toklas Dinner | Mr John Batchelor |
30th October 1985 | A Dinner from the Province of León | Sra. Alicia Rios Ivars |
12th March 1986 | Dinneir le Càirdean a Innse Gall | Dr John & Mrs Lorna MacLeod |
22nd October 1986 | Beethoven Dinner | Mr Fritz Spiegl |
11th February 1987 | St Helena Dinner | Dr B T Davis |
13th June 1987 | Māori Hāngī – Summer Party at Catton * | Mr Rau Kirikiri |
4th November 1987 | Proustian Dinner | Dr G V Banks |
24th February 1988 | Sydney Smith Dinner | Mr Harlan Walker |
26th October 1988 | Australian Bicentenary Dinner | Mr Alex Findlater |
8th March 1989 | Islenzkur Kvoldverdur Icelandic Dinner | Dr B S Benedikz |
1st July 1989 | Sasanid Dinner * | Mr Charles Perry |
7th November 1989 | Rossini Dinner | Prof. David London |
20th March 1990 | Cypriot Dinner | Sir David Hunt |
7th November 1990 | Cinio CymreigWelsh Dinner | Gilli Davies |
12th February 1991 | Persian Supper | Dr Feredun Ala |
21st July 1991 | Craycombe House Summer Party * | Mr Howard Dawes |
30th October 1991 | P G Wodehouse Dinner | Mr Tim Morris |
24th March 1992 | Monemvasiot Dinner | Alexander & Dr. Haris Kalligas |
11th July 1992 | Summer Party at Radley College
Fireworks & Music at Radley * |
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21st October 1992 | A Fortieth Anniversary Dinner From Europe | Michael Brewer |
17th February 1993 | A Dinner from the Douro | Senhor Cristiano van Zeller |
10th July 1993 | An Edwardian Junket * | Host: Peter Norbury |
14th October 1993 | Dinner from Finland | Jaako Rahola |
9th February 1994 | Poppleton’s Passions (Pork Butcher’s Dinner) | John Smith & Roger Hale |
26th October 1994 | Basque Dinner | Maria Jose Sevilla |
22nd February 1995 | Limburg Dinner | Janny de Moor |
25th October 1995 | Family Istanbul Dinner | Berrin Torolsan |
15th February 1996 | Jutland Dinner | Inge Mitchell |
30th October 1996 | Highland Dinner | Hamish Wilson |
10th February 1997 | Macedonian Dinner of C3 BC | Andrew Dalby |
31st August 1997 | A Desert Feast * | Roger Hale |
29th October 1997 | Diner Bourguignon | Wesley Cummings & Bill Pardoe |
18th February 1998 | Una Cena Piemontese | Bruno Roncarati |
29th October 1998 | A Ciftlik Dinner | Fiona & Stephen Hill |
10th February 1999 | Supper with the Merchant of Prato | Peter Cannon-Brookes |
13th June 1999 | Feast of Gazpachos * | Alicia Rios |
3rd November 1999 | A Futurist Dinner | Andrew Morris |
14th March 2000 | David Cox Dinner | David Hardy |
1st November 2000 | Moroccan Dinner | Anissa Helou |
8th February 2001 | A Burns Dinner | Andrew Morris/Michael Brewer assisted by Craig Smith |
31st July 2001 | Summer Party on the Loire * | |
7th November 2001 | Parsee Dinner | Rusi Dalal/Aban Suratia |
6th February 2002 | Georgian Supra | Dr Antony Eastmond |
23rd June 2002 | Golden Jubilee Luncheon at Christ Church * | |
1st November 2002 | Mexican Dinner for the Days of the Dead | Prof. Bruce Kraig |
6th February 2003 | A Dalmatian Dinner | Dr. Peter Cannon-Brookes |
30th October 2003 | A Medicinal Menu | Hazel Riggall & Dr. Rosemary Kyle |
28th April 2004 | A Scottish Lake Dwelling Supper | Dr. Alex Hale |
16th June 2004 | Bloom’s Day – Summer Soirée * | Sir Bob Dowling |
27th October 2004 | A Tamil Dinner | Edward Ratnaraja |
7th April 2005 | Un Diner Tourangeau” at Forest Hall | Geoffrey & Joy Luff |
subtitled “A Loire Wine Dinner” | with David Hardy & Roger Hale | |
5th June 2005 | Great British Summer Party | Paul Leverton & Andrew Morris |
21st October 2005 | Trafalgar 200 Dinner | William Wood & Harlan Walker |
21st April 2006 | An Agatha Christie Dinner | Dr. Guy Houghton |
11th October 2006 | A Mozart Dinner | Dr. John Amis |
26th April 2007 | A Roald Dahl Dinner | Andrew Morris with Margaret Walker |
26th October 2007 | A Nicene Imperial Feast | Eurydice Georganteli & Dimiter Angelov |
7th May 2008 | A Goethe Dinner | Ursula Heinzelmann & Stuart Pigott |
12th November 2008 | A Shakespeare Dinner | Prof. Kate McLuskie |
2nd April 2009 | An Alexis Soyer Dinner | Hazel Riggall & Ruth Cowen |
26th November 2009 | A Three Valleys Dinner | Michael Brewer & Richard Corbett |
29th April 2010 | A Black Dinner | Roger Hale |
5th September 2010 | A Summer Lunch at Croome Court* | |
22nd November 2010 | A Minoan Dinner | Dr. Robert Arnott |
31st March 2011 | A Fish Supper | Dr Skelton |
12th October 2011 | A Biblical Dinner | Most revd John Sentamu, Archbisop of York |
12th April 2012 | A Luis Melandez Dinner | Gillian Riley |
22nd October 2012 | Elizabeth David Dinner | Jill Norman |
14th March 2013 | Trans Siberian Dinner | Sharon Huggins |
30th June 2013 | A Summer Lunch in Honour of Harlan and Delia* | |
23rd October 2013 | A Horse Dinner | Graham Smith |
Spring 2014 | A Peruvian Dinner | Tony Tidmarsh |
Autumn 2014 | A Dickens Dinner | Hazel Riggall |
Spring 2015 | A Vegetarian Dinner | The Warehouse Café |
Autumn 2015 | A Rock and Roll dinner | Dave Travis |
Spring 2016 | A Spring Lamb Dinner | Roger Brown |
16th October 2016 | A Forager’s Feast | Henry Ashby |
23rd March 2017 | A Gout Dinner | Prof. David London |
Summer 2017 | The Twilight of the Empire – The Buckland’s Planters’ Club Sunday Lunch* | Tony Tidmarsh |
19th October 2017 | Twenty-One Minutes of Bryer | Jenny Banks-Bryer, Anna Hill, Theo Bryer, Katie Bryer assisted by Roger Hale |
21st February 2018 | An Italian Fine Fine Dinner | Prof. David London |
18th October 2018 | A Korean Dinner | Rowan Beard |
6th March 2019 | A Maastricht Dinner | George Morris |
11th July 2019 | Harlan Walker’s Memorial Lunch* | Roger Hale, Dr Alan Chapman & Ben Walker |
6th November 2019 | 1940’s Dinner | John Townrow |
20th February 2020 | Lebanese Dinner | Anissa Helou assisted by Elliott O’Mara |
10th October 2020 | Cookery Masterclass with Lajina Masala | Lajina Masala |
17th January 2021 | Palestinian Cook-along from Gaza | Reem Abuwaarda |
13th March 2021 | Fish Sauce at the Roman Table | Sally Grainger |
28th October 2021 | Supper with D H Lawrence | Michael Bell |
27th November 2021 | First Catch Your Gingerbread – Talk | Sam Bilton |
23rd February 2022 | North & South German Dinner | Catherine Borghoff |
19th October 2022 | Roman Feast | Sally Grainger |
7th March 2023 | Ginger & Saffron Dinner | Sam Bilton |
9th November 2023 | Game Dinner | Adrian & Jenny Riddle |
6th March 2024 | “Fifty Not Out” Dinner | Roger Hale & Friends |
13th November 2024 | Tony Hancock Dinner | Tim Elms OBE |