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a Weekend in London ALEC WAUGH longer a country base and these were the first weekends that I had spent in the city of my birth since the end of the Second War. I had not realized before how completely London has become a four-and-a-half-day city. Everything closes down early on Friday evening. By that I mean that there are not enough males around to keep most of the clubs open. And to an Englishman of my generation, London is his clubs.

I spent my first four nights in the Beefsteak, a small three-bedroom intimate club. Consisting of one long table, it has affinities with New York’s Coffee House, and as guests are not allowed at lunch, you quickly get to know your fellow members. As the Beefsteak closes down on Friday at 3:30, I moved over to the Atheneum where you may not occupy a bedroom on consecutive weeks, but where so minute is the weekend demand that I had the luck to obtain a tenancy inclusive of two weekends.

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a Weekend in London ALEC WAUGH longer a country base and these were the first weekends that I had spent in the city of my birth since the end of the Second War. I had not realized before how completely London has become a four-and-a-half-day city. Everything closes down early on Friday evening. By that I mean that there are not enough males around to keep most of the clubs open. And to an Englishman of my generation, London is his clubs.

I spent my first four nights in the Beefsteak, a small three-bedroom intimate club. Consisting of one long table, it has affinities with New York’s Coffee House, and as guests are not allowed at lunch, you quickly get to know your fellow members. As the Beefsteak closes down on Friday at 3:30, I moved over to the Atheneum where you may not occupy a bedroom on consecutive weeks, but where so minute is the weekend demand that I had the luck to obtain a tenancy inclusive of two weekends.