Our speaker will be Matthew “The Chairman” Howard, who teases us with this description:

“Following an almost three year hiatus resulting from his address to the Club entitled 50 Not Out—Reflections of a Long Life in the Chair, the Chairman returns to address the NSC to welcome in the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness with what he describes as an affectionate and irreverent look at the British Empire Exhibition of 1924, entitled Return to Empire. Sadly, as Wembley Stadium was almost demolished by the Scots in 1977, very little has survived to leave any indication that Brent is anything other than a rotten borough but, for one night only, it will be resurrected in a manner few other than the Chairman can muster. You never know—you might learn something. Based on his historical form, this is decidedly unlikely, but you never know.”

Once again we will be attempting to live-stream the talk from the pub for the benefit of those who can't make it in person—as ever at the mercy of the Wheatsheaf’s wifi—as well as recording the video to upload later. The YouTube link to watch live is https://youtu.be/i7Nz07mJ7Tw