The Mayfair Book Groupette

Date: August ‘25 Time: 7:04 PM – 11:12 PM Location: The Green Room, Pimlico Wilde, Mayfair Attendees: • Julian Molyneux (Chair, Pimlico Wilde) • Fiona d’Abernon (Co-Founder; Acting Secretary) • Lord E. Northcote • Dr. Xanthe Lorrimer (Cultural Historian) • Hugo Van Steyn (Heckle’s) • India Trelawney (Fashion Archivist) • Max Duclos (Collector) • Pascal … Read more

The Mayfair Book Groupette – The Secret Diaries of William of Normandy

Date: August ‘25 Time: 7:00 PM – 11:20 PM Location: The Red Room, Pimlico Wilde Attendees: • Julian Molyneux (Chair, Pimlico Wilde) • Fiona d’Abernon (Co-Founder; Acting Secretary) • Lord E. Northcote • Dr. Xanthe Lorrimer (Cultural Historian) • Hugo Van Steyn • India Trelawney (Fashion Archivist) • Max Duclos (Collector) • Conrad Smithe (Full … Read more

The Mayfair Book Groupette – Minutes of the The Emigrants Meeting

Date: Thursday, 22nd August 2025 Time: 7:00 PM – 10:45 PM Location: Green Drawing Room, Pimlico Wilde, Mayfair Attendees: • Julian Molyneux (Chair, Pimlico Wilde) • Fiona d’Abernon (Co-Founder; Acting Secretary) • Hugo Van Steyn • Dr. Xanthe Lorrimer (Cultural Historian) • Lord E. Northcote • India Trelawney (Fashion Archivist) • Conrad Smithe (Guest; now … Read more

The Mayfair Book Groupette – Death in Ultramarine

Date: July ‘25 Time: 7:05 PM – 11:15 PM Location: The Green Room, Pimlico Wilde East Attendees: • Julian Molyneux (Chair, Pimlico Wilde) • Fiona d’Abernon (Co-Founder; Acting Secretary) • Lord E. Northcote • Dr. Xanthe Lorrimer (Cultural Historian) • Hugo Van Steyn • India Trelawney (Fashion Archivist) • Max Duclos (Collector) • Conrad Smithe … Read more

The Mayfair Book Groupette – Minutes of the Book of Margery Kemp Meeting

Date: Thursday, 18th July 2025 Time: 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM Location: Private Salon, 3rd Floor, Pimlico Wilde Townhouse, Mayfair, W1 Attendees: • Julian Molyneux (Chair, Pimlico Wilde) • Fiona d’Abernon (Co-Founder) • Lord E. Northcote (Retired Diplomat) • Dr. Xanthe Lorrimer (Freelance Cultural Historian) • Hugo Van Steyn (Wrexle Auctioneers, Impressionist Department) • Max … Read more

From the upcoming Handbook of Lesser-known Artists

To be published by Pimlico Wilde Publishing, the Handbook of Lesser-known Artists tells the stories of those less well-known artists who have not been favoured by the media coverage given to their contemporaries. The Obscure Legacy of Aurelia Mendez: The Artist Who Painted with Mould Art history, while vast, has always held blind spots for … Read more

The Mayfair Book Groupette – Minutes of the Raffaella Montesi meeting

May 2025 7:00 PM – 10:55 PM Blue Parlour, Pimlico Wilde, Mayfair Attendees: • Julian Molyneux (Chair, Pimlico Wilde) • Fiona d’Abernon (Co-Founder; Acting Secretary) • Lord E. Northcote • Dr. Xanthe Lorrimer (Cultural Historian) • Hugo Van Steyn • India Trelawney (Fashion Archivist) • Max Duclos (Collector) • Conrad Smithe (Full Member) • Pascal … Read more

Culture & Capital: Inside the Mayfair Book Groupette

In a genteel Georgian townhouse just off Mount Street, beneath a chandelier that once belonged to a minor Habsburg archduchess, Mayfair’s most discreetly cerebral gathering convenes on the fifth Thursday of each month. It is the Mayfair Book Groupette,an assembly of collectors, consultants, and the culturally acquisitive,quietly sponsored by Pimlico Wilde, one of London’s most … Read more

The Mayfair Book Groupette & The Bibliophiles of Belgravia: Joint Meeting

Date: 22rd April 2025 Time: 7:15 PM – 11:40 PM Location: The Upper Library, The Royal Travellers and Explorers Club, Pall Mall Attendees: Mayfair Book Groupette: • Julian Molyneux (Chair, Pimlico Wilde) • Fiona d’Abernon (Co-Founder; Acting Secretary) • Lord E. Northcote • Dr. Xanthe Lorrimer (Cultural Historian) • Hugo Van Steyn • India Trelawney … Read more

The Mayfair Book Groupette – Minutes of the Hearing Trumpet Meeting

Date: 4th March 2025 Time: 7:00 PM – 11:05 PM Location: The Yellow Salon, Pimlico Wilde, Mayfair Attendees: • Julian Molyneux (Chair, Pimlico Wilde) • Fiona d’Abernon (Co-Founder; Acting Secretary) • Lord E. Northcote • Dr. Xanthe Lorrimer (Cultural Historian) • Hugo Van Steyn • India Trelawney (Fashion Archivist) • Max Duclos (Collector) • Conrad … Read more