Welcoming You Back
We are fast approaching the reopening of the clubhouse on Monday 3 August and can't wait to see you all again. Find out what catering and special offers will be waiting for you.
Watch: H.E. Karen-Mae Hill and Geoff Parkin
Renewal or Rehash?
Has the world run out of original ideas? With Hollywood remaking old movies, tech giants lauding flip phones as the next big thing, and fashion influencers returning to looks of decades past, Abi Millar asks why the world is finding such comfort in the familiar.
Overseas Goes Interactive
Trouble reading the June issue of Overseas online? Try this new version.
Book Talk: The Crown in Crisis by Alexander Larman
Join us on 11 August for our latest book talk, with author and historian Alexander Larman. In December 1936, Britain faced a constitutional crisis that was the gravest threat to the institution of the monarchy since the execution of Charles I. The ruling monarch, Edward VIII, wished to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson and crown her as his Queen.
Preparing to Welcome You Back
We are delighted to let you know that we will reopen Over-Seas House on Monday 3 August.
Sir Evelyn Wrench Portrait Restoration Completed
The restoration of the historic ROSL art collection continues and we are pleased that when the club reopens we will have the restored portrait of Sir Evelyn Wrench by Oswald Birley back on the wall.
Book Talk: Dickie & Edwina, The Mountbattens by Andrew Lownie
Join us on 27 July as author and historian Andrew Lownie returns to introduce his joint biography of the lives of Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife Edwina.
ROSL Announces Two New Scholarships for Young Musicians in Scotland
ROSL is pleased to announce two new Scottish music scholarships to fund course fees for students studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow and St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh.
Webinar: High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda HE Karen-Mae Hill
UK High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda, and founder of the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra, Her Excellency Karen-Mae Hill joins ROSL Artistic Director Geoff Parkin on 22 July for a chat about the project to bring orchestral music and learning to Antigua and Barbuda. They will also be joined by manager of the orchestra Claudine Benjamin.