CLUB TAURINO OF LONDON

History of
Club Taurino of London

The Club Taurino of London was founded by George Erik in 1959. We have grown into a loosely structured club of members who share a common interest in taurine matters There are currently about 200 members, whose command of Spanish varies from nil to native, but we mostly find it convenient to communicate in English with a smattering of technical words in Spanish.


Current Officers

President: Ivan Moseley
Vice-President: Maurice Vickers
Secretary Gen: Brian Harding
Treasurer: Janet Fisher
Special Representative in Spain: Andrea Taylor


Meetings & Organized Activities

We have meetings at 8 pm on the second Thursday of the month. These meetings are organised around special events arranged by the members. They may be visits by special guests from the taurine world, discussions of specific themes, quizzes, or simply the showing of videos, and the opportunity to meet up with other members for a chat in a convivial atmosphere. Naturally enough, members also meet up at ferias in Spain, but this is all done on a very casual basis as a result of arrangements made by individual members. There are usually some CTL members at the important ferias in Spain.

There is an Annual Dinner on the last Saturday of November. This is held in a London Spanish restaurant, and the Club invites celebrity guests from the taurine world. This year it was matador de toros Manuel Caballero; in 1995 it was the matador José Miguel Arroyo Joselito; and the previous year it was the senior President of the Madrid plaza de toros, Luis Espada Simon. In other recent years our guests have included the veteran photographer Cano, and the matador Luis Francisco Esplá. We have received visits from matadors, novilleros, ganaderos and taurine critics. The CTL Trophies for the best matador and novillero for the year, as elected by the membership, are announced at the Dinner.


Publications & Video Library

The most important features for most of our widespread membership are the occasional newsletter Sobresaliente and the bi-monthly magazine La Divisa. These publications are composed entirely from contributions by members, under the editorship of Edinburgh-based Jock Richardson. There are news items, personal reports of corridas, translations of foreign articles, illustrations, and original articles debating taurine themes. The very high quality of these publications is admired world-wide, and La Divisa is seen as the leading English language publication on the subject. [Webmaster's Note: Those are CTL's words -- I agree with them] The Club also has an extensive video library which supplies copies of VHS cassettes of taurine subjects for members.


Membership & Contact Info.

Current membership fees are as follows:
UK single membership £21. per annum
UK husband and wife membership £23. per annum
Overseas members (Single or Husband & Wife) £26. per annum
With Airmail Supplement (not Europe) £35/$50 per annum

Those wishing further information or who wish to make application for membership should address themselves in the first instance to one of the addresses given below, including their name, address and telephone number.
CTL
PO BOX 10800
LONDON 2BD

Or by e-mail to:
Secretary General or to
Jock Richardson, Editor of La Divisa


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