I see that the Groucho Club in Soho has had to shut its doors for the time being

The Groucho Club in Soho has had to shut its doors for the time being.

Its licence has been placed under review pending an 'investigation into an alleged sexual attack' It is a grim association for a place that was once synonymous with celebrity and glamour.

I was a member from the early days in the mid 1980s .

The only one I would have any time for would be the Colony Room, also in Soho , but that too has gone the way of all fleshpots.

Francis Bacon may have been a Colony fixture but the York Minster AKA the French House was also good enough for him and anyone could walk in there.