Editing Reform Club (section)

==Appearances in popular culture and literature==
===Books===
The Reform Club appears in [[Anthony Trollope]]'s 1867 novel ''[[Phineas Finn]]''. This eponymous main character becomes a member of the club and there acquaints Liberal members of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], who arrange to get him elected to an Irish parliamentary borough. The book is one of the political novels in the [[Palliser novels|Palliser series]]. The political events it describes are a fictionalized account of the build-up to the [[Second Reform Act]], passed in 1867, which effectively extended the franchise to the working classes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.online-literature.com/anthony-trollope/phineas-finn/25/ |title=Chapter 25: Mr. Turnbull's Carriage Stops the Way |first=Anthony |last=Trollope |year=1867 |publisher=St. Paul's |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022160309/http://www.online-literature.com/anthony-trollope/phineas-finn/25/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The club appears in [[Jules Verne]]'s ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (novel)|Around the World in Eighty Days]]'', published in 1872, as a novel in 1873. The protagonist, [[Phileas Fogg]], is a member of the Reform Club. He sets out to circumnavigate the world on a bet from his fellow members, beginning and ending at the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Around-the-World-in-Eighty-Days-by-Verne |title=Around the World in Eighty Days |publisher=Britannica |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126180550/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Around-the-World-in-Eighty-Days-by-Verne |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Reform Club was used as a meeting place for [[MI6]] operatives in Part 3, Chapter 1, p.&nbsp;83ff of [[Graham Greene]]'s spy novel ''[[The Human Factor (novel)|The Human Factor]]'' (1978, Avon Books, {{ISBN|0-380-41491-0}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://greg-goode.com/culture/the-human-factor-by-graham-greene-1978/ |title=The Human Factor by Graham Greene |publisher=Greg Goode |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627150253/https://greg-goode.com/culture/the-human-factor-by-graham-greene-1978/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

The Reform Club and its Victorian era celebrity chef [[Alexis Soyer]] play pivotal roles in [[MJ Carter]]'s mystery novel ''The Devil's Feast'' (2016, Fig Tree, {{ISBN|978-0-241-14636-1}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/review/4450 |title=The Devil's Feast by M. J. Carter |publisher=Crime Review |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023062940/http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/review/4450 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Films and television===
Comedian and travel writer [[Michael Palin]] began and ended his [[Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin|televised 1989 journey around the world in 80 days]] at the Reform Club, following his fictional predecessor. Palin was not permitted to enter the building to complete his journey, as had been his intention, so his trip ended on the steps outside. Palin later explained that he had been refused entry not because he was not wearing a tie but because the club claimed it would 'disturb the members'.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/michael-palin-vanity-fair-thackeray-becky-sharp-love-island-trump/ |title=Vanity Fair's Michael Palin: 'Today Becky Sharp would be on Love Island – or working as President Trump's press secretary' |publisher=Radio Times |date=2 September 2018 |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426143553/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/michael-palin-vanity-fair-thackeray-becky-sharp-love-island-trump/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Victorian publisher [[Norman Warne]] is depicted visiting the Reform Club in the 2006 film ''[[Miss Potter]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://almostginger.com/miss-potter-film-locations/ |title=Miss Potter Film Locations |date=22 March 2021 |publisher=Almost Ginger |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022162130/https://almostginger.com/miss-potter-film-locations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The club has been used as a location in a number of other films, including the fencing scene in the 2002 [[James Bond]] movie ''[[Die Another Day]]'', ''[[The Quiller Memorandum]]'' (1966), ''[[The Man Who Haunted Himself]]'' (1970), Lindsay Anderson's ''[[O Lucky Man!]]'' (1973), ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers]]'' (1998), ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (2002), ''[[1408 (film)|1408]]'' (2007), ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'' (2008), ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' (2009), [[Paddington (film)|''Paddington'']] (2014), and [[Christopher Nolan]]'s ''[[Tenet (film)|Tenet]]'' (2020).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sceen-it.com/sceen/3733/Tenet/The-Reform-Club |title=Tenet at the Reform Club |publisher=Screen IT |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521095324/https://www.sceen-it.com/sceen/3733/Tenet/The-Reform-Club |url-status=live }}</ref>

The club was used in [[Chris Van Dusen]]'s television series ''[[Bridgerton]]'' as a filming location.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/where-was-bridgerton-filmed |title=The glamorous country houses and bucolic gardens that bring Regency London to life in Bridgerton |date=28 February 2022 |publisher=Tatler |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221110625/https://www.tatler.com/gallery/where-was-bridgerton-filmed |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Photoshoot===
The Reform Club was the location of a photo shoot featuring [[Paula Yates]] for the 1979 summer issue of ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]''.<ref>''The Milwaukee Journal'' – 23 July 1979.</ref>

===Podcasts===
In ''[[The Magnus Archives]]'', the Reform Club was the possible location of Jurgen Leitner's library, and had secret underground tunnels.<ref>[https://rustyquill.com/show/the-magnus-archives/ Old Passages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126170124/https://rustyquill.com/show/the-magnus-archives/ |date=26 January 2023 }} ''The Magnus Archives'' (Podcast). Rusty Quill. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2023.</ref>