their meetings at the club. William Digby, author, journalist and humanitarian was the NLC's first Club Secretary from 1882 to 1887. Arthur Wollaston Hutton, writer and theologian, was Club Librarian from 1889 to 1899. The left-wing playwright Harold Pinter worked as a waiter at the club in the 1950s, and was fired for daring to interrupt the conversation of several diners, disagreeing with what he thought to be a particularly ignorant conversation. The novelist Deborah Moggach worked as a waitress in the Club in the 1970s, recalling, "My nicest job was as a waitress doing breakfasts at the National Liberal Club. I'd get up early, put on my quite fetching waitress outfit, serve breakfast for four hours, get cash in a brown envelope every day and spend it. Then go back the next day, get another envelope and spend that." Reciprocal arrangements The club is open to members from Mondays to Fridays, 8:00am–11:30 pm. During the weekend members may use either the Oxford and Cambridge Club in Pall Mall, or the Naval and Military Club and the East India Club in St. James's Square. The club's link with the latter relates to the East India incorporating the now-defunct Devonshire Club, which was another Liberal-affiliated club of the 19th century. There are also reciprocal arrangements with over 250 other clubs worldwide, granting members a comfortable place to stay and to entertain when abroad. The club does not affiliate with the NULC (National Union of Liberal Clubs), which represents the interests of Liberal Working Men's Clubs in the country nationwide. List of reciprocal clubs worldwide As of 2020, the NLC's reciprocal clubs around the world are as follows (club foundation dates are provided in brackets): Africa: Botswana: The Princeton Lounge, Gaborone (2015). Egypt: Cairo Capital Club, Cairo (1997). Ghana: Front/Back, Accra (2019). Nigeria: Capital Club, Lagos (2013). South Africa: Gauteng: Country Club, Johannesburg (1906); Rand Club, Johannesburg (1887); Wanderers Club, Johannesburg (1888). KwaZulu-Natal: Durban Club, Durban (1854). Northern Cape: Kimberley Club, Kimberley (1881). Eastern Cape: Port Elizabeth St George's Club, Port Elizabeth (1866). Western Cape: Cape Town Club, Cape Town (1858). America, North and Central: Barbados: Barbados Yacht Club, Bridgetown (1924). Bermuda: Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Hamilton (1844). Canada: Alberta: Cypress Club, Medicine Hat (1903); Ranchmen's Club of Calgary, Calgary (1891). British Columbia: Terminal City Club, Vancouver (1899); Union Club of British Columbia, Victoria (1879); Vancouver Club, Vancouver (1889). Manitoba: Manitoba Club,