What kind of man wants to join a club that doesn’t admit women? That is the question many esteemed chaps in British society must have asked themselves and answered “me” when paying their dues to the male-only Garrick Club, or indeed the Travellers in Pall Mall.

Some of our most notable public figures, politicians, civil servants, bishops, judges, lawyers, actors and artists were outed in a leaked list of the Garrick’s membership this week, published in the Guardian.