Another talk on Poe and Mansion of Gloom has been pencilled in for the venerable Sohemians in Fitzrovia. I spoke about Sax Rohmer at one of their earliest meetings many years ago and the group later fell into desuetude and suffered like so many others as a result of the COVID period, to be revived very successfully recently by writer Paul Willetts.
More details closer to the time. The talk will take place at the Fitzroy Tavern later in the year.
The Sohemians can be found here.
Meetings used to take place upstairs at The Wheatsheaf in Rathbone Place, historic drinking den of such blog regulars as Julian Maclaren Ross, the Two Roberts, John Minton, Nina Hamnett and of course Aleister Crowley. It was also where Dylan Thomas met his wife Caitlin.
NB The Sohemians will relocate in a few weeks to The Fitzroy Tavern - even more appropriate given the cynosure it became for artist, writers, poets, Bohemians and Fitzrovian lowlife.
