Coming talks, launches, workshops and events at Treadwells Bookshop
Click here for further details
Most will take place in their new location 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury. see details
26 January 11 (Wednesday)
Gnostic Legacies: The Wilder Shores of Gnosis
Dr Jonathan Hill
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
03 February 11 (Thursday)
A Phallic Night: A Historical Look at 'Phallic Worship'
Phil Hine
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
04 February 11 (Friday)
Through A Glass Darkly: Performance Inspired by Victorian Seances of the Fraudulent Mediums
The London Magician
Price: £10.00 in advance
Time: 7.15 for 7.30 start
09 February 11 (Wednesday)
'O Great Inanna': A Night of the Sumerian Goddess's Tales
June Peters, Storyteller
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
16 February 11 (Wednesday)
Demons, Daimons or Angels?: Astral Intelligence in Ficino's Natural Magic
Dr Angela Voss (University of Exeter)
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start celestial 6
17 February 11 (Thursday)
The Monstrous Lesbian II: A Flower of Evil
Lindsay River
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
02 March 11 (Wednesday)
Thomas the Rhymer: The Shamanic Journey in the Ballad
Dr Michael Berman
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
03 March 11 (Thursday)
Power of the Word: Neoplatonism's Gift to Western Magic
Earl Fontainelle (University of Exeter)
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
04 March 11 (Friday)
Through A Glass Darkly: Performance Inspired by Victorian Seances of the Fraudulent Mediums
The London Magician
Price: £10.00 in advance
Time: 7.15 for 7.30 start
20 March 11 (Sunday)
Spring Equinox Ritual: Ceremony at Treadwell's
Marysia Kay and Friends
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
31 March 11 (Thursday)
The Training and work of Sangoma: South African 'Witch Doctor'
Bernie Rowen
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
01 April 11 (Friday)
Launch Party: 'Elementals' Hypno-Sis and Treadwell's
Price: Free but advance RSVP required
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
06 April 11 (Wednesday)
Interview with a Witch: Tam Campbell in conversation with Christina Oakley-Harrington
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
14 April 11 (Thursday)
Towards a Philosophy of Demonology: Far Reaches of Continental Philosophy and the Occult
Dr Patricia MacCormack
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
20 April 11 (Wednesday)
The Virago: Mk II
Elisa Gray
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start virago
21 April 11 (Thursday)
Vodou Flags: Sequined Spirits of Haiti
Gabriel Toso
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
28 April 11 (Thursday)
Crossing over Annan Water: A Scottish Ballad for Magical Journeys
Dr Michael Berman
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
29 April 11 (Friday)
Book Launch Party: Mandrake Press
Price: Free but advance RSVP required
Time: 7.00pm to 9.30 pm
12 May 11 (Thursday)
Demons of the Flesh: Philosophy of Occult Body Modification
Alex Unku
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
24 May 11 (Tuesday)
Polyamory and Paganism:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
25 May 11 (Wednesday)
BDSM and Pagan Spirituality:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
26 May 11 (Thursday)
Ethical Psychic Vampirism:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
27 May 11 (Friday)
Magic and Mysteries in the Northern Tradition:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
28 May 11 (Saturday)
BDSM as a Shamanic Path: Weekend Intensive
Raven Kaldera
Price: see website
Time: Saturday & Sunday all day
31 May 11 (Tuesday)
Queer and Pagan:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
01 June 11 (Wednesday)
Spirit Possession:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
09 June 11 (Thursday)
Is nothing sacred?: Radical and Transgressive Frontiers in Chaos Magic
Dr Patricia MacCormack (Anglia Ruskin University)
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start
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Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Thursday, 20 January 2011
The Hendrick's Lecture 2011
The 2011 Hendrick's Lecture Series
Talks and Lectures announced by the The Last Tuesday Society, from gothic lantern show to cryptology.
Educational & Informative Talks start at 7pm on the dot at Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors, 11 Mare Street, E8
LECTURE CALENDAR
FEBRUARY
3rd February 2011
Cryptozoology - On the Track of Unknown Animals with Richard Freeman
4th February 2011
The Light and Shadow Parlour - The Bizarre, Surreal and Horror in the Moving Image
11th February 2011
Love Birds - The Courtship Dance of the Great Crested Grebe and What Owls Eat on Valentines Day with RSPB officer, Dan Parkinson
14th February 2011
Valentines Day - An Erotic Magic Lantern Show with Mervyn Heard
22nd February 2011
The Master Class on the Art of Being a Gentleman with Gustav Temple
24th February 2011
The Sultan of Zanzibar: the bizarre world of Horace de Vere Cole with Martyn Downer
MARCH
2nd March 2011
From Hackney to Hastings with Nicholas Johnson, Iain Sinclair and Rebecca E Marshall
4th March 2011
The Light and Shadow Parlour
9th March 2011
Panties Inferno - The Life and Times of Paul Raymond, Soho's Billionaire King of Burlesque
11th March 2011
David Bramwell on Utopia - In Search of the World's Most Extraordinary Communities
APRIL
4th April 2011
The Light and Shadow Parlour
30th April 2011
Walpurgisnacht - An Gothic Magic Lantern Show with Mervyn Heard
MAY
12th May 2011
Selina Hastings on Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
Talks and Lectures announced by the The Last Tuesday Society, from gothic lantern show to cryptology.
Educational & Informative Talks start at 7pm on the dot at Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors, 11 Mare Street, E8
LECTURE CALENDAR
FEBRUARY
3rd February 2011
Cryptozoology - On the Track of Unknown Animals with Richard Freeman
4th February 2011
The Light and Shadow Parlour - The Bizarre, Surreal and Horror in the Moving Image
11th February 2011
Love Birds - The Courtship Dance of the Great Crested Grebe and What Owls Eat on Valentines Day with RSPB officer, Dan Parkinson
14th February 2011
Valentines Day - An Erotic Magic Lantern Show with Mervyn Heard
22nd February 2011
The Master Class on the Art of Being a Gentleman with Gustav Temple
24th February 2011
The Sultan of Zanzibar: the bizarre world of Horace de Vere Cole with Martyn Downer
MARCH
2nd March 2011
From Hackney to Hastings with Nicholas Johnson, Iain Sinclair and Rebecca E Marshall
4th March 2011
The Light and Shadow Parlour
9th March 2011
Panties Inferno - The Life and Times of Paul Raymond, Soho's Billionaire King of Burlesque
11th March 2011
David Bramwell on Utopia - In Search of the World's Most Extraordinary Communities
APRIL
4th April 2011
The Light and Shadow Parlour
30th April 2011
Walpurgisnacht - An Gothic Magic Lantern Show with Mervyn Heard
MAY
12th May 2011
Selina Hastings on Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
BEASTS ROYAL
The show BEASTS ROYAL runs until the 28th January at Viktor Wynd little shop of horror and museum at 11 Mare Street E8 4RP
For The Last Tuesday Society’s winter show Alice Herrick & Viktor Wynd, will transform the gallery into a Rousseauesque jungle filled with a wondrous selection of perfect stocking fillers - photography, paintings, drawings and prints representing a contemporary Bestiary...regal beasts, enchanted forests, curious creatures and bejewelled nature. The centre of the gallery will be filled with a menagerie of taxidermied animals, from giraffes and polar bears to lion and tiger skeletons, with cabinets by Gunn, Roland Ward, Gerard & Walter Potter amongst lush tropical foliage, orchids and ferns, as Mr.Wynd empties out his apartment and prepares to emigrate to warmer climes in January
http://viktorwyndfineart.co.uk/beastsroyal.html
As well as the usual interesting talks and balls taking place
Coming talks:
3rd December 2010
High Society with Mike Jay
8th December 2010
Tim Knox on the Strange Genius of Sir John Soane
9th December 2010
An Erotic Magic Lantern Show with Professor Mervyn Heard
10th December 2010
Talking Canaries and the Voices of the Dead with Sarah Angliss
14th December 2010
Nicholas Royle on the Uncanny
http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/index.html
For The Last Tuesday Society’s winter show Alice Herrick & Viktor Wynd, will transform the gallery into a Rousseauesque jungle filled with a wondrous selection of perfect stocking fillers - photography, paintings, drawings and prints representing a contemporary Bestiary...regal beasts, enchanted forests, curious creatures and bejewelled nature. The centre of the gallery will be filled with a menagerie of taxidermied animals, from giraffes and polar bears to lion and tiger skeletons, with cabinets by Gunn, Roland Ward, Gerard & Walter Potter amongst lush tropical foliage, orchids and ferns, as Mr.Wynd empties out his apartment and prepares to emigrate to warmer climes in January
http://viktorwyndfineart.co.uk/beastsroyal.html
As well as the usual interesting talks and balls taking place
Coming talks:
3rd December 2010
High Society with Mike Jay
8th December 2010
Tim Knox on the Strange Genius of Sir John Soane
9th December 2010
An Erotic Magic Lantern Show with Professor Mervyn Heard
10th December 2010
Talking Canaries and the Voices of the Dead with Sarah Angliss
14th December 2010
Nicholas Royle on the Uncanny
http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/index.html
Thursday, 30 September 2010
The Story of London Festival
The Story of London Festival is on from 1-10th October.
A series of events focusing on the theme of London's from its past to its future
http://www.timeout.com/london/aroundtown/features/10654/Story_of_London_October_1-10_2010.html
A series of events focusing on the theme of London's from its past to its future
http://www.timeout.com/london/aroundtown/features/10654/Story_of_London_October_1-10_2010.html
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Secret Subterranean London
THE VENUE.
The Basement Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old Street, London, EC1V 9LT
DATES & TIMES
9th Sept 2010 - 15th Sept Open daily 11am-7pm Free
OPENING NIGHT
Thursday 9th September 6pm – 10pm Free
Everyone welcome, please arrive early to avoid disappointment
Illumini Event 2010 will be held in an underground rustic location in London, and promises to be an exciting and historical look into the history of the secret underground city. The old rustic subterranean dark labyrinth, with its many rooms, alleyways and cells, will be transformed by artists’ and prop makers into several areas of historical underground London, e.g: World War bunkers, disused stations, crypts, historical waterways and many more, the long-forgotten hidden secrets of London.
The event will start with a grand opening night, which you are invited too with free entertainment; where everyone is welcome. Live acts: stilt walkers, light shows, magicians, illuminating dancers, tarot reading, travel back in time with historical costumed performers, and much more. We hope to see you there. Please arrive early to avoid queues.Opening night Thursday 9th Sept 2010 Free 6pm-10pm
Event includes:
Tour of Shoreditch Church Crypt, by Torch light 10.45am Friday 10 Sept , 2pm Tues 14 Sept . Booking in adavance is essential. The tours will last at least one hour. Meeting point will be at the front of the church situated at St Leonard's Shoreditch Church, Shoreditch High Street , Shoreditch , E1 6JN
Cilla Conway -The Occult World of Subterranean London. Fri 10th sept 11am Free
Scott Wood - Crypts, Creatures and Caverns: the Folklore of Subterranean London. Fri 10th Sept 2pm Free
Tony Clayton - Subterranean City on Fri 10th Sept 5pm Free
Brunel Museum Special event: Sat 11th Sept & Sun 12 th Sept Tours of the Grand Entrance Hall of The Thames Tunnel Tickets £5
Rosie Murdie What lurks beneath - spirits and spectres of subterranean London on Sat 11th Sept 4.30pm Free
Member of London Underground Staff - Mysteries & ghosts of London Underground sun 12th Sept 3.30 pm Free
Much much more at the Illumini website.
The Basement Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old Street, London, EC1V 9LT
DATES & TIMES
9th Sept 2010 - 15th Sept Open daily 11am-7pm Free
OPENING NIGHT
Thursday 9th September 6pm – 10pm Free
Everyone welcome, please arrive early to avoid disappointment
Illumini Event 2010 will be held in an underground rustic location in London, and promises to be an exciting and historical look into the history of the secret underground city. The old rustic subterranean dark labyrinth, with its many rooms, alleyways and cells, will be transformed by artists’ and prop makers into several areas of historical underground London, e.g: World War bunkers, disused stations, crypts, historical waterways and many more, the long-forgotten hidden secrets of London.
The event will start with a grand opening night, which you are invited too with free entertainment; where everyone is welcome. Live acts: stilt walkers, light shows, magicians, illuminating dancers, tarot reading, travel back in time with historical costumed performers, and much more. We hope to see you there. Please arrive early to avoid queues.Opening night Thursday 9th Sept 2010 Free 6pm-10pm
Event includes:
Tour of Shoreditch Church Crypt, by Torch light 10.45am Friday 10 Sept , 2pm Tues 14 Sept . Booking in adavance is essential. The tours will last at least one hour. Meeting point will be at the front of the church situated at St Leonard's Shoreditch Church, Shoreditch High Street , Shoreditch , E1 6JN
Cilla Conway -The Occult World of Subterranean London. Fri 10th sept 11am Free
Scott Wood - Crypts, Creatures and Caverns: the Folklore of Subterranean London. Fri 10th Sept 2pm Free
Tony Clayton - Subterranean City on Fri 10th Sept 5pm Free
Brunel Museum Special event: Sat 11th Sept & Sun 12 th Sept Tours of the Grand Entrance Hall of The Thames Tunnel Tickets £5
Rosie Murdie What lurks beneath - spirits and spectres of subterranean London on Sat 11th Sept 4.30pm Free
Member of London Underground Staff - Mysteries & ghosts of London Underground sun 12th Sept 3.30 pm Free
Much much more at the Illumini website.
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
The Hendrick's Lecture September Series
Talks and Lectures announced by the The Last Tuesday Society this autumn, from shrinking heads to Mad Animals & Women of The Golden Dawn.
Educational & Informative Talks start at 7pm on the dot at Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors, 11 Mare Street, E8
SEPTEMBER
13th September 2010
Documentary & Myth Making with the Light and Shadow Parlour
The Light and Shadow Parlour will present a programme of short films that explore notions of documentary as myth-making, the threshold between fact and fiction and how to generate and perpetrate collective and personal memories and experiences through art and film.Tickets £7 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
14th September 2010
Charming Augustine with Zoe Beloff
Charming Augustine is inspired by series of photographs and texts on hysteria published in the 1870s in Paris. It is an experimental narrative based on the case of a young patient, Augustine.Tickets £7 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
15th September 2010
Bataille, Haiti and Voodoo with Dr John Cussans
The presentation will address the mythopoeic role of the Bois-Caïman ceremony in the story of Haitian Revoltion, its influence on sociological imagination of Europe in the forthcoming century, and the subsequent racialisation of the collective, revolutionary unconscious. Tickets £6 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
23rd September 2010
Hysteria with Julia Borossa
In her talk, Julia will explore the history of hysteria in relation to psychoanalysis and examine the hysterical identifications' of our time, from dictatorship to pop culture. Tickets £7 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
26th September 2010
Guided Tour of The Curiosity Museum
Guided Tour of The Curiosity Museum with its Curator in Chief, Viktor Wynd. Touch a human skull, play with surgical instruments and learn the history of his shrunken heads. Tour commences at 7pm, tickets £5
29th September 2010
19th Century Anarchists and the World that Never Was with Alex Butterworth
Alex Butterworth will present and discuss a revelatory portrait of an era with uncanny echoes of our own. Tickets £6 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
30th September 2010
Tim Knox on the Strange Genius of Sir John Soane
Tim Knox, Director of Sir John Soane s Museum in London draws upon Soane s own archive to paint a fresh picture of this strange, tormented genius of British architecture. Tickets £7 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
Further details and the October & November program also available on the website
http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/
Educational & Informative Talks start at 7pm on the dot at Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors, 11 Mare Street, E8
SEPTEMBER
13th September 2010
Documentary & Myth Making with the Light and Shadow Parlour
The Light and Shadow Parlour will present a programme of short films that explore notions of documentary as myth-making, the threshold between fact and fiction and how to generate and perpetrate collective and personal memories and experiences through art and film.Tickets £7 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
14th September 2010
Charming Augustine with Zoe Beloff
Charming Augustine is inspired by series of photographs and texts on hysteria published in the 1870s in Paris. It is an experimental narrative based on the case of a young patient, Augustine.Tickets £7 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
15th September 2010
Bataille, Haiti and Voodoo with Dr John Cussans
The presentation will address the mythopoeic role of the Bois-Caïman ceremony in the story of Haitian Revoltion, its influence on sociological imagination of Europe in the forthcoming century, and the subsequent racialisation of the collective, revolutionary unconscious. Tickets £6 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
23rd September 2010
Hysteria with Julia Borossa
In her talk, Julia will explore the history of hysteria in relation to psychoanalysis and examine the hysterical identifications' of our time, from dictatorship to pop culture. Tickets £7 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
26th September 2010
Guided Tour of The Curiosity Museum
Guided Tour of The Curiosity Museum with its Curator in Chief, Viktor Wynd. Touch a human skull, play with surgical instruments and learn the history of his shrunken heads. Tour commences at 7pm, tickets £5
29th September 2010
19th Century Anarchists and the World that Never Was with Alex Butterworth
Alex Butterworth will present and discuss a revelatory portrait of an era with uncanny echoes of our own. Tickets £6 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
30th September 2010
Tim Knox on the Strange Genius of Sir John Soane
Tim Knox, Director of Sir John Soane s Museum in London draws upon Soane s own archive to paint a fresh picture of this strange, tormented genius of British architecture. Tickets £7 or £4 with adequate proof of extreme poverty.
Further details and the October & November program also available on the website
http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/
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