AN OUTSIDER IN THE CITY: Colin Wilson's London

  • The Century Club

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  • Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Classes
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Colin Wilson was born in Leicester in 1931 wrote over 150 books on subjects as diverse as psychology, true crime, unexplained phenomena, pre-history, the occult, music and literature. He became a celebrity overnight at the age of 24 with the publication of “The Outsider”—a psycho-philosophical study of alienation in modern literature and thought - in 1956.



In this talk, Colin Stanley, Wilson’s bibliographer, will focus on the author’s early years in London, before his sudden fame, and chronicle the evolution of what became his ‘big London novel’ - Ritual in the Dark - about a sadistic killer, based on Jack the Ripper and set in a 1950s London struggling to rebuild itself after the wartime Blitz. Wilson did meticulous research into the Whitehall murders and became a ‘Ripperologist’ a term he coined. Ritual in the Dark drew on his experience of living in the capital and was largely written in the British Museum Reading Room which features in many of Wilson’s novels while he was sleeping rough on Hampstead Heath to save money.



The novel was published in 1960 and was described by the critic Nicolas Tredell in 2011 as “an unsung achievement of post-war British fiction.”



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Outsider in the City

Colin Wilson's London

 18:45 - 20:45 £12.00

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The Century Club, 61 - 63, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6LQ

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Piccadilly Circus (Tube)

AN OUTSIDER IN THE CITY: Colin Wilson's London

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A Curious Invitation
A century of events, yes that's 100 unique curated arts events, will be happening at Soho's Century Club on Shaftesbury Avenue. 
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  • Written by shinylife

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    Visited 3 weeks ago
    While the tour by Dr Green was very well presented and interesting, the little scenes in between were incredibly poorly planned and rehearsed, to comical effect, but below expectations at this price point. We were also expecting more than one small cup of hot chocolate halfway through the freezing cold tour, as the ticket cost of £35 is definitely on the high side for a packed group like this. We still enjoyed the tour itself, but expected a lot more.
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    Visited 3 weeks ago
    It pains me to give A Curious Invitation such a low review as I normally like their events but this one did not deliver what it promised. There was a lot of just standing around in the freezing cold and only one singular cup of hot chocolate per person. The music mentioned in the description was nowhere to be found. While Dr Green was a good host with lots of interesting facts, I think visiting the locations in this weather didn't add much to the experience as it was waaaay too cold to be standing around watching the performances. It seemed poorly planned and not properly thought out.
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