The streets of London may not be paved with gold, but this autumn a real gem of a tavern will arrive in Covent Garden. Based on the adventures of Jules Verne’s fictional explorer, Phileas Fogg, Mr Fogg’s Tavern will have an ‘upstairs downstairs’ theatrical theme with a Victorian tavern on the ground floor and a refined gin parlour and salon upstairs.
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At It's Rude To Stare, we are very much enjoying Andrew J. Lambie's debut novel, A Carnival of the Flesh. A tour de force of wit, whimsy, and untamable fantasy; precisely what the 'literary doctor' prescribed for your spring mental nutrition. Summary: When a Victorian freak show is shipwrecked on a deserted island, it's every freak for himself - a miserable prospect if you happen to be trapped inside a two-foot glass jar. Luckily for Dirty Boy, Cedric the Dwarf and Ruby the Hermaphrodite enjoy his company, and the three join forces to discover just what the devious Brigadier and his nefari...
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