The Library

I've only just noticed this thread. I keep missing so much on this site (I look, but I don't see). But thanks for posting Darren. All very interesting, but I won't be shelling out eighty odd quid for one of them.

And I had every intention of going, but an awful sleepless night's put paid to that plan. I plan on being in bed by 7.30 tonight.

I had Bull's Blood once (in Budapest). I wasn't much impressed with the bottle I had though. Bit too heavy on the tannins.

I often wonder which wines were the big sellers in DW's day.

Your mention of M R James was quite serendipitous Darren. It prompted me to google ‘Dennis Wheatley and M R James’ and my search came up with a ghost-fiction forum (to which I can't seem to create a link), in which one contributor writes: It never came to fruition but Dennis Wheatley planned to ...

That's useful to know- thanks Jim. Saves me having to revisit that awful book.

Killing a spare half hour, I came across a supernatural phenomena website, with a nice little piece about The Devil Rides Out- the Musical in it.

According to blogger and theatre techie Mark Rosney, the Neptune Theatre’s 1993 run of TDRO was the subject of a barrage of paranormal activity- with rehearsals and performances being dogged by icy blasts of air, eerie noises, sinister presences, inexplicable equipment malfunction and the psychic 'draining' of both cast and crew.

As the former sound technician speculates: “If, as Dennis Wheatley believes, the secret arts can conjure up the sinister forces of evil, and the careless ‘casting’ of a pentagram can produce a gateway to Hell, is the Devil still riding out somewhere in Liverpool?â€￾

The Devil Rides Out

Many thanks for that Charles.

Blimey- The House of Lost Souls. I could only manage the first couple of chapters. One of the worst pieces of hackwork I've ever come across (although if I'd known DW was going to make an appearance, I might have persevered).

Is this the first of the two novels (in which DW appears as a character) you're referring to Jim?

Satan Wants Me

Absolutely outstanding research Darren: You’re this site's answer to Howard Carter! What’s really caught my interest is the wealth of ‘marginalia’ thrown up by your delving into the archives. The incidental insights into DW’s life, such as the report on the dance given for his daughter, th...

I'm sorry for being so tardy with my seasonal greetings (I tend to be offline during the holiday period)- but let me assure you as to their warmth and sincerity. I wish you all every happiness and success for 2014.

May (DW's Christo-Buddhist) God bless you all!

Yes, great review Steve. And the following made me smile: The ‘only thing’ that I could remember from my original reading was the line on page 175 (arrow Paperback) where Christina and John were hiding in a ‘Gazebo’ and she was beginning to turn into the ‘nightime friendly Christina’ und...

Like drinking Long Island Iced Tea- almost too smooth. Doesn't seem to have an effect, other than a delicious mellowing. Then you try to stand up...

Do Jim. They're more than potable. I could've drank them all night.

If I still had the figure for one...