Thomas de Quincey & William S. Burroughs in Soho. The novelist Will Self joins Henry in London to explore the opium dreams and heroin nightmares of Thomas de Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium Eater and William S. Burrough’s Junky. They walk from Oxford Street to Covent Garden, and along the way they also discuss The Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley and Will’s own 2019 drugs memoir, Will.   2022 is the 200th anniversary of the book publication of Confessions of an English Opium Eater.   Penguin Classics edition of Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de Quincey https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34581/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater-by-thomas-de-quincey-ed--barry-milligan/9780140439014 https://apple.co/3SDKmZI   Naxos audiobook of Confessions of an English Opium Eater, read by Gunnar Cauthery https://naxosaudiobooks.com/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater-unabridged/ https://apple.co/3SgGjTB   Penguin Modern Classics edition of Junky by William S. Burroughs https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57608/junky-by-william-s-burroughs-intro-oliver-harris/9780141189826 https://apple.co/3UIuIOz   W. F. Howes audiobook of Junky read by Mark Nelson https://www.wfhowes.co.uk/title-details/9781471212291 https://apple.co/3ReJ3zt   Will Self https://will-self.com/   Will by Will Self https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/176727/will-by-self-will/9780141046402 https://apple.co/3r89gVZ   W. F. Howes audiobook of Will, read by Will Self https://www.wfhowes.co.uk/title-details/9781528888219 https://apple.co/3r8QZrh   The Colony Room Club – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/sep/13/from-francis-bacon-to-tracey-emin-soho-historic-colony-room-club-in-pictures   William S. Burroughs and the Moka Bar https://www.openculture.com/2014/12/how-william-s-burroughs-shut-down-londons-first-espresso-bar-1972.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.