Standing at the bar of the Colony, Francis Bacon said, “I’d like to kiss you, Bang.”
He was holding a glass of champagne; I, a vodka-and-tonic. I was at Oxford. He was a painter.
London After Dark
There were many drinking clubs in Soho in the 50s. But the habitués of the Colony were of a more stellar quality, with a higher degree of loucheness
November 30, 2019
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