Soho, London: the history of Soho, its characters & events

Upstairs at: The Wheatsheaf
25 Rathbone Place, North Soho
(off Oxford Street, nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road)

Hector Munro was a journalist better known for his satire and biting wit, written under the pen name Saki.

He foresaw the outbreak of war and wrote about it in 1913 with When William Came. Although over-age, he volunteered for service at the outbreak of war with the Royal Fusiliers (a City regiment) and died on the Somme .

But why did he refuse a commission, why did he not join the Intelligence battalion to stay out of the trenches - and why did he choose the pen-name Saki?

A 100-year literary mystery is about to be solved.

TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY
7:30pm

The grinning shadow that sat at the feast:
In commemoration of
Hector Munro - 'Saki'
A talk by Professor Tim Connell



	The Sohemian Society presents TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY 7:30pm The grinning shadow that sat at the feast: In commemoration of Hector Munro - 'Saki' A talk by Professor Tim Connell Upstairs at: The Wheatsheaf 25 Rathbone Place, North Soho (off Oxford Street, nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road) Admission: £3 Hector Munro was a journalist better known for his satire and biting wit, written under the pen name Saki. He foresaw the outbreak of war and wrote about it in 1913 with When William Came. Although over-age, he volunteered for service at the outbreak of war with the Royal Fusiliers (a City regiment) and died on the Somme . But why did he refuse a commission, why did he not join the Intelligence battalion to stay out of the trenches - and why did he choose the pen-name Saki? A 100-year literary mystery is about to be solved.







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TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY 7:30pm

The grinning shadow that sat at the feast: In commemoration of Hector Munro - 'Saki' A talk by Professor Tim Connell

TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY
7:30pm

The grinning shadow that sat at the feast:
In commemoration of
Hector Munro - 'Saki'
A talk by Professor Tim Connell