Opium Dreams: Desire, Decay, and the Victorian Imagination - Lena Heide Brennand - Zoom

Thu 17 Dec · Venue to be confirmed

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This lecture moves between the intimate and the imperial: from private visions to public crises Digital Events - Zoom Lecture Dec 17th 2026 Thu 17 December 2026 at 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm £6 - £10 & By Donation Thank you for your support Opium Dreams: Desire, Decay, and the Victorian Imagination What does it mean for a society to fall in love with oblivion? From ancient ritual intoxication to the smoky parlours of 19th-century London, opium has long occupied a strange and seductive place in human history—at once medicine, muse, and menace.

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