The Many Faces Of Fawcett 4: Never Say Fawcett Again
Could this be ... the Final Fantasy of Fawcett? In this last episode of Fawcettmania, Cian sits by a stream and flicks the pages of 'Brazil That Never Was' by A.J. Lees, as well as articles by arch Fawcett-dismisser John Hemming. In an episode as thrilling as a mid-Victorian face-off between rival explorers at a packed RGS debate, we conclude:
-confirmation (probably) of the date when Conan Doyle attended Colonel Percy's lecture!
-tangents about John Hanning Speke and a descendent at a London punk gig
-Fawcett writes for Occult Review and uses his Ouija board in the trenches of WW1
-John Hemming says Fawcett discovered nothing; Brian Fawcett says Jack Fawcett is a waster who 'reads Fu Manchu novels!'
-Fawcett describing a real tribe as Bigfoot-like savages is pretty horrific
-Cork mystic Geraldine Cummins makes an unlikely return to the show
-Fawcett is (maybe) seduced by a fairy woman in Carrigaline; Brian is (definitely) seduced by a fairy woman and sees miniature UFOs
Links:
Buy Me A Coffee, you swine!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic
Brazil That Never Was, A.J. Lees, 2020.
https://www.nottinghilleditions.com/product/brazil-that-never-was/
Lost City Of Fantasy, John Hemming, The Spectator, 2017
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/lost-city-of-fantasy
Mutant Museum reading 'The Monster Of Partridge Creek!'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWI3yYe7s6s
Dr Edward Guimont visits the Betty & Barney Hill Collection
https://twitter.com/edward_guimont/status/1544711639999676418
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