title: Last Tuesday Society
text: # Last Tuesday Society
  
  The Last Tuesday Society is a London-based organization founded by William James at Harvard and run by artist Viktor Wynd with directors Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett. Based at an eponymous gallery space and cocktail bar in Hackney, the society holds regular absinthe tastings, literary and artistic events.
  
  ## History
  
  Viktor Wynd previously operated The Little Shop of Horrors, located in Mare Street, which dealt in taxidermy, shrunken heads and other curiosities. He also ran the Viktor Wynd Fine Art commercial gallery, where over 50 shows were curated including on Mervyn Peake Tessa Farmer Leonora Carrington and Stephen Tennant
  
  Following a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in 2014, many of these items and artworks were moved to display at The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History, part of The Last Tuesday Society space. Also in the building is a cocktail bar specialises in traditional absinthes. In 2019 the Absinthe Parlour was named the Best Bar in London at the 7th annual Design My Night Awards.
  
  The Society puts on a regular lecture series, with over 500 talks held in the last ten years.
  
  