The year was 1895; the place, the Cadogan Hotel in Sloane Street.
On April 5, in a corner bedroom, with his suitcase already packed for a hasty getaway, Wilde was cornered. His lifetime success as a conversationalist and writer had made him famous.
I travelled to London to flirt with the past, and to haunt the ghost of Oscar Wilde.
The year was 1895; the place, the Cadogan Hotel in Sloane Street.
On April 5, in a corner bedroom, with his suitcase already packed for a hasty getaway, Wilde was cornered. His lifetime success as a conversationalist and writer had made him famous.