Freemasons' Hall

It's so important to get that magical balance, isn't it?

I didn't get that balance on the first draft because I love history so much that I'm like, oh, and they went into Freemasons Hall.

Freemasons Hall, it was built in there.

It had this many columns and gentlemen used to only be able to enter from this door.

And then you think, actually, they just want to know what happens when they get in there.

Everyone who's read these books says to me that they really feel like they're there in Edwardian London, that I really place them and they can visualize it, which is great for me because I feel like if you're going to read a book about history, you really want to feel like you can sense it and touch it and smell it and all those kind of things.

So what's really lovely is that that's kind of become my...

I suppose, calling card that when you're reading the books, you really feel like you're in Edwardian London and you're on the journey with Felix and the characters in Buckingham Palace, at least in the club, in Downing Street, Freemasons Hall and everywhere else, particularly the Tower of London chapter.

Linley House is just off Pierpoint Street in Bath, leading into Old Orchard Street.

And it is marked by two pineapple sculptures by the door, very close to Bath's first Theatre Royal, 1750, which is now Freemasons' Hall.

And it's adjacent to a splendid Romandoric style archway constructed by the great Bath architect, John Wood the Elder.

Now, in 1770, Thomas Sheridan, that is Richard's father, a former actor and elocutionist, arrived in Bath, and accompanying him was his 18-year-old son, Richard.

We've also confirmed that they filmed in Freemasons Hall in London, which is on the nose with the name, but B, it looks very Court of Owls-y.

Okay.

Also in the Penguin, when they're in the courtroom, there is an owl in the top corner of said courtroom.

Now, will they be the main villain or not? We don't really know.

I think they will.

We've also confirmed that they filmed in Freemasons Hall in London.

which is on the nose with the name, but B, it looks very court of owls-y.

Okay.

I'm not a part of the – Rosicrucian Society in the United States, but I did initiate into Westcott Mathers' and Woodman's College in London last year, Metropolitan College number one of the SRIA.

I initiated last year after two days of reading their handwritten journals in the research library at Freemasons Hall for some research I was doing.

Wow.

So,

It was the first time it had ever happened.

It was in Freemasons Hall in Covent Garden.

We felt like a couple of country bumpkins turning up.

We didn't know how people carried their watches.

Okay, so they're shooting in this place called...

Inside the Freemason Hall in London.

And take a look at this.

Obviously, you've seen it wide shut.