Prospect of Whitby

Let's dive into that terror.

The article brings us to the Prospect of Whitby, located right on the banks of the River Thames in London.

Another legendary spot.

Hinman points out its pirate-tinged lore, noting it was historically known as the Devil's Tavern.

The water represents chaos.

It cannot be tamed, reasoned with, or walled off.

So when you are sitting in the prospect of Whitby, looking out the back windows over the Thames, the gothic atmosphere you feel is actually a residual evolutionary echo of historical anxiety.

It's baked into us.

So, old pubs.

We, we had a, a beer at The Prospect of Whitby when I was in London recently, which is hundreds and hundreds of years old, down on the Yarra.

And, uh, sorry, [laughs] on the Yarra, on the Thames.

And it's, uh, it's, you feel like you are stepping back in time and it's, you know, it's not made up.

I work, I lecture for a college, an arts college in London, in Canary Wharf.

And just down the road to it, there's the Prospect of Whitby, which my dad grew up close to, close by many, many years ago.

And I remember growing up with tales of...

I mean, this is really horrible, but it's great because it ties in with so much of our macabre history as a country.