Dirty Ding: Keeper of The Forbidden Library - Christopher Josiffe

Intelligence officer, psychic investigator, curator of the obscene... who was Eric Dingwall?

Dr Eric Dingwall was a friend, associate, rival and occasional enemy of the more publicity-hungry Harry Price. Appointed Research Officer for the Society for Psychical Research in the 1920s, his ultra-sceptical stance frustrated and occasionally infuriated his SPR colleagues, but private communications tell a different story. More than one physical medium had impressed and mystified him with their displays of apparently fraud-proof and inexplicable phenomena in the séance room. An intelligence officer during WW2, he was later appointed Honorary Assistant Curator of the British Museum's Private Case, a sub rosa collection of pornographic and blasphemous literature. Dingwall was an acknowledged expert in this area, especially the former, and became an unofficial police consultant, assisting their investigation of crimes with unusual sexual or occult overtones.This talk by librarian and author

This talk by librarian and author Christopher Josiffe ( Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose ) will shed light on a most secretive and intriguing character.

Don’t worry if you miss it – we will send you a recording valid for two weeks the next day.

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