Love Martinis? Want to know their darker side this spooky season? Join Financial Times HTSI drinks columnist and author of The Martini: The Ultimate Guide to a Cocktail Icon Alice Lascelles, alongside spirits writer and author and Wet Ink tasting series founder Millie Milliken as they lead a talk and tasting on some of the more spectral stories behind particularly macabre Martinis.
What’s included: A themed welcome Martini from the Absinthe Parlour bar team, followed by a trio of mini macabre Martinis along with their links to the underworld. Guests will also have access to the museum after the talk and the chance to purchase full-size versions of Martinis. Alice will also be selling signed copies of her book on the evening too.
Bios:
Alice Lascelles
Alice Lascelles is a Financial Times contributing editor and the drinks columnist for the FT’s HTSI magazine. She has written for numerous outlets from The Times and The Economist, to the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails and jancisrobinson.com. She is the author of three books including the The Martini: The Ultimate Guide to a Cocktail Icon, a best-seller which was named 2024 BBC Food Programme Drinks Book of the Year. She is also a regular talking head on the TV and BBC Radio 4. She likes her Martini 5:1 with an olive and a twist.
Millie Milliken
Millie Milliken is a freelance spirits and cocktail writer with over a decade of experience as a journalist. She has worked for the likes of The Good Food Guide, SquareMeal and Imbibe before going freelance, writing for publications such as The Standard, Men’s Journal, The Observer and The World of Fine Spirits, as well as hosting regular spirits tastings. Her first book Tequila: A Tasting Course won the 2026 Fortnum & Mason Debut Drinks Book award and she was named 2022’s IWSC Spirits Communicator of the Year. She likes her Martini 5:1, lemon peel discard and a drop of peppery olive oil.
The Absinthe Parlour at The Last Tuesday Society is London’s favourite alternative cocktail bar hidden within The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. A drinker’s cabinet of wonder filled curious cocktails & extraordinary elixirs —The Absinthe Parlour is truly a hidden treasure of East London. Opened by collectors, drinks historians & absinthe experts — Allison Crawbuck (Brooklyn) & Rhys Everett (London) in 2016, the duo bring with them a shared passion for the mysterious world of absinthe & the macabre.
The venue opens at 18:00. Doors will close at 18:30 to avoid disrupting the speaker. We kindly ask that all guests arrive before 18:30. Refunds are not possible for in person events with less than seven days notice in any circumstances.
