They'll be speaking at the monthly meeting of the London Fortean Society (from 8pm, The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London, E1). Their talk will be structured around specimens collected by Henry Wellcome, with details of recent research into their construction and provenance carried out at the Horniman and Buxton Museums. They'll discuss the origins and evolution of mermaids and the fakery, misidentification and publicity that has shaped our understanding of these fascinating, if fishy, fabrications.
More information is available from the London Fortean Society website.
