The colony room club was a private members club in central london that catered for the artistic elite.
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It quickly became a haven for artists poets radicals and free thinkers.
The colony room club in soho open for 60 years from 1948 was a louche drinking den and hangout of an extraordinary range of artists poets radicals and free thinkers from noel coward e m forster and tallulah bankhead to francis bacon george melly and young british artists tracey emin and damien hirst.
The colony room club the colony room formerly located at 41 dean street soho was founded in 1948 by muriel belcher.
Tales from the colony room an oral history of london s most infamous bar delves into the artistic collaborations affections cruelties and regrets of the club s patrons.
It was founded and presided over by muriel belcher from its inception in 1948 until her death in 1979.