Tea with Burroughs and Bacon

Uncut footage from the BBC Arena archive

From The Space: ‘The BBC’s arts documentary series Arena has turned its unique archive into a hotel for The Space. It is modelled on New York’s Chelsea Hotel, a legendary haunt of the stars. / In this film from the Arena Hotel’s Tea Room, Francis Bacon makes tea for William Burroughs.’ [Watch]

Also at A Piece of Monologue:

• Writers: William S. Burroughs
• Francis Bacon: Free e-book
• Damien Hirst on Francis Bacon
• Francis Bacon
• Milan Kundera and others on Francis Bacon
• Melvyn Bragg on Francis Bacon and Harold Pinter