Writer and literary editor. Born as Joe Randolph Ackerley at 4 Warmington Road, Herne Hill. He was appointed as private secretary to the Maharajah of Chhokrapur which served as a basis for his 'Hindoo Holiday' in 1932. Literary editor of The Listener from 1935 to 1959. Died at his home in Putney.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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J R Ackerley
J. R. Ackerley, 1896 - 1967, writer and literary editor, lived here, 1941 - 1...
Author, poet, artist and art critic. Born at 54 Hunter Street, Brunswick Square. His first prose work was published in 1834 when he was only 15. He was a friend of Turner and became his executor. I...
Established in the medieval period and referenced by Shakespeare in 'Henry VI' and by Dickens in 'Pickwick Papers'. Not to be confused with the nearby White Hart at 22 Great Suffolk Street.
Author. Born Edinbugh. Aged 5 lost his mother and was brought up in England by his grandparents. Very successful at school in Oxford, he was denied university for financial reasons, which explains ...
Born in Paris. Adam Thorpe has written "Conscious of her physical plainness but 'irresistibly seductive' in conversation, her salons were the focal point for pre-revolutionary reform, and eventual...
Stephen Brasher suggested that this is Field Marshal Lord Roberts and, having examined a number of portraits, especially one here, we agree.
Dick stands in front of a milestone showing he is in Highgate (3 miles from London) with his cat rubbing up against his torn leggings, an...
This mural depicts the 4 mop tops around two walls of the front area. We spent some entertaining time on Trip Adviser for this tourist ho...
The statue was sculpted by Graham Ibbeson.
The unveiling of this plaque coincided with the release of a documentary film about Millington.
