Children's author. Born Surrey as James Anthony Bowen. His mother moved him as a child to Australia. Aged 17 he returned to the UK but he became homeless, began begging and started using heroin. His meeting Bob the Street Cat and how they helped each other is described on the page for the memorial. Author of 9 (as at 2022) books about Bob.
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James Bowen
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Street Cat Bob
{On the back of the bench:} He is my companion, my best friend, my teacher an...
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Stephen John Fry
Actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer with professional name Stephen Fry. Born on 24 August 1957, the second of the three children of Alan John Fry (1930-2019) and Marianne Ev...
Person, Cinema, Humour, Literature, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio
3 memorials
Benjamin Disraeli
Born Theobalds Road which at the time was 6 King's Road. Novelist, e.g. Coningsby, Sybil, and Tancred. Tory Prime Minister in 1868 and 1874 - 1880. 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. Clearly an interesting ...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous
6 memorials
Thomas de Quincey
Born Manchester. Author, best known for "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" (1821). Was as addicted to books as much as to drink or opium, sometimes renting an extra lodging (which he could not...
1 memorial
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, D.B.E., F.R.S.L.
Author. She has won the Booker Prize twice with 'Wolf Hall' (a fictional account of the rise to power of Thomas Cromwell) and 'Bring up the Bodies'. Hilary Mary Thompson was born on 6 July 1952 in...
1 memorial
Nancy Mitford
Born 1 Graham Street (now Terrace) SW1 into the British aristocracy, the eldest of 7 siblings - see Diana for the list. Popularised U and non-U linguistic usage. Novels include: The Pursuit of Love...
1 memorial
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Camden Roundhouse
Built to service trains using Euston, London's first railway terminus. It became obsolete by 1855 when locomotives outgrew its turntable. It then became a warehouse for Gilbey's Gin. In the 1960s t...
1 memorial
Sir Christopher Lee
Actor. Born Christopher Frank Carandini Lee in Belgravia. Ian Fleming was his step-cousin. After war service in various parts of Europe he took up acting, although at first he was told he was too ...
1 memorial
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