Poet, essayist and historian. Born France. Catholic. His works include 'Cautionary Tales for Children', in which Matilda told lies and was burnt to death. Died Guildford.
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Hilaire Belloc
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Hilaire Belloc
Greater London Council Hilaire Belloc, 1870-1953, poet, essayist and historia...
Mont Blanc restaurant
City of Westminster Site of the Mont Blanc Restaurant where leading writers,...
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Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society
The society's website doesn't specify when it came into existence. It contains a number of 'journals', the oldest of which is dated 1980, so maybe it dates from then.
Henry Brooks Adams
Apart from the fact that he won a Pulitzer for "Education of Henry Adams," 1919, all that the web can supply for him is quotations. You might have better luck. We published this plaque in 2009 and...
Belsize Residents’ Association
From their website: "The Belsize Residents Association grew out of a campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s to stop the area being split in two by a motorway." The group "seek to preserve the ...
Leland Lewis Duncan
Historian, author and public servant. Born in Lewisham. He served in the War Office for forty years and was rewarded with an M.V.O. (Member of the Victorian Order) and an O.B.E. His interest in loc...
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Thomas Scriven
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
Lonnie Donegan
Singer and songwriter. Born as Anthony James Donegan in Bridgetown, Glasgow. He was at the forefront of the skiffle craze in the 1950s, and had big hits with 'Rock Island Line', 'Cumberland Gap' an...
Heinrich Heine
German poet and essayist. Born Dusseldorf. Died Paris.
Paul Hutcheson
Cycling to work in the Monday morning rush hour he was hit by a car and killed. Aged 41 with two children. A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and fa...
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