Born Yorkshire. Graduated with and maintained a long friendship with Vera Brittain.
Writer, reformer and pacifist.
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Winifred Holtby
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Brittain & Holtby
English Heritage Vera Brittain, 1893 - 1970 Winifred Holtby, 1898 - 1935 w...
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Norman Douglas
Writer. Born George Norman Douglas in Thüringen, Austria, the son of a mountaineer and archaeologist. Joined the Foreign Office in 1894 and served in St Petersburg. He settled in Capri, where his c...
1 memorial
Daniel Defoe
Novelist. Born in the parish of Cripplegate, as Daniel Foe, adding the "de" latter, for effect. Published "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719, considered by some to be the first novel in English. His grave ...
2 memorials
Baker Street Irregulars
The Baker Street Irregulars is a literary society dedicated to the study of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Victorian world. It is the oldest existing Sherlockian soci...
2 memorials
Booker Prize
Literary award. Originally known as the Booker–McConnell Prize, after the company Booker, McConnell Ltd who first sponsored the event. When administration of the prize was transferred to the Booker...
1 memorial
Ben Okri
Poet and novelist. Born Nigeria but spent his early childhood in London. Returned to England to study in the late 1970s. His 1991 novel 'The Famished Road' won the Booker Prize.
1 memorial
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Antony Antoniou
N19, Raydon Road
This sculpture is dedicated to the memory of Antony Antoniou, a friend to all, who is greatly missed by his community. A tragic loss of a...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
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