Erection date: 22/4/2015
George Orwell, 1903 - 1950, Sir Stephen Spender, 1919 - 1995, wrote for Cyril Connolly's Horizon Magazine based here, 1940 - 1948.
Marchmont Association
University of London
WC1, Lansdowne Terrace, 2
Spender rented the ground floor and basement of this building, the upper floors of which were damaged in WW2.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Orwell, Spender & Cyril Connolly’s Horizon Magazine
An influential literary and art magazine. From a pdf issued for the unveiling...
Literary critic and writer. Born Coventry and was brought up in South Africa...
George Orwell was born in Bengal as Eric Arthur Blair, his father was a Briti...
Poet. Born 47 Campden House Court, Kensington. The Evening Standard carries...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Orwell, Spender & Cyril Connolly’s Horizon Magazine
Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...
Gosh, weren't we proud of our car parks, back then? The Westminster Audley Square Garage, erected 3 years earlier also boasts a plaque. ...
Site of Northumberland House The Corporation of the City of London
The plaque is in the archway, on the right.
Edmund Payne (1863 - 1914) actor & comedian, lived here. The Theatre and Film Guild of Great Britain and America
The photo of the plaque comes from Storia e Memoria di Bologna. The caption translates as "Memorial in honour of Byron written by Carducc...
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