Literary critic and writer. Born Coventry and was brought up in South Africa and Ireland as well as England. Educated, with George Orwell and Cecil Beaton, at a school in Eastbourne. Edited Horizon. Married three times. Disappointed himself and others by not producing a masterpiece. His well-known quote "There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall" sounds like an excuse to us. Died at a clinic in Ladbroke Terrace.
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Cyril Connolly
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Orwell, Spender & Cyril Connolly’s Horizon Magazine
George Orwell, 1903 - 1950, Sir Stephen Spender, 1919 - 1995, wrote for Cyril...
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Dr. John William Polidori
This entry has kindly been written for us by Franklin Bishop, expert on Polidori, and editor of "John William Polidori ‘The Vampyre’ and other writings", 2005. Polidori wrote The Vampyre, a novell...
1 memorial
David Williams
Founder of The Royal Literary Fund. Born Caerphilly. Dissenting minister, writer and teacher. Friend of Garrick, Benjamin Franklin, Voltaire. Visited France a few times during their 'troubles' an...
1 memorial
Antonia White
Novelist. Born Eirene Adeline Botting at 22 Perham Road, West Kensington. She disliked her name and adopted her mother's maiden name. After the failure of her first marriage, she suffered a breakdo...
1 memorial
John Galsworthy
Novelist and playwright. Born Kingston Hill, Surrey. Nobel Prize for literature, 1932. The Forsyte Saga is his best known work. Died Grove Lodge, Hampstead.
4 memorials
W. Somerset Maugham
Playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born of British parents in Paris, in the maternity ward set up within the British embassy. This arrangement enabled babies to be born without becoming F...
2 memorials
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Susan Walker Architects
Architects. Their projects include work within conservation areas and the alteration and extension of listed buildings.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Parish Lock-up - Hampstead
Parish Lock-up About 1730, this lock-up was built into the garden wall of Cannon Hall, where local magistrates held court. Prisoners were kept in this dark single cell until more lasting arrangeme...
1 memorial
St Margaret's new tower - 1736
SW1, Parliament Square, St Margarets church
We thank David Hopkins, our Latin consultant, for yet again providing the Latin translation, without which we really would have no idea w...
5 subjects commemorated
Paul Reuter bust
EC4, Royal Exchange Buildings
This style of bust, called a herm bust, originated in ancient Greece. Oddly, male genitalia are sometimes carved on the plain section, in...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
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