Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC) was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (aka Octavian).
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Harrow clock, WW2 - plaque
Our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, provided the translation and adds: "The ...
Lauderdale Road Synagogue - Halford
This design was used repeatedly to commemorate the dead of the City of London...
Trinity College of Music - WWI memorial
We puzzled for some time about the uncomfortable layout, with two names cramm...
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Horizon Magazine
An influential literary and art magazine. From a pdf issued for the unveiling: "... Stephen Spender joined Cyril Connolly and the wealthy patron Peter Watson in 1939 to set up Horizon at 6 Selwyn H...
1 memorial
Edgar Allan Poe
Author and poet. Born Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts, he added Allan to his name in honour of the family who took him in after his father absconded and his mother died. Lived in London from 18...
3 memorials
Emile Zola
French novelist, playwright, journalist. Born Paris but when he was three the family moved to Aix-en-Provence where he was brought up and where he became friends with Paul Cézanne . When he was 18 ...
1 memorial
Leigh Hunt
Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chandos, James Henry Leigh, who was employing Hunt's father, a preacher, as tutor to his nephew at the time of Hunt's birth. F...
6 memorials
Mrs Jemima Luke
Writer of hymns and religious studies. Born Jemima Thompson in Islington. She planned to do missionary work in India, but illness prevented her from doing so. She married the Reverend Samuel Luke, ...
1 memorial
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South African War / Boer War
Also known as the (second) (Anglo-)Boer War. The war is described in three phases: first: The Boer offensive (October–December 1899); second: The British offensive (January to September 1900); thir...
8 memorials
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