Poet and playwright. Born Leytonstone.
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Alexander Pope
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Rhymers' Club
The Rhymers' Club met at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese where they read their poems aloud, criticised each other's work and published together. Members included: Yeats, Arthur Symons, Richard Le Gallien...
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Constantine Cavafy
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Vivian Forbes
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Sir Kingsley Amis
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Baptist Church House
Built in 1901-1903. by Arthur Keen, architect for the Baptist Union and restored in 1946. Now listed.
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English Heritage
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