Translated Pepys's diary (written in one of the versions of shorthand used at the time) in 1819 - 22.
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Pepys - Stew Lane
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The Village in the Jungle
Novel written by Leonard Woolf, published 1913, based on his experiences as a colonial civil servant in British-controlled Ceylon, but unusually written from the native point of view.
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Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, D.B.E., F.R.S.L.
Author. She has won the Booker Prize twice with 'Wolf Hall' (a fictional account of the rise to power of Thomas Cromwell) and 'Bring up the Bodies'. Hilary Mary Thompson was born on 6 July 1952 in...
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Hugh Walpole
Novelist. Born Hugh Seymour Walpole in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of Somerset Walpole. He was educated in Britain and became a schoolmaster before turning to authorship. His novels include 'Mr ...
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Martin Chuzzlewit
Novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published in serial form 1843–4. The picture is an ilustration by Fred Barnard from the 1870s.
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Clink prison
The Clink Prison is the name given to all the prisons that have stood on a number of sites in this vicinity. The first prison in 1127 was a cellar in the Palace of the Bishop of Winchester, and the...
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Westminster Union Workhouse / St James Workhouse
The parish of St James Piccadilly erected a workhouse on Poland Street in 1725 for the able-bodied poor. This was taken over by the newly-formed Westminster Union in 1868. The workhouse closed in o...
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The Who
Rock band. Members: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon.
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Daniel Defoe
Novelist. Born in the parish of Cripplegate, as Daniel Foe, adding the "de" later, for effect. Published "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719, considered by some to be the first novel in English. His grave w...
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Charles Hoy Fort
Writer, thinker, humourist and investigator. Promoted scientific investigation of the paranormal. Born New York state, came to Europe aged 22. Returned to New York and married Anna in 1896. He bega...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Paranormal, USA
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