Person    | Male  Born 1967 

Lemn Sissay

Categories: Poetry

Poet. Born near Wigan of Ethiopean parentage. Appointed MBE in 2010. Own website.

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Lemn Sissay

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Gilt of Cain - Slave trade

This sculpture, 'Gilt of Cain', was unveiled by Bishop Tutu in commemoration ...

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Sir Henry Taylor

Sir Henry Taylor

Born Bishop Middleham, County Durham. Poet, playwright and public servant. He went to sea as a young man, but after finding it did not agree with his health, took up a position in the Treasury. H...

Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Theatre

1 memorial
Sir Henry Newbolt

Sir Henry Newbolt

Poet. Also: lawyer, novelist, playwright and magazine editor. Born Staffordshire. Famous for one poem: 'Vitai Lampada'. Written in 1897 this oh-so-British plea for war to be played in the same spir...

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Grace Griffiths

Grace Griffiths

Her 1944 poem Doodlebugs was included in an audio compilation entitled 'The Best of Second World War Poetry' produced in 1993 and in the 1999 book 'Shadows of war : British women's poetry of the Se...

Person, Poetry

1 memorial
Rohit Sapra
1 memorial
Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon

Poet and writer. Born Siegfried Loraine (also spelt Lorraine or Louvain depending on source) Sassoon at Weirleigh, Brenchley, near Paddock Wood, Kent. Grandson of Thomas Thornycroft and cousin of S...

Person, Armed Forces, Literature, Poetry, Seriously Famous, France

2 memorials