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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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...
1 memorial
Sir Stephen Spender
Poet. Born 47 Campden House Court, Kensington. The Evening Standard carries a very critical review of a 2012 edition of Spender's journals. Died at home at 15 Loudoun Road, St John's Wood , or i...
1 memorial
Edgar A Bowring
There is much of interest in this man's life. Born the son of a career diplomat who served for a time as Governor of Hong Kong, his mother was poisoned with arsenic whilst in Hong Kong and died in ...
1 memorial
Ben Okri
Poet and novelist. Born Nigeria but spent his early childhood in London. Returned to England to study in the late 1970s. His 1991 novel 'The Famished Road' won the Booker Prize.
1 memorial
Edward Lear
Born Bowman's Lodge, (now Bowman's Mews), the penultimate of 21 children. Artist and writer of nonsense works, such as The Owl and the Pussycat, and limericks, e.g. There was an old person of Putn...
3 memorials
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Henry Purcell
Organist and composer. Born St Ann's Lane, Old Pye Street, Westminster, c. 10 September 1959. Died at home in Marsham Street.
4 memorials
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. It was originally planned to call it just Kensington, but Chelsea was added after local prot...
32 memorials
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