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The Meeting of the Minds
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde The Langham Hotel in London is one of the city's most famous and historic hotels. Built in 1865,...
Writer's Path
Dec 28, 20222 min read
Happy Birthday Katherine Mansfield
Kathleen Mansfield Murry (1888-1923) was born on this day (14th of October) in 1888. She was born in New Zealand and moved to England at...
Writer's Path
Oct 14, 20221 min read
George Orwell in Hampstead
George Orwell lived and worked in a bookshop on this site. Under the pen name of George Orwell, Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) was a...
Writer's Path
May 16, 20221 min read
Charles Dickens Museum
The London home of famous English novelist Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens, who lived from 1812 to 1870, is indisputably the most famous...
Writer's Path
Mar 16, 20221 min read
Jekyll and Hyde: an exploration into Victorian fears
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish writer born in 1850. He came from a family of engineers, studying engineering at the University of...
Oliver Burgess
Mar 9, 20225 min read
Karl Marx’s Utopia
The name that strikes fear into the heart of capitalists worldwide: Karl Marx
Oliver Burgess
Sep 14, 20216 min read
The Bell Jar: Sylvia Plath’s Masterpiece of Confessionalism
Sylvia Plath’s only novel, The Bell Jar, attracted mediocre reviews upon its publication in 1963. Since then, however, its insight into...
Oliver Burgess
Jun 23, 20215 min read
Daunt Books in Marylebone
Daunt Books in Marylebone is one of the most impressive bookshops in London; it is an Edwardian building, built in 1912, adorned with oak...
Writer's Path
Jun 15, 20211 min read
Carlyle’s House
Carlyle’s House Museum in London.
Writer's Path
May 20, 20211 min read
Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca
So much more than a love story for women. At the time of its reception, Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca was lambasted by many critics as just...
Oliver Burgess
May 13, 20214 min read
The George Inn
William Shakespeare & Charles Dickens Inspiration. George Inn – or, The George – is a pub first established in the medieval period...
Writer's Path
May 6, 20211 min read
Happy Birthday Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was born #onthisday in 1856. Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist, physiologist and the developer of...
Writer's Path
May 4, 20211 min read
The British Library
One of the largest libraries in the world. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and has around 170–200...
Writer's Path
Apr 12, 20211 min read
Happy Birthday Emile Zola
Émile Zola was born on this day (2 April) in 1840. Zola (1840-1902) was a French novelist, playwright and journalist. He was a naturalist...
Writer's Path
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Agatha Christie’s Memorial
Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English author famed for writing detective novels, short stories, plays and poems. 🕵️♀️ Some of...
Writer's Path
Mar 31, 20211 min read
Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery, in North London, is a place of burial where many famous people rest; there are two sides of the cemetery, and both are...
Writer's Path
Mar 30, 20211 min read
A Conversation with Oscar Wilde
An outdoor sculpture of Oscar Wilde in central London. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a famous Irish writer, poet and playwright best known...
Writer's Path
Mar 29, 20211 min read
John Keats’ Statue
John Keats (1795-1821) was a Romantic English poet; although, he only published fifty-four poems (dying prematurely at age 25), he is one...
Writer's Path
Mar 25, 20211 min read
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
One of London's oldest pubs with strong literary connections. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is a hugely significant pub with regards to...
Writer's Path
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Westminster Abbey & Poets’ Corner
Westminster Abbey is a Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster in which Poets' Corner is found; this is a treasure and inspiration...
Writer's Path
Mar 19, 20211 min read
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