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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...

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Mar 16, 20221 min read

Foyles Bookshop

We have added Foyles in Charing Cross to our literary map of London. Foyles Bookseller's history goes more than a hundred years, founded...

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Sep 1, 20211 min read

Daniel Defoe Lived Here

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) was an English trader, writer and also spy. He was a prolific writer who explored many different forms of...

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Jul 22, 20211 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...

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Jun 15, 20211 min read

Karl Marx's London Home

Karl Heinrich Marx (1818-1883) was a German revolutionary, author and philosopher. Marx was one of the most important political theorists...

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Jun 8, 20211 min read

Hatchards Booksellers: Oldest Bookshop in London

Hatchards Booksellers in Picadilly is London's oldest bookshop, founded in Piccadilly in 1797.

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Jun 4, 20212 min read

Carlyle’s House

Carlyle’s House Museum in London.

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May 20, 20211 min read

The George Inn

William Shakespeare & Charles Dickens Inspiration. George Inn – or, The George – is a pub first established in the medieval period...

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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...

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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...

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Apr 12, 20211 min read

Virginia Woolf's Bust

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English author, essayist, publisher and critic. She is recognised as one of the most important...

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Apr 6, 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...

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Apr 2, 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...

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Mar 29, 20211 min read

The Old Curiosity Shop in London

Charles Dickens' Inspiration The Old Curiosity Shop was a novel written by Charles Dickens; it was famously published in two instalments...

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Mar 15, 20211 min read

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