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Dec 28, 20222 min read
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,...
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Writer's Path
May 16, 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...
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Mar 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...
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Writer's Path
Nov 9, 20211 min read
Rudyard Kipling Lived Here
This is the house where Kipling lived from 1889 to 1891, and a blue plaque can be found on the building. 🔵 Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)...
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Writer's Path
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Edgar Allan Poe Studied Here
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet and literary critic. Some of his well-known works include The Raven, The Cask of...
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Jul 22, 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 6, 20211 min read
Anchor Bankside Pub
Although the history of this location dates back more than 800 years, the Anchor was first established in 1616. Its literary importance...
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Baris Guner
Jun 30, 20212 min read
The Cross Keys Pub
Oldest pub in Chelsea 🍻 Even though the Cross Keys pub has been around for over 300 years, I only found out about it yesterday. It is...
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Jun 8, 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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Writer's Path
Jun 7, 20211 min read
The Prospect of Whitby
Charles Dickens and Samuel Pepys' Inspiration. The Prospect of Whitby is an old tavern by the River Thames; it is supposedly London’s...
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Jun 4, 20212 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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May 24, 20211 min read
P. L. Travers' House in Chelsea
P. L. Travers' House in Chelsea.
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Writer's Path
May 20, 20211 min read
Carlyle’s House
Carlyle’s House Museum in London.
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Writer's Path
May 6, 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 4, 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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Writer's Path
Apr 28, 20211 min read
Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens
Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright. He was the creator of the timeless play and then novel,...
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Writer's Path
Apr 23, 20211 min read
Long Live William Shakespeare
Some historians thinks that William Shakespeare was born #onthisday 23rd of April in 1564. It is also the same day he died in 1616. The...
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Apr 19, 20211 min read
Paddington Bear Statue
Paddington Bear is a fictional character featured in the eponymous books by British author, Thomas Michael Bond. More than 35 million...
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Writer's Path
Apr 12, 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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