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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,...

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...

Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was born on this day (8th of November) in 1847. 🎂 Abraham Stoker, widely known as Bram Stoker, was an Irish...

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was born on this day (4 August) in 1792. 🎂 Shelley was an English Romantic poet, dramatist, essayist...

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

Although the history of this location dates back more than 800 years, the Anchor was first established in 1616. Its literary importance...

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...

Daunt Books in Marylebone is one of the most impressive bookshops in London; it is an Edwardian building, built in 1912, adorned with oak...

P. L. Travers' House in Chelsea.

Carlyle’s House Museum in London.

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

Sigmund Freud was born #onthisday in 1856. Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist, physiologist and the developer of...

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...

Paddington Bear is a fictional character featured in the eponymous books by British author, Thomas Michael Bond. More than 35 million...

Henry James was born on this day (15 April) in 1840. James (1843-1916) was an American-British writer and an important figure in 20th...

One of the largest libraries in the world. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and has around 170–200...

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

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...

Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English author famed for writing detective novels, short stories, plays and poems. 🕵️‍♀️ Some of...

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...