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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...

John Keats (1795-1821) was a Romantic English poet; although, he only published fifty-four poems (dying prematurely at age 25), he is one...

One of London's oldest pubs with strong literary connections. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is a hugely significant pub with regards to...

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