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Return of a Native

Landcapes of Literature, Art and Song

A Sweet Madness, Dylan and Caitlin Thomas, The Wheatsheaf, London

January 23, 2023

Fitzrovia’s iconic pub, the Wheatsheaf, can boast many literary connections but it is best known as the place where Dylan Thomas met his wife, Caitlin.

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The Society Failures, Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf, London

December 17, 2022

The Stephen sisters had an awkward debut in society: 'we can't shine...We ain't popular', was Virginia's verdict.

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The Fitzrovians, Fitzroy Tavern, London

March 28, 2022

Between the wars, London’s Fitzroy Tavern was one of the most feted pubs in the world, attracting a colourful clientele from the arts and other walks of life.

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Bright Star, John Keats, Thomas Hardy

February 12, 2022

A stretch of coastline on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast connects two of England’s greatest poets.

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Going to the Chapel, Daphne du Maurier, Fowey, Cornwall

November 28, 2021

Daphne’s meeting with Tommy Browning and their wedding in a hauntingly beautiful setting has the ring of a du Maurier novel.

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Atmosphere is a Human Thing, The French House, Soho

October 1, 2021

Stories from one of the last bastions of louche old Soho, a magnet for writers, artists, actors, and the Free French forces during the Second World War.

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Hemingway’s Island, Paris

October 1, 2021

At twenty-two, newly married, and freshly arrived in Paris, the then capital of literature, art and music, everything seemed possible to Hemingway.

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Parties and Debuts, Jane Austen, Bath

October 1, 2021

Forced to move to Bath at twenty-five, Jane Austen loathed its pretension, and ‘stupid’ parties. The first of a series that explores the impact of social traditions on literary lives.

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Colin McPhee

Colin McPhee (1900 – 1964) was a Canadian composer and musicologist. He is best known for being the first Western composer to make an ethnomusicological study of Bali.

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Born in London, raised in Sydney, I returned to England to settle in Cornwall but continue to travel widely. Here I explore the lives of creative people and their relationship to place.

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