OUR NEW SERIES! Welcome to Plaque Tiddlywinks!
Every night
in the month of April we'll be jumping from one literary London plaque to
another, connecting each plaque to another literary figure commemorated elsewhere
in London with a nugget of literary trivia. Creative collaborations, romantic
entanglements, feuds, places-in-common, the links will vary, but over the
course of 30 days we'll have covered poets, biographers, novelists, humourists,
critics, thriller writers and more until we have arrived full circle back at
plaque number one!
If you can guess what our next plaque might be, feel free to
leave a comment at the bottom of the post.
1. John F. Kennedy, President of the United
States 1961 – 1963 lived in London when his father was U.S Ambassador to the
Court of St James. Kennedy wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles In
Courage, published in 1956. Among his own favourite books, Kennedy listed From
Russia With Love, the James Bond thriller written by…
We'll be back tomorrow night with our next
Plaque Tiddlywink. In the meantime, here's where to find tonight's plaque at 14 Princes Gate SW7…
The London Walks Podcast on Literary London Part One…
A London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.
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