26 June The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 07
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Branwell Brontë1817 · Yorkshire British artist (1817–1848) -
Barbarina Grey1823 · London British novelist - Benjamin Brierley1825 · Failsworth British writer
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Colin Wilson1931 · Leicester British writer and philosopher (1931–2013) -
Jonathan Bate1958 · Kent British academic, biographer, critic, broadcaster, novelist and scholar -
Leone Ross1969 · Coventry British writer (1969-) -
Antony Dunn1973 · London British poet
Thought for the day
I am inclined to agree with the Head Master of Eton that pæderastic passions among schoolboys 'do no harm'; further, I think them the only redeeming feature of sexual life at public schools.
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Published on this day
- 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
- 2007 InterWorld by Neil Gaiman
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Photo credits
- Branwell Brontë: Branwell Brontë, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Barbarina Grey: Camille Silvy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Colin Wilson: Tom Ordelman Thor NL, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jonathan Bate: Department of English, Arizona State University, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Leone Ross: The British Library, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Antony Dunn: Thecopse at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Frances Maria Wilbraham: Francis Randle Twemlow, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- E. V. Lucas: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ford Madox Ford: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Malcolm Lowry: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Frank Williams: Rob enwiki (Robert Weedon), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized