7 July The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
The pleasures of self-approbation, together with the right cultivation of all our pleasures, require individual independence. Without independence men cannot become either wise, or useful, or happy.
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Published on this day
- 2005 Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
- 2011 Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith
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- Florence Farr: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Yvonne Mitchell: The National Archives UK, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Judith Barrington: ORCA Media, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Zoë Heller: User:Leprof_7272, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert William Elliston: George Henry Harlow, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Story: William Overend Geller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Syd Barrett: Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original versi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized