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Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s fireside moment

24 Feb 2020

On this day in 1809 the Drury Lane Theatre, owned by the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was burnt down. Sheridan sat in an armchair with a glass of wine to watch it burn saying: “A... Read More

Samuel Pepys has a dream

23 Feb 2020

On this day in 1633 the English diarist Samuel Pepys was born. Sometimes he comforted himself at night as when he dreamt, during the terrible year of the great plague, that he was with the... Read More

Edna St Vincent Millay lights a candle

22 Feb 2020

On this day in 1892 the American lyrical poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was born. Raised in rural Maine, Millay moved to New York City after graduating from Vassar. Openly bisexual, she lived for some... Read More

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