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President Kennedy starts his thousand days

20 Jan 2019

On this day in 1961 the inauguration of President John F Kennedy took place in Washington DC. The 86 year old poet Robert Frost recited some of his poetry from memory (the sun was in... Read More

Edgar Allan Poe’s problematic life

19 Jan 2019

On this day in 1809 the novelist Edgar Allan Poe was born. Although now well-known, he was beset for most of his life with financial problems, perhaps caused by drink. He worked for several newspapers... Read More

AA Milne couldn’t escape Pooh Bear

18 Jan 2019

On this day in 1882 the author and journalist AA Milne was born. He found the success of the Pooh Bear stories increasingly annoying, though he could do nothing about it except keep writing. A... Read More

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