Christopher Marlowe stabbed to death in a London pub
On this day in 1593 English playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a London pub. Although he was born in 1564, the same... Read More
G K Chesterton combines wit and religion
On this day in 1874 English writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born. A prolific writer of lay theology and philosophy as well as novels and... Read More
Jean Paul Sartre’s view of Hell
On this day in 1944 Jean Paul Sartre’s Existentialist play Huis Clos (‘Dead End’) was first performed in Paris. It was a tense time already... Read More
A E Housman, a gay Shropshire lad
On this day in 1859 the English poet Alfred Edward (A. E.) Housman was born. He is best remembered today for his lyrical and evocative... Read More
Anthony Trollope worked in the Post Office
On this day in 1815 novelist Anthony Trollope was born. Trollope drew on incidents in his own life when writing his famous series of novels... Read More
Field Marshall Wavell was too kind
On this day in 1950 British Field Marshall Archibald Percival Wavell died. Wavell was a well-known general in the Second World War where he came... Read More
M Scott Peck, spiritual traveller and exorcist
On this day in 1936 the American Psychologist and writer M Scott Peck was born. His best-selling book, The Road Less Travelled, with its unusual... Read More