"appeared in the pages of ""The English Review"". He continued to send other periodical articles out to editors, but without any success. After lodging at a number of temporary addresses in Sevenoaks, Davies moved back to London early in 1914, settling eventually at 14 Great Russell Street in the Bloomsbury district, previously the residence of Charles Dickens. Here in a tiny two-room apartment, initially infested with mice and rats, and next door to rooms occupied by a noisy Belgian prostitute, he lived from early 1916 until 1921. It was during this time in London that Davies embarked on a series"
"Peter Russell (poet) Irwin Peter Russell (16 September 1921 – 22 January 2003) was a British poet, translator and critic. He spent the first half of his life—apart from war service—based in Kent and London, being the proprietor of a series of bookshops, editing the influential literary magazine ""Nine"" and being part of the literary scene. Bankruptcy and divorce led to several years of travel which took him to Berlin, Venice, British Columbia and Iran, amongst other places. After the Iranian Revolution he settled permanently in Italy, where he spent the rest of his life. He lived in considerable financial"
"University. He was the author of the biography ""The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone"" (1891). Russell was a journalist by profession, and a close ally of the Grand Old Man, a home ruler, when Gladstone presented the bill to the Commons for the second time on 13 February 1893. Russell died, unmarried, at 18 Wilton Street, London, on 17 March 1919, aged 66. The Victoria and Albert Museum's photograph of Russell can be seen at https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O103221/gwe-russell-portraits-of-many-photograph-hollyer-frederick/ George W. E. Russell George William Erskine Russell PC (3 February 1853 – 17 March 1919), known as George W. E. Russell, was a"
"11, 13, and 14 St Mark's Crescent respectively, revolutionary socialist and philosopher Friedrich Engels at 122 Regent's Park Road, photographer Roger Fenton at 2 Albert Terrace, poet and novelist Sylvia Plath at 3 Chalcot Square, and poet William Butler Yeats at 23 Fitzroy Road. Stanley Johnson and Lukas Heller each lived at different times at the 'Rocking Horse House' on Regent's Park Road. Joan Bakewell also lives in the area. During the 1990s Primrose Hill was popular place to live with some who worked the film, music and fashion industries and who were referred to as the ""Primrose Hill set"""
"""Vanity Fair"" (1848), set in about 1812, Russell Square is evoked as the residence of ""John Sedley, Esquire, of Russell Square, and the Stock Exchange."" Virginia Woolf set many scenes of her novel ""Night and Day"" (1919) in Russell Square. 21 Russell Square is the murderer's street address in the novel (but not in the movie adaptation) ""The Murderer Lives at Number 21"" (""L'Assassin habite au 21"") by the Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman. In John Dickson Carr's detective novel ""The Hollow Man"", the victim, Professor Grimaud, lives in a house on the western side of Russell Square. In Alan Hollinghurst's"
"as the High Commission of Barbados to the United Kingdom. Great Russell Street has had a number of notable residents, especially during the Victorian era, including: Adjoining streets: Nearby: Great Russell Street Great Russell Street is a street in Bloomsbury, London, best known for being the location of the British Museum. It runs between Tottenham Court Road (part of the A400 route) in the west, and Southampton Row (part of the A4200 route) in the east. It is one-way only (eastbound) between its western origin at Tottenham Court Road and Bloomsbury Street. The headquarters of the Trades Union Congress is"
"eponymous bookshop in the Channel 4 sitcom ""Black Books"". Russell Square Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, built predominantly by James Burton. It is near the University of London's main buildings and the British Museum. To the north is Woburn Place, and to the south-east is Southampton Row. Russell Square tube station is nearby to the north-east. It is named after the surname of the Earls and Dukes of Bedford; the freehold remains with the Bedford Estate, though the square is managed by Camden Council. The gardens are Grade II-listed on"
"Giles' (linked via Pusey Street) to the east and Walton Street to the west. Note that part of Merton Street was once known as St John Street. The Oxfordshire-born painter William Turner (1789–1862) (not to be confused with J. M. W. Turner) lived at No. 16 from 1833 until his death. The house is marked with a blue plaque. Other famous residents of St John Street have included the theologians Henry Chadwick and Arthur Peacocke; authors P. D. James, Iain Pears and J. R. R. Tolkien; and musician Thom Yorke.Ludwig Wittgenstein also lived there towards the end of his life."
"his house in Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury on 11 March 1780. Lady Diana later sold the house to retire in reduced circumstances to Richmond. The house at Great Russell Street, which was partly demolished in 1788, housed a library designed by Robert Adam. Topham Beauclerk entertained Dr Johnson at his home in Old Windsor for a number of weeks. He appears several times in James Boswell's ""Life of Samuel Johnson"". As Bennet Langton records: 'His affection for Topham Beauclerk was so great, that when Beauclerk was labouring under that severe illness which at last occasioned his death, Johnson said (with"
"Sherlock Holmes, had his first doctor's office at No. 2. William Beckford, author of the Gothic novel ""Vathek"", lived at No. 4. Matthew Lewis, author of another Gothic novel, ""The Monk"", lived at No. 9 and William Rothenstein lived at No. 10. The Royal Philatelic Society London is located on the corner of Devonshire Street and Devonshire Place at the south end of the street. At the north of the street is The London Clinic, one of England's largest private hospitals. Devonshire Place Devonshire Place is a street in the City of Westminster, London, that runs from Marylebone Road in"
"Russell Street, Melbourne Russell Street is a main street and thoroughfare in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. It runs roughly north-south and was laid out as a core feature of the Hoddle Grid in 1837. Russell Street is named after John Russell, British Home Secretary and leader of the House of Commons in Lord Melbourne's cabinet. Russell himself was also a future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Russell Street runs roughly north-south and is located one block east of the city's central thoroughfare of Swanston Street. At its southern end, the street intersects with Flinders Street and"
"in the High Street. It is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Three notable bronze sculptures can be seen in or from the High Street by major sculptors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, the earliest a monumental statue of Queen Victoria, now in the Great Hall, by Sir Alfred Gilbert (also known as the sculptor of 'Eros' in London's Piccadilly Circus), King Alfred, facing the city with raised sword from the centre of The Broadway, by Hamo Thornycroft and the modern striking ""Horse and Rider"" by Dame Elizabeth Frink at the entrance to the Law Courts. The novelist Jane Austen"
"at number 29. French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine lived for a time in Howland Street in a house on a site now occupied by offices. Modernist painter Wyndham Lewis lived on Percy Street. The house of Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester on Tottenham Street now shows a commemorative blue plaque. Colin MacInnes author of ""Absolute Beginners"" (1959) also resided on Tottenham Street, at number 28, with his publisher Martin Green and his wife Fiona Green. X. Trapnel, the dissolute novelist (based on the real Julian MacLaren-Ross) in Anthony Powell's ""Books Do Furnish a Room"" (1971), spends much of"
"Great Russell Street Great Russell Street is a street in Bloomsbury, London, best known for being the location of the British Museum. It runs between Tottenham Court Road (part of the A400 route) in the west, and Southampton Row (part of the A4200 route) in the east. It is one-way only (eastbound) between its western origin at Tottenham Court Road and Bloomsbury Street. The headquarters of the Trades Union Congress is located at Nos. 23-28 (Congress House). The street is also the home of the Contemporary Ceramics Centre, the gallery for the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain, as well"
"Mother, Lord and Lady Russell and of our supremely happy home at Pembroke Lodge"". Lord John Russell's grandson, Bertrand Russell, the philosopher and mathematician, grew up there between 1876 and 1894. At Pembroke Lodge, he wrote, ""I grew accustomed to wide horizons and to an unimpeded view of the sunset"". From 1903, until her death there in February 1929, Pembroke Lodge was tenanted by Georgina, Dowager Countess of Dudley, a close friend of Queen Alexandra. There is a headstone in Pembroke Lodge's gardens to the grave of her dog, Boy, who died in 1907. From 1929 to 1938, John Scott"
"preacher, theologian and divine whose ministry at Brighton's Holy Trinity Church was nationally famous, lived at 9 Montpelier Terrace from 1847 until 1850, then at 60 Montpelier Road until his death in 1853. Another resident of Montpelier Road was Dr William King, an important figure in the British cooperative movement, who owned number 23. Eleanor Marx lived at 6 Vernon Terrace for a time in the late 19th century. Screenwriter Edward Knoblock's home was at 20 Clifton Terrace, and another resident of that street was playwright and author Alan Melville: he lived at number 17 from 1951 until 1973 and"
"Russell Street, Melbourne. The business flourished and they expanded their activities into the importation of hardware. They eventually owned the four buildings which still exist in at 213 to 219 Russell Street, now listed as places of historical significance. In 1879 John built two terrace houses at 110 and 112 Park Drive, Parkville, which are adjacent to Wardlow . He and his family lived at No. 110 until 1888, when he built Wardlow, and the three adjoining terrace houses behind in Degraves Street. These six houses were the basis of John’s residential real estate and all still exist today and"
"""The Manchester Guardian"" stated. He did not allow this to stop him writing; ""The Times"" commented, ""He worked harder than many haler men."" He went to health resorts including Bath, Droitwich and Madeira, and after living in Ramsgate and Deal on the south coast of England, he settled in Bath. He was bed-ridden for the last six months of his life. Russell died at his home in Bath at the age of 67, and his remains are buried in Smallcombe Cemetery in Bath. William Clark Russell William Clark Russell (24 February 1844 – 8 November 1911) was an English writer"
"infancy. Lucy Russell is the subject of ""The Noble Assassin"" (2011), a historical novel by Christie Dickason. Vivian Bearing refers to herself as Lucy, Countess of Bedford on one occasion in Margaret Edson's ""Wit (play)"" Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford (née Harington) (1580–1627) was a major aristocratic patron of the arts and literature in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, the primary non-royal performer in contemporary court masques, a letter-writer, and a poet. Lucy Harington was the daughter of Sir John Harington of Exton, and Anne Kelway; well-educated for a woman in her era, she knew"
"at No. 112 (the street was then known as Little College Street). No 8 Royal College Street (then known as Great College Street) was occupied by the French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine during their celebrated and stormy sojourn in London in 1873. The Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation intends to create a ""poetry house"" at 8 Royal College Street. The Foundation was initiated by Poet in the City, which inherited a campaign to create an Anglo-French cultural centre at Rimbaud and Verlaine's former home. The campaign to save the house was run over many years by Gerry Harrison, a"
"asylum at High Beach 1837–1841. The First World War poet Edward Thomas (1878–1917) also lived at High Beach 1915–1917. The poet George Barker (1913–1991) was born at 116 Forest Road, Loughton. Geoffrey Ainger (1925–2013), who wrote the Christmas carols ""Born in the Night"", ""Mary's Child"", ""Do Shepherds Stand"" and several other hymns, was Methodist minister of Loughton 1958–63. Ralph Russell, foremost Western scholar of Urdu language and literature, lived in Queens Road as a child and attended Staples Road School. T. E. Lawrence bought land at Pole Hill in Chingford after the First World War and constructed a hut and"
"John Russell, 1st Earl Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions during the early Victorian era. Scion of one of the most powerful aristocratic families, his great achievements, says A. J. P. Taylor, were based on his indefatigable battles in Parliament over the years on behalf of the expansion of liberty; after each loss he tried again and again, until finally, his efforts were largely"
"Felix Mendelssohn lodged there during the premiere of Fingal's Cave. Other notables living on the street include James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck, biographer at No. 122, Leigh Hunt the essayist and poet at No. 98, and the artist David Wilkie at No. 117 (1808–09). Sir Charles Barry, the architect, lived at No. 94 Great Portland Street from 1828 to 1841. Pagani's restaurant, with its art nouveau frontage by Beresford Pite, was a favourite gathering place for many artists and musicians. This was perhaps due in part to the restaurant's proximity to Queen's Hall on Langham Place. Its ""Artist Room"""
"Sean Russell (author) Sean Thomas Russell (born 30 January 1952) is a Canadian writer of fantasy, and of historical novels featuring the Royal Navy. His work has been published under the names Sean Russell and S. Thomas Russell as well as his full name, and he has collaborated with Ian Dennis (also born 1952) under the joint pseudonym T.F. Banks. Sean Russell was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1952. At the age of three his family moved to the outskirts of the city, where they lived in a cottage at the beach of Lake Ontario. At the age of ten"
"a wizard of Wembley Central, You're the J. S. Bach of Belsize park"". The Camden Town Group artist Robert Polhill Bevan and his wife Stanislawa de Karlowska lived at 14 Adamson Road from 1900 to 1925. Kirsty MacColl's song ""England 2 Columbia 0"" features the line, ""we went to a pub in Belsize Park and cheered on England as the skies grew dark..."" It is also the place of residence for the Jewish community targeted by Hitler during the Second World War in the novel ""The Morning Gift"". Novelist Peter Straub entitled his 1983 poetry collection ""Leeson Square and Belsize"
"Giovanni Valdarno, only 15 minutes or so by car from Pian di Scò. Dana Gioia has described Russell as ""a poet of striking contradictions. He is an immensely learned writer with an anti-academic temperament, a Modernist bewitched by classicism, a polyglot rooted in demotic English, an experimentalist in love with strict traditional forms, a natural democrat suspicious of the Left, and a mystic committed to clarity."" Peter Russell (poet) Irwin Peter Russell (16 September 1921 – 22 January 2003) was a British poet, translator and critic. He spent the first half of his life—apart from war service—based in Kent and"
"State Library of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales. In 1969, the Victorian chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects named their St. Kilda Road property 'Robert Russell House' in recognition of his work. Robert Russell (architect) Robert Russell (13 February 1808 – 10 April 1900) was an architect and surveyor, active in Australia. He conducted the first survey of the site of the nascent settlement of Melbourne on the banks of the Yarra River in 1836, and designed St James Old Cathedral, the oldest building remaining in"
"the architects Harry Wilkinson Moore and Herbert Quinton. The houses are in a late Victorian style and of brick construction. The Irish-born mathematician John Edward Campbell (1862–1924) lived at 14 Rawlinson Road. Harriet Shaw Weaver (1876–1961), political activist and magazine editor, lived at 4 Rawlinson Road. The Hungarian-born member of the House of Lords and economist Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh (1905–1985) lived in Rawlinson Road with his family. Derbyshire House Hotel was located at 18 Rawlinson Road. The poet John Betjeman (1906–1984) wrote of Rawlinson Road: Sir Richard Doll (1912–2005), the epidemiologist and cancer pioneer, lived at 12 Rawlinson Road"
"Elizabeth Plunket Greene Elizabeth Frances Plunket Greene (6 July 189918 December 1978) was an English crime novelist, writing in tandem with her husband, Richard Plunket Greene. She was part of the Bright Young Things immortalized by Evelyn Waugh in ""Vile Bodies"" (mostly inspired by the Plunket Greenes). Elizabeth Frances Russell was born on 6 July 1899, the daughter of Harold John Hastings Russell and Lady Victoria Alberta Leveson-Gower. She was a granddaughter of Lord Arthur Russell, and aunt of Bertrand Russell. Her aunts were Flora Russell and Diana Russell and her great-grandmother was Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford. Her family"
"a series of historical portraits from the time of Elizabeth I, a series of ""Cavaliers distinguished in the Civil War"", and a series of portraits of the Russell family. The Elizabethan series did not prove a financial success; they were exhibited at his house at 15 Berners Street. In 1831 his eyesight failed, and after having lived successively at Spa Fields, 195 High Holborn, Little Russell Street, Hanover Street, and Berners Street, he moved in that year to Somers Town, and reluctantly received the Royal Academy pension. He died on 17 December 1834, not without complaining of the neglect with"
"was home to A. P. Herbert, humorist, novelist, playwright and law reform activist until his death in 1971. No. 13 was home to the artist Philip James de Loutherbourg until his death there in 1812. No. 15 was lived in by Sir Clifton Wintringham (1720–1794), physician to the King. The writer Arthur Murphy (1727–1805) lived there for many years. Hammersmith Terrace Hammersmith Terrace is a street of listed, brick-built houses in Hammersmith, London. All of the seventeen houses in the terrace are Grade II listed, except No. 7 which is Grade II*. The street was built in about 1770 and"
"in the Bedford Chapel at the Parish Church of Chenies, Buckinghamshire. Rachel Russell, Lady Russell Rachel, Lady Russell ( ; – 29 September 1723) was an English noblewoman, heiress, and author. Her second husband was William, Lord Russell, who was implicated in the Rye House Plot and later executed. A collection of the many letters she wrote to her husband and other distinguished men was published in 1773. Lady Rachel was born in about 1636 at Titchfield, Hampshire, the second eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, by his first wife, Rachel de Massue, daughter of"
"was dedicated to Lord John Russell, ""In remembrance of many public services and private kindnesses."" John Russell, 1st Earl Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions during the early Victorian era. Scion of one of the most powerful aristocratic families, his great achievements, says A. J. P. Taylor, were based on his indefatigable battles in Parliament over the years on behalf of the expansion of"