26 March The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
How, then, was the Devil dressed? Oh! he was in his Sunday's best; His coat was red, and his breeches were blue, And there was a hole where his tail came through.
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Published on this day
- 1956 Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming
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- Ada Buisson: Unknown photographer c1866, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alfred Edward Housman: Laurence Housman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Martin McDonagh: LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Vanbrugh: Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Noël Coward: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alex Comfort: Open Media Ltd., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized