2 September The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.
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Remembered today
Published on this day
- 2010 I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
- 2014 The Children Act by Ian McEwan
- 2009 The Enemy by Charlie Higson
- 2014 Personal by Lee Child
- 2025 The Hallmarked Man by J. K. Rowling
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Photo credits
- George Robert Sims: Walery studio, published by Sampson Low & Co in August 1890, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bryher: Man Ray, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Tim Key: Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Austin Dobson: Frank Brooks (died 1937), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized