3 September The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 06
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John Taylor1578 · Gloucester English poet (1578-1653) -
Benjamin Nottingham Webster1797 · Bath English artist -
James Hanley1897 · Liverpool British novelist (1897-1985) -
Naomi Lewis1911 · Great Yarmouth Poet, author, teacher -
Caryl Churchill1938 · London British dramatist -
Rachel Johnson1965 · London British journalist
Thought for the day
I hate the day, because it lendeth light To see all things, but not my love to see.
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Published on this day
- 2013 Never Go Back by Lee Child
- 2004 The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson
- 2001 The Curse of the Gloamglozer by Paul Stewart
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Photo credits
- John Taylor: Thomas Cockson (, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Benjamin Nottingham Webster: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- James Hanley: Sydney Earnshaw Greenwood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Naomi Lewis: Richard Mewton (died before Naomi Lewis who died in 2009), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Caryl Churchill: Petticonifer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Rachel Johnson: Financial Times, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Greene: unknown xylographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- George Lillo: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Joseph Skipsey: unknown photographer c1850s, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alec Waugh: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Micky Burn: Wales 2010, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized