5 December The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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- Christina Rossetti: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Tom Gallon: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Virginia Henley: Daryl Henley [User:Lokii 187], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Hanif Kureishi: Nrbelex, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle: Thomas Cranfield, published by Mason & Co, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alexander Baron: Nick Baron, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Colin Wilson: Tom Ordelman Thor NL, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized