Poet. Born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, which is now a themed holiday rental. Died at St Vincents Hospital, in New York City during a lecture tour of the United States. He is buried at Laugharne, Wales. This had been his home with his wife Caitlin, whom he had met in 1936/7, at the Wheatsheaf pub in Newman Street, W1 (no plaque). Caitlin Macnamara had previously been in an abusive relationship with Augustus John.
2019: visited Thomas's London drinking haunts - there are quite a lot of them.
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Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas, poet, 1914 - 1953, drank here! Wheatsheaf Heritage
A montage of scenes, all relevant to the area at the time: construction activ...
2022: We were contacted by David Bieda who wrote: "Meard Street plaque. I’d l...
Author of the Tirukkural, the classic text of Tamil philosophy and ethics. The Tamil poet is commonly believed to have been born in the First Century BC in Madras (now called Chennai) in south ea...
Poet.  Born near Wigan of Ethiopean parentage. Appointed MBE in 2010. Own website.
Statesman and poet. Born at the family home Wallingford House (where the Old Admirality Building now is). A baby when his father, the 1st Duke, was assassinated, he was brought up alongside Charles...
Poet and classical scholar. Â Born Gloucestershire. Â Died Cambridge. Â In 1918-9 he published a few epitaphs for use on graves and memorials, including: When you go home, tell them of us and say, Fo...
Poet and critic. Born and brought up in Ottery St Mary, Devon. Pupil at Christ's Hospital, 1781-91, where he became friends with Charles Lamb. Lived in Highgate Village 1816 - 1834, his death in H...
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