Welcome to Plaque Tiddlywinks!
Every night in the month of April we'll be jumping from one literary London plaque to another, connecting each plaque to another literary figure commemorated elsewhere in London with a nugget of literary trivia. Creative collaborations, romantic entanglements, feuds, places-in-common, the links will vary, but over the course of 30 days we'll have covered poets, biographers, novelists, humourists, critics, thriller writers and more until we have arrived full circle back at plaque number one!
If you can guess what our next plaque might be, feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of the post.
9. William Makepeace Thackeray. On the
rather wonderful London Historians blog londonhistorians.wordpress.com, Thackeray's relationship with the
aforementioned Dickens is described as "rather odd" and "heavily
tinged with rancour". Thackeray, the writer of Vanity Fair, died on
Christmas Eve 1863, and found his final resting place at Kensal Green, as did… the fella whose plaque we'll post right here tomorrow night!
We'll be back tomorrow night with our next Plaque Tiddlywink. In the meantime, here's where to find tonight's plaque in Young Street, Kensington… And here's the latest episode of the London Walks Podcast on Literary London…
A London Walk costs £9 – £7 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.
