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(1) UNCLE HUGO’S WILL CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY. Don Blyly’s How’s Business newsletter invites everyone to mark your calendar -- Uncle Hugo's turns 50 this weekend. Uncle Hugo’s opened for business on March 2, 1974, which makes this coming Saturday our 50th anniversary. Uncle Hugo's 50th Anniversary Sale is Friday, March 1, 2024 through Sunday, March

BBC executive Hilda Matheson wrote letters to Vita Sackville-West (pictured) the 36-year-old poet and novelist who later created a stunning garden at Sissinghurst, in Kent

Miriam Margolyes and Joelle Taylor are named in this year’s Polari Prize Shortlists celebrating small presses and diverse forms.

The novelist and former Bright Young Thing ably captured Britain in the early 20th century. Her work deserves to be rehabilitated.

Gay, communist, female: why MI5 blacklisted the poet Valentine Ackland A biography of the Dorset poet, who was a lover of the novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner, traces her struggle ‘to live as herself’ The young Molly Ackland, left; Valentine Ackland, right, strikes a pose for the camera. Photograph: Warner-Ackland Estate The young Molly Ackland, left; Valentine Ackland, right, strikes a pose for the camera. Photograph: Warner-Ackland Estate Sun 4 Apr 2021 04.00 EDT With the help of Dorset...

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