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The house on the island of Hydra where Leonard Cohen lived for seven years -
Inside the studio of the Greek artist Panayiotis Tetsis -
The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus -
The house of Patrick Leigh Fermor in Kardamyli, Greece -
Brantwood, the home of the writer and philosopher John Ruskin -
A chess set that belonged to the writer and philosopher John Ruskin -
The small bedroom and writing desk in the birthplace of Dylan Thomas -
The boathouse in Laugharne where Dylan Thomas lived for the last fours years of his life -
The writing shed of Dylan Thomas -
St Martin’s church, Laugharne resting place of Dylan Thomas -
The view from the bedroom where Samuel Taylor Coleridge resided when he stayed with Wordsworth at Allan Bank -
The cottage in the village of Wallington where George Orwell wrote ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ -
Inside the writing lodge where Virginia Woolf wrote parts of her most well-known novels -
Giverny church cemetery, resting place of Claude Monet -
The Stari Most, the bridge that crosses the River Neretva in Bosnia and Herzegovina -
Gallos, the bronze sculpture situated at Tintagel Castle -
The artist & sculptor Graham Ibbeson photographed with the Oaks Colliery Mining Memorial, Barnsley -
The writing desk of Daphne Du Maurier -
A signed first edition of Ulysses by James Joyce -
Fernando Pessoa’s typewriter -
The cottage at Sissinghurst that Vita Sackville-West shared with her husband Harold Nicholson -
Canterbury City Cemetery, resting place of Joseph Conrad -
The location of the poem ‘Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey’ by William Wordsworth -
Kennedy’s Bar, Dublin – a favourite drinking establishment of Samuel Beckett when he studied at Trinity College -
102 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris – home of Marcel Proust from 1907 until 1919 -
St Mary’s church, Wallington where George Orwell got married in 1936 -
Hawkshead Grammar School, where William Wordsworth attended from the age of 8 to 16 -
The wooden desk at Hawkshead Grammar School where William Wordsworth sat when he was a schoolboy -
The circular domed cella of the Pantheon in Rome -
The room in which Thomas Hardy wrote ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ -
The house in Zennor where DH Lawrence lived with his wife Frieda and was accused of being a spy -
The home of Emmeline Pankhurst and where the first meeting of the Women’s Social & Political Union took place in 1903 -
The prehistoric site of Stonehenge -
Photographs of Agatha Christie and family on her piano at Greenway -
St Enodoc Church, resting place of John Betjeman -
The room where Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote many of his well known poems including parts of Kubla Khan -
Max Gate, the house where Thomas Hardy lived from 1885 until his death in 1928 -
The alcove at Chetham’s library where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels would research for the creation of the Communist Manifesto -
The home and studio of Barbara Hepworth -
251 Menlove Avenue, the childhood home of John Lennon -
Southern Cemetery, Manchester – resting place of L.S Lowry -
CitizenM by Julian Opie -
The typewriter that belonged to T.E Lawrence -
The writing desk of Kit De Waal -
The house where Agatha Christie wrote many of her well-known novels -
Hill Top, the farm that was once the home of Beatrix Potter -
The grave of the painter Alfred Wallis overlooking Porthmeor beach, St Ives -
The hand written lyrics of ‘Hey Jude’ by Paul McCartney -
Joanne Harris at work in her writing shed -
Ferryside, the house in which Daphne Du Maurier wrote her first novel ‘The Loving Spirit’ -
The apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor where Isaac Newton was inspired to formulate his law of universal gravitation -
The rotating writing hut of George Bernard Shaw -
The grave of William & Mary Wordsworth – St Oswalds church, Grasmere -
Martin Bell at his home -
Batemans, the home of Rudyard Kipling from 1902 until his death in 1936 -
Sam’s Chop House, a favourite drinking establishment of L.S Lowry -
Sound II by Antony Gormley at Winchester Cathedral -
The bedroom of Lord Byron at Newstead Abbey -
The house in Marlow where the writer Mary Shelley completed the novel Frankenstein -
Alexander Chamberlin at work -
The studio of Francis Bacon from The Hugh Lane -
Ian McMillan photographed by the grave of Ebenezer Elliott -
The birthplace of James Joyce -
John Byrne and typewriter -
Cafe Iruna, the cafe that features in the novel Fiesta by Ernest Hemingway -
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, situated near Omaha beach in France -
Café A Brasileira, Lisbon -
Philip Larkin’s glasses -
The house in Pendlebury where LS Lowry lived from 1908 – 1948 -
The desk and study room of Sir Winston Churchill -
The cottage where Wilfred Owen stayed and wrote whilst based at Ripon Army Camp -
The hands of Maggi Hambling -
The frames used by Eddie the Eagle during the 1988 Winter Olympics -
Gavin Turk at work in his studio -
Rydal Mount, home of the poet William Wordsworth for 37 years until his death in 1850 -
Jane Austen’s writing table -
Antony Gormley, Margate -
The Old Vicarage, where the poet Rupert Brooke lived and wrote from 1911 until 1912 -
Philip Jackson at work -
The house of Elizabeth Gaskell, which welcomed guests such as Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte and John Ruskin -
John Byrne at work -
The room in which D.H Lawrence was born -
82 Merrion Square, where the poet W.B Yeats lived from 1922 until 1928 -
The bedroom of Virginia Woolf, photographed at Monk’s House -
All Saints church in Sutton Courtenay, resting place of George Orwell -
The studio of Claude Monet -
Terry Waite and book -
The chair and writing desk of Charles Dickens (it was on this desk that Dickens wrote Great Expectations) -
The Old Swan Hotel, where Agatha Christie disappeared to in 1926 -
The chapel of the Holy Chalice -
Shakespeare and Company -
The early draft of ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ by Wilfred Owen -
Dove Cottage, where William Wordsworth wrote many of his well-known poems and Dorothy wrote her Grasmere journal -
Klaus Voormann and guitar -
17 Heriot Row, the childhood home of Robert Louis Stevenson -
John Lennon’s national health glasses -
The site of the childhood home of John Constable, East Bergholt, Suffolk -
The church of East Bergholt, that features in many paintings by Constable -
‘The Ascension’ painted by John Constable in 1821 at St Mary’s church, Dedham -
Willy Lott’s House – site of ‘The Hay Wain’ painting by John Constable -
The small sofa where Emily Bronte spent her final moments -
The grave of Tabitha Aykroyd. Known as ‘Tabby’ she was the Bronte family’s faithful servant for thirty years -
A watercolour by Charlotte Bronte -
The Bronte Parsonage