(1912-1995) - Novelist Fred Urquhart, born in Edinburgh, and his partner Peter Wyndham Allen a former ballet dancer, lived for 32 years...

(1908-2000) - Pianist and Radio Personality Kay Cavendish was born in Hong Kong. She lived in her latter years at the White Cottage on a...

(1921-1977) - Actress Joan Tetzel was born in the Bronx, New York. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. In the 1940s...

(1898-1978) - Theatre and Film Actor Oscar Homolka, born in Vienna, was an Austrian theatre and film actor. He had trained at the...

(1922 - 2020) - Film Producer David Dent, who lived from time to time at ‘Rockwood’ in Nursery Lane, was a successful film producer of...

(1927 - 2015) American vocalist and jazz musician The Swingle Singers rapidly achieved global fame following their establishment in Paris...

(1917 – 1963) Actor, dramatist and critic When John Whiting died, aged only 45, The Times obituarist wrote of him: “As a dramatist,...

(1909 - 1977) - Poet, Journalist and Author John Sleigh Pudney was known especially for his popular poetry written during World War II....

(1823 –1896) - an English poet and literary critic. He is best known for his book of poetry The Angel in the House, a narrative poem...