The Literary Landmarks to Visit in and Around Westminster
The Palace of Westminster, otherwise known as the Houses of Parliament, is at the center of British life and has been for centuries. How fitting then that we explore some of the landmarks around it which have either featured in or now commemorate some of the great literary achievements this country has seen that sit right at the centre of our culture.
1. Poets' Corner
Building, Memorial
2. Big Ben
Building
3. Victoria Station
Building, Train Station
Joseph Conrad Plaque
The man’s first language was not even English. Joseph Conrad’s command of language was second to none and he lived only a stone’s throw from Victoria Station and the River Thames, the place where The Heart of Darkness began so ominously.
4. T.E. Lawrence Plaque
Building
James Mill & John Stuart Mill plaque
Heading away from the political and toward the royal portion of Westminster, this plaque commemorates a father and son pair who called St. James’s Park home for the best part of a century. James Mill was influential in political theory and in particular upon perceptions of the cultural development of British India. His son, John Stuart Mill, followed in the footsteps of his father’s final published work, The Principles of Toleration, by becoming the forefather himself of liberalism. John Stuart Mill is a behemoth of 19th-century philosophy and this plaque in Westminster marks a father-son duo whose work has undoubtedly weighed upon modern society from this quaint house in Queen Anne’s Gate.
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