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There’s no place like a revered writer’s home | Letters

Readers respond to an editorial on preserving the homes of writers such as William Blake, Ted Hughes and William Wordsworth for the public Your editorial (The Guardian view on writers’ houses: a museum of one’s own, 18 August) rightly laments that George Eliot has no publicly open home despite efforts to secure one. The same is true, remarkably, of William Blake, and he is at least as worthy a cause, and arguably eve

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#2739
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25 Aug 2026, 16:57 UTC
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The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
25 Aug 2026, 16:44 UTC
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Museums
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Readers respond to an editorial on preserving the homes of writers such as William Blake, Ted Hughes and William Wordsworth for the public Your editorial (The Guardian view on writers’ houses: a museum of one’s own, 18 August) rightly laments that George Eliot has no publicly open home despite efforts to secure one. The same is true, remarkably, of William Blake, and he is at least as worthy a cause, and arguably eve
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    There’s no place like a revered writer’s home | Letters

    Readers respond to an editorial on preserving the homes of writers such as William Blake, Ted Hughes and William Wordsworth for the public Your editorial (The Guardian view on writers’ houses: a museum of one’s own, 18 August) rightly laments that George Eliot has no publicly open home despite efforts to secure one. The same is true, remarkably, of William Blake, and he is at least as worthy a cause, and arguably eve

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  • publisher category Heritage rss-category
  • publisher category Museums rss-category
  • publisher category Ted Hughes rss-category
  • publisher category The National Trust rss-category
  • publisher category William Blake rss-category
  • publisher category William Wordsworth rss-category
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#2444
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25 Aug 2026, 16:57 UTC
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476,241 bytes, private gzip evidence
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