The Pseudo-Londoner: The Forty-Second Day: Knightsbridge Blue Plaques

Friday, March 21

The daytime was pretty quiet today, as I spent time editing photos to put on the blog. In the evening, Chris and I planned to do a walking tour around Knightsbridge, which is a pretty ritzy area. Harrods is in Knightsbridge, if that tells you anything.

BUT! We got stuck in the underground for about half an hour and missed the start of the tour. There's no way we could track them to catch up, so we walked around the area on our own. And BAM! We ran into about a million blue plaques! Remember these? I haven't posted any in a while. Brace yourselves for a whole lesson in history and culture today, guys.

Blue Plaque #4: Jane Austen

“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

Blue Plaque #5: Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke

“There are three kinds of lies: fibs, lies, and statistics."― Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke
(Often attributed to Mark Twain. But I did my research, although there's still debate about its origins)

Blue Plaque #6: Sir Herbert Tree

"Every man is a potential genius, until he does something."
–Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Blue Plaque #7: Peter Warlock (born Philip Arnold Heseltine)

"Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music,
and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever."
–Peter Warlock
(Hear his work here.)

Blue Plaque #8: Bram Stoker

"Ah, it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not,
then it says there is nothing to explain.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula

Blue Plaque #9: Mark Twain (born Samuel L. Clemens)

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life.
A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain

Blue Plaque #10: Oscar Wilde

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ― Oscar Wilde

Blue Plaque #11: Lord Dr. Leslie Haden-Guest

"Is it not possible to settle this unfortunate dispute by direct approach and a little friendly conversation?"
–Lord Dr. Leslie Haden-Guest, in regards to Euston Station Strike. 10 December 1948

Blue Plaque #12: George Frederick Samuel Robinson

And these are some other blue plaque photos taken a bit earlier. (March 14. The day I went to Abbey Road.)

Blue Plaque #13: Sir Edward Elgar (he opened and recorded at Abbey Road Studios!)