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Letters to the Editor
 
Treasure literary past

• Campaigners who are trying to find a suitable buyer for the Camden property in which the French poets Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud once lived are to be applauded.
This borough has an extraordinary wealth of literary associations, many of which are unknown or unappreciated by a significant proportion of residents or people who work here.
That is why the activities of various voluntary and cultural groups, such as the Friends of the Heath Library in Hampstead, are so important in helping spread awareness of Camden’s heritage.
I work in the building in which the poet TS Eliot had an office when he was an editor at Faber and Faber. There is a blue plaque by the side of the front door, but I wonder how many people know it is there?
The wind of change is forever blowing through Camden. But we should not let that distract us from treasuring the fact that the borough has been a fulcrum for literary activity for generations. In fact, it still is, with a host of local writers — including talents as varied as novelists Beryl Bainbridge, Deborah Moggach and Eva Tucker —still contributing to the legacy.
Jonathan Fryer
Russell Square, NW1

Send your letters to: The Letters Editor, Camden New Journal, 40 Camden Road, London, NW1 9DR or email to letters@camdennewjournal.co.uk. The deadline for letters is midday Tuesday. The editor regrets that anonymous letters cannot be published, although names and addresses can be withheld. Please include a full name, postal address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for reasons of space.
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