Literary Contexts
From Auden to Yeats, explore how the landscapes of Regent's Park and Primrose Hill have influenced writers and poets.
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Literature and
Music:
A Bibliography
John Black
Our father and author of this website, John Black, sadly died in 2010 after a long struggle with cancer.
Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill were special places for John and this site is a lasting testament to his love of the park, his love of literature and music and his persistent research at the British Museum.
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Leila Aboulela
Minaret is the second novel from the Sudanese author Leila Aboulela. Published in 2005, Minaret follows the journey of Najwa, a young woman forced to flee her home in Sudan in the face of the Second Sudanese Civil War
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"I had been pushing Mai on the swing and he appeared with his rucksack as if it is natural for him on his way home to look in on us in Regent's Park...."
Musical Landscapes
Songs, compositions, scores, and performances inspired by Regent's Park and Primrose Hill.
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A walk around Regent's Park visiting some of the spots my favourite authors had described.
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