Anniversaries, 1 November
Arthur Morrison
Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic portrayals of London's East End and his stories about the private detective Martin Hewitt.
Morrison was born in Poplar, a working-class district in London's East End. His father was an engine fitter. Morrison was ashamed of his background, and he later invented details about his childhood and parents. As a result, little is known about his early life except that he did...
Theme article
History of crime fiction
By: Johan Wopenka
Literary figure
Thackeray Phin
Gender: Male
For the last two years, the American professor of Philosophy, Thackeray Phin, has been in London where to his great delight he can solve some unusually complicated ‘impossible’ crimes. He is tall and thin and looks like George Bernard Shaw. He dresses eccentrically too, preferably in old-fashioned plus fours, and generally has an umbrella with him. John Sladek has written two entertaining and wel...