A Handful of Dust[?] by Evelyn Waugh is published. In 2001, the book would be the first of three works by him named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.
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Uxbridge Road tube station[?]
York Road tube station[?]
As are these stations, all of which were at the far end of th ...