Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park at Oulton Broad and the North Sea. Nearby Lowestoft Ness is the most easterly point in England, the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and the British Isles.

Literary and artistic connections

Lowestoft has a number of literary and artistic connections. The composer Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft in 1913.

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Benjamin Britten - 1913

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In the 1840s, Charles Dickens came to stay with Sir Samuel Morton Peto. Lowestoft's Beach Village became, along with Blundeston village, the inspiration for David Copperfield.

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1840s - Charles Dickens - Samuel Morton Peto - Blundeston - David Copperfield

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Joseph Conrad came to live in Lowestoft in 1878 from his native Poland. Edward Fitzgerald, the translator of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, lived in Lowestoft. W.G. Sebald, who taught at the University of East Anglia and was tragically killed in 2001, wrote about Lowestoft in The Rings of Saturn.

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Joseph Conrad - 1878 - Poland - Edward Fitzgerald - The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam - W.G. Sebald - University of East Anglia - The Rings of Saturn

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Glam rock band, The Darkness was formed in Lowestoft but spent their formative years in London. Three of the four founder members were raised in Lowestoft. Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins and Ed Graham all attended Kirkley High School.

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Glam rock - The Darkness - Justin Hawkins - Dan Hawkins - Ed Graham

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Also, Scenes from Coronation Street were filmed at a local hotel.

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