Many of my favourite
British writers
had some sort of
imperial connection,
so I assume that
-not so very long ago-
everyone in Britain had.
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Arthur C. Clarke died in Colombo, Sri Lanka – 2008
Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India – 1925
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India – 1865
George Orwell lived in Burma – 1922 to 1927
Jonathan Swift lived in Ireland – 1667 to 1745
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, Oranje-Vrystaat, South Africa – 1892
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