Modern Notoriety · London, Greater London
Stephen Ward's flat, Wimpole Mews
Ward's Marylebone flat was the hub where aristocrats, showgirls and diplomats mingled; the shots Johnny Edgecombe fired at its door on 14 December 1962 dragged the Profumo affair into open court.
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From her sickroom at 50 Wimpole Street, under a father who forbade his children to marry, Elizabeth Barrett conducted a secret courtship of 574 letters with Robert Browning — then slipped out to marry him and flee to Italy. 'How do I love thee?' was written in this house's shadow.
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