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In Conjunction with London Book & Screen Week, October Gallery presents 'A History of the 20th Century in Maps' with Tim Bryars and Tom Harper. From the Beatles to the Bomb, from top-secret documents to mass propaganda, maps tell many stories, allowing us to explore changing social attitudes towards the unfamiliar and unconventional, from Jewish London at the turn of the century to women in the workplace, and from the Edwardian opium trade to gay London in the 1980s. Authors of recently published British Library bestseller A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps, Tim Bryars & Tom Harper, reveal how maps permeated almost every aspect of daily life in the last century. This illuminating talk will bring to life the rich history of the modern age, as chronicled in maps. Tim Bryars is an antiquarian bookseller specialising in maps, and an organiser of the annual London Map Fair. He appeared in the BBC series The Beauty of Maps. Tom Harper is the British Librarys curator of antiquarian mapping, and co author of Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art (2010).
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- 01 Jan – E. M. Forster (1879–1970), English novelist & short story writer
- 01 Jan – James Hormel (1933–2021), American philanthropist, LGBT activist & former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg
- 01 Jan – Joe Orton (1933–1967), English playwright
- 02 Jan – William Haines (1900–1973), American film actor & interior designer
- 04 Jan – Michael Stipe (1960–), American singer
- 04 Jan – Gianni Vattimo (1936–2023), Italian philosopher, politician & MEP
- 06 Jan – Gábor Szetey (1968–), Hungarian politician & former Secretary of State
- 07 Jan – Christian Louboutin (1963–), French footwear designer
- 07 Jan – Chester Kallman (1921–1975), American poet, librettist & translator
- 07 Jan – Michael Sam (1990–), American football player, first publicly gay player drafted by the NFL
- 08 Jan – Jack Andraka (1997–), American inventor, scientist & cancer researcher
- 08 Jan – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Avondale (1864–1892), English royalty
- 10 Jan – Sal Mineo (1939–1976), American actor
- 12 Jan – Kieron Richardson (1986–), English actor
- 13 Jan – Charles Nelson Reilly (1931–2007), American actor, comedian & director
- 13 Jan – Edmund White (1940–), American author
- 13 Jan – Nate Silver (1978–), American statistician, journalist & writer
- 14 Jan – Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), English fashion & portrait photographer
- 18 Jan – Cary Grant (1904–1986), English actor
- 18 Jan – Mike Michaud (1955–), American Democratic congressman (Maine)
- 18 Jan – Seamus O'Regan (1971–), Canadian broadcast journalist & politician
- 18 Jan – Maulik Pancholy (1974–), American actor
- 21 Jan – Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish fashion designer
- 21 Jan – Christian Dior (1905–1957), French fashion designer
- 22 Jan – Sir Francis Bacon (1561–1626), English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist & author
- 22 Jan – Lord Byron (1788–1824), British poet & leading figure in Romanticism
- 24 Jan – Hadrian (76–138), Roman Emperor
- 25 Jan – W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English playwright, novelist & short story writer
- 27 Jan – Eric Radford (1985–), Canadian pairs figure skater, 2015 World Champion
- 29 Jan – Greg Louganis (1960–), American Olympic diver & author
- 30 Jan – Stewart McKinney (1931–1987), American politician, Republican congressman (Connecticut)
- 30 Jan – Howard Sturgis (1855–1920), English writer
- 31 Jan – Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt (1863–1922), British politician
