Vanbrugh reputedly wrote the part of Lord Foppington deliberately "to suit the eccentricities of Cibber's acting style".

Alexandre Hardy (1572-c.1632) - Hardy reputedly wrote 600 plays; only 34 have come down to us.

Pressing on through the Second Court there is a gate to the fellows' garden, which contains a mulberry tree under which 17th-century poet John Milton reputedly wrote Lycidas.

He and Rosetti reputedly wrote much of the newspaper together, and even worked on each other's articles.

Our first stop is Goethe's childhood home, where curiosities include the tall desk at which he reputedly wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther in four weeks - standing up.

Benenson reputedly wrote his article after having learnt that two Portuguese students from Coimbra were imprisoned in Portugal for raising a toast to freedom.

Columba reputedly wrote several hymns and more than 300 books in his lifetime, so it is not surprising that he is the patron saint of bookbinders and poets.

Cider-soaked chorizo and Manchego cheese at Casa Alberto, opened in 1827 in a building where Cervantes reputedly wrote part of "Don Quixote."

He survived Sejanus' fall in 31 by reputedly writing to the emperor Tiberius with subtle threats regarding his potential for power being in control of the largest legions.

Lowry reputedly wrote his own epitaph: "Here lies Malcolm Lowry, late of the Bowery, whose prose was flowery, and often glowery.