The Friends of St George’s Gardens present:
Dinner with Mr Dilly
The Friends have been researching people in the graveyard and telling their stories for several years. Charles Dilly, 1739-1807, is our latest find.
Charles and his brother Edward ran a very successful publishing and bookselling business, close to St Paul’s. They specialised in dissenting works and supported American independence. Charles ran the firm on his own after Edward died in 1779. The firm was successful partly because it looked after its authors so well. The Dictionary of National Biography says that they ‘practically adopted’ James Boswell and that their dinner parties were ‘legendary’.
Hear his story as told by actors Debbie Radcliffe and Jules Date.
3pm – 4pm
Saturday 26 October 2024
Holy Cross Church, Cromer Street, WC1H 8AL
All welcome – entry free
Part of the Bloomsbury Festival 2024
