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Diana Souhami on Radclyffe Hall

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The Mausoleum in Highgate

Una left for italy in 19 forty six, never to return to england. She absorbed into the life of the italian opera singer nicolas rossi lemoni. The mausoleum was entirely neglected until two lesbian nurses started a memorial fund. To this day, admirers still guard and tend the sight. As for tulips headstone next to radcliffe hall's shiny new coffin, he's in here without permission, alive or dead. Dogs are not allowed in the cemetery.

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