GIE4836627: Portrait of the writer Marcel Detienne. 2004 / Bridgeman Images

GRZ4836804: The Actor Richard Burton With His Wife Elisabeth (Elizabeth Or Liz) Taylor - 1967 / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4836850: Apr. 04, 1953 - Three Feared Dead As Homes Sink Into Rail Tunnel Near Manchester: Three people were believed to have lost their lives - when three houses collapsed into the railway tunnel, known locally as” Black Harry” - over which they had been built in Temple drive, near Swinton, near Manchester, today.. The tunnel had been used as an ammunition dump during the war / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4836981: Apr. 04, 1953 - The Ghurkhas arrives for the coronation. Two men with their kitbags: A contingent of about 150 Gurkhas, including a pipe band of 60 arrived at Pirbright Camp, Surrey this afternoon, in readiness for the Coronation. They travelled by train from Southampton to Brookwood / Bridgeman Images

GIE4837003: Portrait of the writer Kate Atkinson / Bridgeman Images

GIE4837147: Portrait of the writer Taslima Nasreen / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4837163: Apr. 05, 1953 - Easter bonnet parade in Hyde Park.: Easter's show - the traditional parade of elegantly dressed women, wearing some striking Easter bonnets,, was held in Hyde Park's Rotten Row today / Bridgeman Images

SOB4837169: Margaret Drabble, September 11, 2003, Bassouls, Sophie / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4837232: Apr. 07, 1953 - The floodlit scene of the great circus of the Passion pay at Grassina, showing Christ on the Cross with the two crucified either side.Christ's Passion Re Enachetd In Italy: Every Good Friday, thousands of visitors, many from overseas, flock to Grassina, near Florence, Italy, to see the re-enactment of Christ's journey to the Cross and the Crucifixion. Some six hundred people take party in the ceremony. The procession is led by Roman soldiers and includes the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalen and Judas. Lastly comes Christ carrying the heavy cross. The man who plays the part of Christ has nothing to eat the day before the ceremony, he real suffers carrying the heavy cross which lends great drama and realism to the performance.When the procession reaches the to p of Calvary Hill, the music of Handel.Wagner, Verdi and Rossini is played, the three crosses ate illuminated by flood lighting provided by the Italian Army Engineers and a dramatic climax is give by the outbreak of a terrible storm. / Bridgeman Images

SOB4837317: Bruno Durrieux, January 21, 2009, Bassouls, Sophie / Bridgeman Images

GRZ4828347: THE ART COLLECTOR PEGGY GUGGENHEIM AT BIENNALE IN VENICE - 1950 / Bridgeman Images

GIE4828587: Portrait of the Romanian writer Stelian Tanase, 2014 - photography / Bridgeman Images

GRZ4828594: THE WRITER ERNEST HEMINGWAY AT TORCELLO (VENICE) - 1948 / Bridgeman Images

GIE4828644: Portrait of Writer David Z Wagner 2014 Photography / Bridgeman Images

SOB4828673: Bertrand Visage, March 2, 1977, Bassouls, Sophie / Bridgeman Images

SOB4835760: Achmat Dangor, June 4, 2010, Bassouls, Sophie / Bridgeman Images

SOB4835985: Ingrid De Kok, 11 February 2005, Bassouls, Sophie / Bridgeman Images

GRZ4836098: THE ENGLISH ACTRESS JACQUELINE SASSARD - 1963 / Bridgeman Images

GRZ4836162: THE MUHAMMAD (mohammad) REZA SHAH (chah) PAHLEVI (Pahlavi) ON VENICE LIDO BEACH - 1950 / Bridgeman Images

GRZ4836237: THE PAINTER PIO SEMEGHINI - VERONA - 1950 / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4836274: Apr. 04, 1953 - Chatham Gets Ready For Its” Navy Days”. The” Chef 'Gets Moving: Preparations are going a head at Chatham for the Navy Days to be held there next week to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Royal Naval Barracks. Many interesting things are to be seen including demonstrations of how personnel fight burning aircraft - mock gun battles between a dummy cruiser and a destroyer - mock battles between boarding parties and pirates etc / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4836343: Apr. 04, 1953 - Artist's impression of the new P & O liner” Arcadia” to make her maiden voyage in 1954: An artist's impression of the new P. & O. liner” Arcadia” (28,000 tons) which is to be launched on May 14th. by Mrs. D.F. Anderson, wife of the Deputy Chairman of the P. & O. Company, Mr. D.F. Anderson. The” Arcadia” is expected to leave on her maiden voyage on the United Kingdom - India - Australia service in the early part of 1954. The vessel is being built by John Brown & Co. Clydebank - on the Clyde. / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4836510: Apr. 04, 1953 - New Q.C. ' s Sworn- In At The House Of Lords. Group Of Four: Seventeen new Q.C. ' s were sworn-in at the House of Lords at this morning / Bridgeman Images

GIE4836539: Portrait of writer Mitch Albom. / Bridgeman Images

GIE4837498: Portrait of the writer Antonio Tabucchi / Bridgeman Images

SOB4837507: Barry Eisler, March 30, 2006, Bassouls, Sophie / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4837563: Apr. 09, 1953 - Pictured is the first ambassador of Colombia to Germany, Camilo de Brigard Silva, as he received his letter of appointment from German Federal President Prof. Heuss in the Hammerschmidt Villa. / Bridgeman Images

SOB4837678: Nathan Englander, September 27, 2008, Bassouls, Sophie / Bridgeman Images

GIE4837746: Portrait of the writer Enrique Vila - Matas / Bridgeman Images

GIE4837769: Portrait of the writer Enrique Vila - Matas / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4837844: Apr. 13, 1953 - Renovating the railings of Buckingham Palace - and the crowd watches the guard changing / Bridgeman Images

GIE4837902: Portrait of Melania Mazzucco, Italian writer. / Bridgeman Images

GRZ4837909: THE DIRECTOR ORSON WELLES WITH THE ACTORS HILTON EDWARDS, NICHOLAS BRUCE AND MIKE WACHINSKY ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE “” OTHELLO”” - VENICE 1951 / Bridgeman Images

GRZ4838136: THE ACTRESS ESTHER WILLIAMS - VENEZIA - 1957 / Bridgeman Images

GIE4838157: Portrait of the writer Mario Rigoni Stern, born in 1921. / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4836617: Apr 04, 1953 - Shakespeare Anniversary at Stratford on Avon / Bridgeman Images