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LONDON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Playwrights William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde are on a list of great British wits that also includes rocker Liam Gallagher.
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Oscar Wilde whose flamboyant homosexuality shocked Britain in the 19th century won an unlikely endorsement from the Vatican on Thursday.
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Love letters written by Oscar Wilde during his clandestine relationship with the young Lord Alfred Douglas are to be made available to the public for the first time.
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