Geraldine McCaughrean that what makes her love writing is the desire to escape from an unsatisfactory world. Her motto is: do not write about what you know, write about what you want to know. Her work includes many retellings of classic stories for children: "The Odyssey", "El Cid", "The Canterbury Tales", "The Pilgrim's Progress", "Moby Dick", "One Thousand and One Arabian Nights" and "Gilgamesh". J. M. Barrie gave all rights to "Peter Pan" to Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929, and in 2004, to coincide with "Peter Pan"'s centenary, the hospital launched a competition to find the author of a sequel. McCaughrean
Great Portland Street Buildings of Merit' by Westminster. Other buildings of note:<br> The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, on the site of the Ami Portland Hospital for Women and Children founded in 1858, is located at 205-209 Great Portland Street. Great Portland Street also provides examples of larger Edwardian buildings in the Marylebone Conservation Area. These include 160-180 Great Portland Street, 206 Great Portland Street and 228 Great Portland Street (The Armitage). No's 45-49 are home to the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 229 Great Portland Street is also home to (International Students House, London) The street is served