Mary Linwood Comprehensive School the former Mary Linwood Secondary School. The principal sponsor of this Academy is the Church of England. The Council transferred the site of the former secondary school (Mary Linwood) to the sponsors. Samworth, Leicester's first City Academy, was built on the site of the old Mary Linwood school and completed in September, 2007. The children of author Sue Townsend attended the school during the late 1970s and early 1980s; their experiences influenced her highly successful Adrian Mole books. "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" was reputedly based on Sue Townsend's son's experiences at the school. Several of the teachers who
The Diary of One Who Disappeared The Diary of One Who Disappeared The Diary of One Who Disappeared () is a song cycle for tenor, alto, three female voices and piano, written by Czech composer Leoš Janáček. On May 14, 1916, the "Lidové noviny" newspaper published verses titled ""From a Pen of the Self-taught Writer"". This "diary in poems" tells the story of a village boy who falls in love with the young gipsy girl Zefka (Žofka), and decides to leave his family and village with her. The verses made a deep impression on Leoš Janáček (cooperator of "Lidové noviny" in that time), and he decided