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
Diary during wartime maintained by an officer in the unit. There are numerous examples of fictional diaries. One of the earliest printed fictional diaries was the humorous "Diary of a Nobody" by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon. 20th-century examples include radio broadcasts (e.g. "Mrs. Dale's Diary") and published books (e.g. the "Diaries of Adrian Mole"). Both prompted long-running satirical features in the magazine "Private Eye": the former entitled "Mrs Wilson's Diary" in reference to Mary Wilson, wife of Prime Minister Harold Wilson, the latter entitled "The Secret Diary of John Major Aged 47¾" and written as a pastiche of the