One thing that never fails to catch my eye is a plaque fixed to the wall of an old building. These simple markers create a direct link between a place and the people who once lived or worked there. Marlow has more than a dozen commemorative plaques scattered throughout the town, each telling the story of someone who helped shape its rich history. Literary connections abound too, with Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, and T. S. Eliot among those with links to Marlow. I hope you’ll be inspired to look up as you walk around Marlow you never know what piece of history you might discover on the wall beside you.