Keith Kissack MBE (1913 in Clun – 2010) a British schoolteacher and historian John Osborne (1929 – 1994 in Clunton) playwright, wrote Look Back in Anger, lived in Clunton, buried at St George's Church. Guy N. Smith (1939-2020) English writer mainly in horror fiction and other genres, lived near Clun in later life. In culture Sir Walter Scott is said to have stayed at The Buffalo Inn while writing part of his novel The Betrothed (published 1825), basing the castle called in the story Garde Doloreuse on Clun Castle. In A Shropshire Lad, A. E. Housman wrote the verse: "Clunton and Clunbury,/ Clungunford and Clun,/ Are the quietest places/ Under the sun." E. M. Forster visited Clun, which subsequently featured as Oniton in his novel Howards End (1910). Malcolm Saville wrote a series of books about a group of children who solve mysteries and have adventures (The Lone Pine Club) either in Clun or in places close to the town. Nearby settlements See also Listed buildings in Clun References External links Clun Town Council Clun Town Museum Clun and Clun Valley (for visitors) Towns in Shropshire Towns of the Welsh Marches