Lord Alfred Douglas's affair with Oscar Wilde led to the downfall of them both.
Wilde never recovered his reputation in his lifetime and Bosie eked away his twilight years humbly in Hove, where his presence has never been given official recognition.
Now there is a plan to commemorate Bosie's last years with a blue plaque - but the sign-writers had better take extra care.
For in the words of Wilde, a poet can survive anything but a misprint.
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