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BACK TO BLACK Amy Winehouse (2006)	Born in the borough in 1983 the singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse released her first album *Frank* in 2003 to critical acclaim. Her career would be short, but long enough to leave her mark in music with the originality of her songs and her voice to sing them. She also recorded one of the best-selling albums of all time: *Back to Black* sold 20 milllion copies on its release in 2006.

London | Enfield

The County of London was formed in 1889 from parts of the ancient counties of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey, with the City of London remaining an independent body.

In 1965 Greater London was formed, taking in the rest of Middlesex (which no longer existed as a county) together with parts of Essex and Hertfordshire and further areas of Kent and Surrey.

Greater London is made up of 13 Inner and 19 Outer London boroughs together with the City of London.

Enfield once lay in Middlesex and is today one of the 19 boroughs making up Outer London. It lies on the northern edge of the capital.

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Actors and Directors

The film producer David Puttnam was born as David Terence Puttnam in Southgate in 1941. He would play a central role in the British film industry of the 1970s and 1980s producing some of the country's best films from what would become the country's best directors. In 1975 he produced Bugsy Malone, Alan Parker's debut film (and also his next film Midnight Express).

In 1977 he produced The Duellists, Ridley Scott's debut. After producing Adrian Lyne's debut film he produced Hugh Hudson's first film and his biggest success: Chariots of Fire (1981) which was awarded four Academy Awards including Best Picture.

He produced Bill Forsyth's Local Hero (1983) and Roland Joffe's debut The Killing Fields (1984) together with Joffe's The Mission in 1986 which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

David Puttnam (1978)

David Puttnam (1999)

David Puttnam

Vangelis: Chariots of Fire (Vangelis, 1981)

Mark Knopfler: Local Hero (Knopfler, 1983)

Ennio Morricone: The Mission (Morricone, 1986)

Anglo-Saxons and Danes

Anglo-Saxon Kings

Danish Kings

The borough once lay in Middlesex which once formed the kingdom the kingdom of the Middle Saxons, so named because their kingdom lay between those of the East Saxons (Essex) and the West Saxons (Wessex).

Composers and Musicians

The singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse was born as Amy Jade Winehouse in the borough in 1983. Having visited various stage schools and written her own songs she released her first album in 2003 but it was the second, Back to Black in 2006, which became a worldwide success.

Amy Winehouse (2006)

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse: Back to Black (Winehouse/Ronson)

Writers and Poets

The poet Cecil Day-Lewis (father of the actor Daniel Day-Lewis) died in Hadley Wood in 1972. He had been Poet Laureate since 1968 when he succeeded John Masefield who had died the year before. He was in turn succeeded by Sir John Betjeman. He is buried at Stinsford in Dorset.

Cecil Day-Lewis

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