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Who is this man, why is he in the news lately and who doesn't like the look of him?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eoinmcauley/1934125746/

I don't know who he is but he looks like a young Adolf Hitler. I don't like the look of him, does that count?

Warm

He looks familiar - maybe a novelist or poet?

As he's on a pub sign, was there an outcry *because* he looks like Hitler?

Yes.

Looks a bit like Oswald Mosley to me

D**n - I'm wrong - found the right answer but used google to get it, so I'm not posting it here

Sorry, Icy, I should have said Yes and Yes.

Do you get Wetherspoons in Ireland? I'm trying to narrow it down.

We don't get Wetherspoons in Ireland (as far as I know). This was not a million miles removed from Ireland, though.

Is it Oswald Mosley?

I don't think I would like a pub to be called after him..

Well it must be in the UK, then. From his moustache, I'd put him in the early-to-mid 20th century - his picture reminds me of those of some of the early Prime Ministers. If he's a novelist, then I'm tempted to say someone like Kipling, who I think had a moustache.

No, it is not Mosley. It is a poet.

Whiskey's already said that..

Is it what's his name ... who wanted to drink Canada dry.

I saw this earlier in a 'news'paper...it's John Masefield.

Correct!

Do you remember who it was objecting to his picture?

I only flicked through it while on a break (it was on the table at work - I didn't buy it!) so I'm afraid I can provide no more details.

The people of Merseyside objected to a picture of poet John Masefield on a local Wetherspoons pub, because it looked like Adolf Hitler. Masefield spent a long time on a ship parked in Birkenhead (if that's the word for ships).

One report I saw said the pub owner was refusing to change the sign because that's what Masefield looked like, but I say another headline saying the sign might be changed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7085177.stm