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On 30 December 1924, Irish Dramatist George Bernhard Shaw arrived on the island of Madeira (Portugal).
At the age of 68, he checked into the Reid's Palace Hotel, the premiere address on the picturesque island. In the mornings he used to bath amid ‘the unimaginable blossoms in mid-winter.’ His new hobby was dancing. He took Tango lessons, and that lead to one of the most famous of his many quotes. His instructor Max Rinder received a signed photograph of Shaw, bearing the famous line: 'To the only man who ever taught me anything.’
In 1925, Shaw received the Nobel Prize for literature.
