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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_Hall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Profumo#Later_life
Profumo was portrayed by Ian McKellen in the film Scandal. Polly Toynbee writes for the Guardian.
I'm reading Francis Wheen's biography of Tom Driberg and last night came across a reference to Attlee as having "Toynbee Hall socialism".