July 2014 - Wordsworth Grasmere

Lord Byron Wordsworth and Romanticism

'A Tassel to the Purse of Merit': Byron and literary failure

by Andrew Stott For those who crave celebrity, obscurity is the worst affront – a long stretch in the penal…

scratch26th July 2014

John Clare Wordsworth and Romanticism

The microscopic eye of John Clare

By Sue Edney John Clare liked to get his head down in the grass – ‘close to nature’ in every…

scratch13th July 2014

Percy Bysshe Shelley Wordsworth and Romanticism

‘Full fathom five the poet lies’: The death of Percy Bysshe Shelley

by Lynn Shepherd Percy Bysshe Shelley died on 8th July 1822, at the age of 29, when his boat went…

scratch8th July 2014