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- Sorry Nigel Farage – Talking Books loved ‘Talking France’…
- Talking crime – on why we love a good murder mystery….
- Let’s focus on the words: Peter, Tony, and a Portrait of Keats
- Why Mrs T should have left the room quietly, closing the door behind her….
- ‘In relation to’ what? On ‘Talking Books’ and chewing words….
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Category Archives: Keats
The poetry of London: Wilfred Owen and the Ghost of Shadwell Stair
Wilfred Owen is, for many (including myself) the greatest poet of the First World War. Memorable works such Dulce et Decorum Est and Anthem for Doomed Youth are part of the GCSE syllabus; Owen himself features in Pat Barker’s Regeneration … Continue reading
Posted in History, Keats, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Dockland, First World War, John Keats, London, Poetry, Shadwell, War poets, Wilfred Owen, writing
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Garden inspired by John Keats’ ‘On the Sea’ wins Gold at Hampton Court
Take a look over at my page devoted to John Keats to see the garden design inspired by the poem ‘On the Sea’ which has won Gold at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. It is an interesting theme for … Continue reading
Where the costumes are a cast member – Keats & Fanny Brawne as fiction in ‘Bright Star’
In December I wrote a blog post entitled Picturing John Keats - Image or Imagination? describing how I felt about the representations of Keats in art. I mentioned the 2009 film Bright Star only briefly as but another opportunity for … Continue reading
Posted in History, Keats, Poetry
Tagged Bright Star, costume, film, John Keats, Keats, Poetry, Regency
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Keats at Guy’s Hospital part 2 – An education in horror
Looking at the National Health Service today, it is clear that despite economic constraints it offers a standard of care that renders incomprehensible to us the dreadful conditions under which people of all classes were treated in the early 19th … Continue reading
Posted in History, Keats, Poetry
Tagged body snatching, Doctors, Guy's Hospital, John Keats, Keats, London, medicine, Poetry
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A poem for lovers – The Hug by Thom Gunn
At our reading group we recently looked at a poem called The Hug by Thom Gunn, a poet who spent much of his life in the US but was actually born in Kent in 1929. His mother had committed suicide … Continue reading
‘This enormous Babel of a place’ – On learning of London before the Victorians
I have recently been looking into the history of London between 1810 and 1830 to add some context to my blog posts on the poet John Keats. It is a period in the history of the metropolis that I have … Continue reading
Keats at Guys Hospital Pt 1 – Life in a ‘jumbled heap’ of ‘murky buildings’
Whilst researching for a longer post about John Keats and his medical studies, I had the opportunity to read some accounts of the student accommodation he shared during the time he spent at Guy’s Hospital, in London. They are fascinating, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Keats, Poetry
Tagged Guy's Hospita, history, John Keats, Keats, King's Bench Prison, London, Marshalsea, Photos, research, Southwark
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Keats House, Hampstead: an architectural and artistic re-build
From my late teens onwards I have made regular trips to Keats House in Hampstead, London NW3. I was born and brought up in North London and the relatively short journey to Keats Grove, close to the beautiful heath became … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Keats, Writing
Tagged buildings, Eliza Jane Chester, Hampstead, heritage, history, John Keats, Keats, Keats House, London, Wentworth Place
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On St Valentine’s Day – putting a price on love? Keats comes up for auction…
Update 14th February 2012. The letter was auctioned on 29th March 2011, raising £96,000. It was bought by the City of London Corporation for Keats House, Hampstead. So all’s well that ends well then? There are many people who are … Continue reading
Posted in History, Keats
Tagged auction, Bonhams, Fanny Brawne, John Keats, Keats, Ted Hughes, Valentines Day, Walter Raleigh, William Blake, Winston Churchill, writing
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2011 – I may not be SMART but I might have FUN….
I read on Yahoo News this morning that the way to ensure you stick to New Year’s Resolutions is to ensure that they are, in management-speak, SMART. Having spent years in strategy development and research this is a term that … Continue reading
