Tag Archives: Keats

‘A Walk After John Keats’ by Nelson Bushnell 1936 – History, hindsight & a hike with Hitler Youth?

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

In 2008 I organised and undertook a charity walk in the Lake District (see my short trek blog here) to follow in the footsteps of the poet John Keats. He walked through the Lakes and Scotland in 1818 with his … Continue reading →

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‘When I have fears…’ – John Keats on self-doubt

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

At this time of year – that rather doleful time between the Christmas festivities and the beginning of a new year – it is natural to look back at our achievements over the past twelve months and assess the success … Continue reading →

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Advice to writers? John Keats on dealing with distractions

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

There are very few writers who do not, on occasion, have an attack of ‘the vapours’ – defined by the Oxford Dictionary as ‘ a sudden feeling of faintness, nervousness or a state of depression’. It is a  general feeling … Continue reading →

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On my way to Ambleside: Stock Ghyll Force with John Keats

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

On the eve of my week long holiday in the Lake District, I thought I would post this excerpt from a journal letter John Keats wrote to his brother Tom, back in London, in the early stages of his walking … Continue reading →

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Contemporising Keats – It isn’t all about the words….

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

I have a GoogleAlert which regularly sends me links to items that relate (even obliquely it seems) to John Keats and yesterday it included a link, not only to my recent post Blog infidelity, but to the following video that … Continue reading →

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Blog infidelity: or introducing The Truth of Imagination

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

I feel like I am being unfaithful. Or betraying a close friend perhaps. But is had to be done. I have set up a blog dedicated to all things Keats and poetry. However, it is not a replacement for No … Continue reading →

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Garden inspired by John Keats’ ‘On the Sea’ wins Gold at Hampton Court

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

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 →

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Words to the heart – Carol Ann Duffy on the language of love & longing

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Occasionally I like to post on my blog a poem that has really touched me. Although I will always be most fond of the poetry of John Keats, I usually find those that I share on here are contemporary poems, … Continue reading →

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Where the costumes are a cast member – Keats & Fanny Brawne as fiction in ‘Bright Star’

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

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 →

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Keats at Guy’s Hospital part 2 – An education in horror

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

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 →

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