Beloved by Wordsworth, the tiny village of Grasmere is the ideal place for long walks and lifted spirits Tying a straw bonnet firmly under my chin, I concealed a pair of distinctly 21st century Vans ...
Jon Kalman Stefansson’s novel “Heaven and Hell” recounts a 19th-century fishing trip and its aftermath. John Self is a book ...
It was 29 years ago this week that technology entrepreneur Andrew Cusack bought the building that housed his IT business and ...
Like every creative endeavor, good creative writing is partly art and partly skill. The art comes from within – a talent and ear for composing with words, and a passion for the subject matter at hand.
little did he know that he had discovered the body of a World War One soldier and descendant of poet William Wordsworth. Artefacts such as a scrap of uniform, a pocket watch and a whistle were ...
A historic six-bed mansion that's rumoured to have been the chill-out spot for literary legends Sir Walter Scott and William Wordsworth is on the market for a cool £1.8 million. The abode, known as ...
In this episode we're comparing 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen and an extract from 'The Prelude' by William Wordsworth. We're looking at language, form, structure, theme and context – some of the ...
Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a tour. July 13, 1798 Five years have past; five summers, with the length Of five long winters! and again I hear ...
Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning: silent ...
A white marble life size figure of poet William Wordsworth is now placed next to Shakespeare's memorial and below the bust of Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. The figure is ...
In this episode we're comparing 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen and an extract from 'The Prelude' by William Wordsworth. We're looking at language, form, structure, theme and context – some of the ...