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St Pancras Old Church
If you do decide to visit St Pancras Old Church and explore its connections with Mary and Percy Shelley, there are a few other things to look out for. As already discussed in the previous post, writer and women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) and political activist and author William Godwin 1756 – 1836) were married in this church and […]
Poets, monsters & vampyres – a Romantic walking tour
July 21, 2011
Shoppers on Marchmont Street in Bloomsbury may have noticed a blue plaque that appeared a little while ago at No. 87, to commemorate Percy Bysshe Shelley’s and Mary Shelley’s time in a house that once stood on the site. But what is perhaps less well known is that just a few streets beyond the northern and eastern boundaries […]
The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour
April 16, 2011
The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour has become something of an institution in London. Running for many years in various locations and guises, it settled into its current home at the British Library in 2004, where readings are now held roughly once a month. Josephine Hart (above), an author with a background in the publishing world, hosts each event and provides thoughtful […]
London Bytes
- View of the week: Alien doppelgänger March 28, 2013 Belinda
- Noam Chomsky @ British Library March 27, 2013 Belinda
- View of the week: Lichtenstein @ Tate Modern March 12, 2013 Belinda
July 21, 2011
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