William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge met in 1795 when both in their early 20s (Wordsworth was two years older). They bonded over disappointment with the French Revolution and a love of ...

Liberty, Equality, Fashion: The Women who Styled the French Revolution by Anne Higonnet ... the stone circle through the mind and eyes of a Romantic, with the likes of Wordsworth, Blake,... Read more ...

A leading figure in the French Enlightenment ... After befriending poet William Wordsworth in 1795, Coleridge decided to take up poetry—eventually going on to become a leader of the British ...

‘For thou wert there’, says Coleridge, wonderingly, in the lines he addressed to Wordsworth after hearing him recite The Prelude – the ‘there’ in question being the Revolution in ... And Did Those ...

It’s not surprising that you feel an affinity with the one-time poet laureate William Wordsworth as you walk in his footsteps. After all, it’s the very spot where the great Romantic poet of ...

Fit for a ski-ng and queen. Kate Middleton and Prince William took their children on a ski holiday last week in the French Alps while the royal kids enjoyed their Easter break. The Prince and ...

Beloved Romantic poet William Wordsworth was the first "influencer" to champion the Lake District and call for its conservation, a new exhibition claims. Wordsworth penned his Guide to the Lakes ...