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A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad
This cycle of 63 poems by A.E. Housman has been continuously in print since it was self-published in 1896.
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Reconciling Death
This article examines A. E. Housman's poem, "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Paramahansa Yogananda's "The Dying Youth's Divine Reply," two contrasting views of death.
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Housman's "Loveliest of trees"
A. E. Housman's "Loveliest of trees," often misread as a carpe diem poem, actually offers a way to increase the enjoyment of beauty, not just grasp it for a while.
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Housman's Bredon Hill
The importance of the sound of a bell, especially the church bell, is dramatized in Housman's "Bredon Hill."
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Housman’s ‘Is my team ploughing’
In Housman's "Is my team ploughing," a dead man questions his living friend about how things are now that the former is in the grave and can no long participate.
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Housman’s Sage Advice
In A. E. Housman's "When I was one-and-twenty," the speaker at age twenty-two reports the truth of sage advice he received at age twenty-one about falling in love.
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March Poet - A. E. Housman
In "The Merry Guide," the speaker follows a memory-ghost of himself as a youth as he dramatizes his walks through the countryside.
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A True Shropshire Poet - Mary Webb
The Celtic influence on Shropshire and on the work of Mary Webb.
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Food, Drink and Royalty in Shropshire this month.
A royal visit and descriptions of some of the many events taking place in Shropshire this month
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Michelin's Gastronomic Accolade for English Pubs
Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt visits the Welsh Borders and Cotswolds to enjoy the best of English pub grub and sample a meal at the Fox Inn, Michelin's Pub of the Year, 2004.
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A Gastronomic Accolade for Pub Grub
The Travelsleuth gives a rousing cheer for the first pub in Britain to achieve the gastronomic accolade of a Michelin Star. The added bonus is that it lies in perfect touring country - historic and beautiful Herefordshire and Shropshire on the Welsh border.
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Garden Poetry
Here in the Southeast, the winter continues to be a rough one. Right now, we're in the midst of a snowstorm with possible power outages. Rather than worry, I'd rather turn my attention to the indoors where there's no shortage of garden-related activities. Among my favorite pastimes is garden poetry.
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Father Hopkins’ Sonnet
Mystical poets, like saints, are in the world but not of it. Hopkins' "God's Grandeur" demonstrates that this poet used his craft as a means of relating to the Divine.
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Exploring the Caradon Mining District
Remnants of a devastating history now enhance the beautiful landscapes of this corner of Bodmin Moor in the English westcountry.
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Laurence Binyon's For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon's speaker celebrates the transcendence of the soldiers who have fought so bravely and died for freedom.
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Literary Pubs in Oxford
Oxford pubs where the visitor can imbibe ales and literary ambience at the same time.
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New Rough Guide to England
Rough Guides are amongst the best and most popular guidebooks. The new guide to England has almost 1100 pages and is one of the best and most comprehensive books around
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Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
Brief biography of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams - his life, influence and list of major works. Famous for "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis."
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Anthony Herrera's Poetry Theatre
Famous British sculptor / painter and Winston Churchill's granddaughter, with Mississippi building magnate, help to promote timeless work of the world's best poets.
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Paramahansa Yogananda's Gita
There have been many translations of the spiritual poem, the Bhagavad Gita, but Yogananda offers a thorough explication, revealing the details of its exact meaning.
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The Two Funerals of Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy had two simultaneous funerals, due to a clash between family wishes and the desire to give due respect to a writer of national importance.
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A Potted Biography of Edward Gordon Craig
Edward Gordon Craig was born into the theatre and transformed it with his ideas on set, costume and lighting design, despite being very difficult to work with.
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