William Wordsworth

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First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 reports

Cumbrian poet's house open for bank holiday fun

SERVANTS have been putting in some skittle practice in preparation for a fun-filled week of events at William Wordsworth’s childhood home. TitleAuthorCopyrightDescription Cockermouth’s Wordsworth House and Gardens will hold Georgian games and cookery ... [Published News and Star - 11 hours ago]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Evan Gottlieb: It's Good to Be Bad: In Defense of Not-Nice Poetry

Lately I've been reading a lot of bad poetry. Not "bad" in the sense of "poorly written"; on the contrary, the contemporary poems I've been reading (and teaching in my Introduction to Poetry course) by authors like Margaret Atwood, Michael Robbins, and ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 22 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Whiskey distillery to open in the heart of the Lake District

For William Wordsworth, the Lake District was a "national property" for all to enjoy. But what the poet, a teetotal, would have made of the first whiskey distillery in the area for more than 100 years is hard to tell. The Lakes Distillery is set to open ... [Published The Independent - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Words In Air Light 1.0

Words in Air connects you instantly with poetry and place, in that very place - and from anywhere you happen to be.This is a free, ad-supported version. A version without advertising is also available from the App Store.Look at poetry in an entirely new ... [Published Addict3d.org - May 20 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Scarborough Poet Talks Rubbish

William Wordsworth contemplated daffodils and rainbows, Tennyson drew inspiration from the myths and legends of King Arthur, while Shakespeare compared his love to a summer’s day. The poet John Wedgwood Clarke is looking for his muse in a slightly less ... [Published Yorkshire Coast Radio - May 19 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Health secretary urged to intervene at Carlisle hospital

A HOTEL, bar and nightclub in Cockermouth that featured on a TV show is up for sale.TitleAuthorCopyrightDescriptionThe Wordsworth Hotel, run by sisters Caroline Pocklington and Beverley Conoley, is on the market for £195,000.The pair appeared on Channel ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 18 2013]
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Natural beauty Do artists or scientists have a greater appreciation of flowers?

Can scientists appreciate beauty? Over 30 years ago, physicist Richard Feynman claimed that a scientist can see more beauty in a flower than an artist. Since then, science and art have combined to bring the meaning of his words to life.In the video, Feynman ... [Published BBC - May 16 2013]
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

A Greeting of Good Ale

William Wordsworth is famously known as the “simple water-drinking bard”, but items from the Wordsworth Trust archives tell a different story. Join us on this special evening where we will discover more about the history of Dove Cottage, formerly the ... [Published Westmorland Gazette - May 16 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

The Literary Chef May 15, 2013

Lucindy Willis aconews.comThe Garden PathIn nature and the language of the sense, / The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, / The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul / Of all my moral being.William Wordsworth, “Tintern Abbey.”This past Saturday, ... [Published Mebane Enterprise - May 15 2013]
First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Stamp of approval: How Postman Pat helped me love the Lake District

My A-levels have a lot to answer for. Studying the Romantic Poets at school seemed to be mostly about William Wordsworth striding up and down mountains and marvelling - in lengthy verse - at the majesty of nature in his Lake District home.This filled ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 05 2013]
First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Poem of the week: William Wordsworth – Sweet Was The Walk

WORDSWORTH had many of his best thoughts while walking. "I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud', his most famous poem, was inspired by a walk in the Lake District in 1802.‘Sweet was the Walk’ demonstrates again the inspiring effect of a stroll. The Scottish Poetry ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 04 2013]
First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Wordsworth bi-centenary marked with village tea party

Villagers at Rydal gathered for a tea party on the lawn at Rydal Mount to celebrate the 200th anniversary of William Wordsworth moving to live there.They were invited by the curators Peter and Marian Elkington who served tea and scones in the gardens ... [Published Cumbria Crack - May 04 2013]

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Cumbrian poet's house open for bank holiday fun [Published News and Star - 11 hours ago]
Cumbrian poet's house open for bank holiday fun [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 12 hours ago]
Evan Gottlieb: It's Good to Be Bad: In Defens... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 22 2013]
Words In Air Light 1.0 [Published Addict3d.org - May 20 2013]
Whiskey distillery to open in the heart of the ... [Published The Independent - May 20 2013]
Whiskey distillery to open in the heart of the ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 20 2013]
Scarborough Poet Talks Rubbish [Published Yorkshire Coast Radio - May 19 2013]
Health secretary urged to intervene at Carlisle... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 18 2013]
Natural beauty Do artists or scientists have a ... [Published BBC - May 16 2013]
A Greeting of Good Ale [Published Westmorland Gazette - May 16 2013]
The Literary Chef May 15, 2013 [Published Mebane Enterprise - May 15 2013]
Plaque for 'radical' female writer [Published BBC - May 12 2013]
The case for bringing adventure back into adven... [Published Skift - May 12 2013]
News from the week that was [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 12 2013]
World's Best Places to See Beautiful Flowers [Published Buzzle.com - May 12 2013]
Pinkster [Published River Dell Patch - May 08 2013]
Grasmere Gallop runners vote with their feet to... [Published Cumbria Crack - May 06 2013]
Hike for Hospice raises more than $200G [Published Paris Star - May 05 2013]
Stamp of approval: How Postman Pat helped me lo... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 05 2013]
Holidays in the UK: How Postman Pat helped me l... [Published Mail Online UK - May 05 2013]
Old-fashioned Bewdley food store goes back to t... [Published Birmingham Mail - May 05 2013]
Poem of the week: William Wordsworth – Sweet Wa... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 04 2013]
Wordsworth bi-centenary marked with village tea... [Published Cumbria Crack - May 04 2013]
Ten Pieces of Inspiration #124 [Published The Simple Dollar - May 04 2013]
News From The Farmyard - May 2013 (DE74) [Published AboutMyArea - May 01 2013]
Deep In My Heart by Alka Narula [Published Prlog - Apr 29 2013]
Paradise lost [Published Herald Scotland - Apr 28 2013]
Sunday Dialogue: A Single Seven-Year Term for t... [Published New York Times - Apr 27 2013]
Earth Day Reflections... [Published MarthaStewart.com - Apr 25 2013]
A special way of knowing [Published Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Apr 25 2013]
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Ten Pieces of Inspiration #124 [Published The Simple Dollar - May 04 2013]
Each week, I highlight ten things each week that inspired me to greater financial, personal, and professional success. Hopefully, they will inspire you as well. 1. Renoir on beauty “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” – Pierre Auguste Renoir ...
leeching with wordsworth [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 17 2013]
“I saw a Man before me unawares: / The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs.” This was not the Lake District, but in this busy market I thought of William Wordsworth’s “Resolution and Independence.” Facing these tiny barrels of leeches and ...
Progessives, Preservation & Prosperity [Published Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and p ... - Apr 08 2013]
Conservatives often fret that Barack Obama is leading the nation toward socialism. In my mind, that's an insult to socialism, which, intheory, at least, seeks to uplift the lower classes through greaterprosperity. In contrast, the current administration ...
Our pursuit of spring continues, 100 years afte... [Published Environment: Environment blog | guardian.co.uk - Mar 28 2013]
Just as we are craving spring's arrival, one poet who took matters into his own hands in 1913 with a very personal journey A hundred years ago this Easter, poet Edward Thomas cycled from south London to the Quantock Hills in west Somerset. He had ...
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