A bitter paradise

Mary Shelley’s summer on the Golfo dei Poeti was not as idyllic as you might think.

Lewis Carroll & Alice in Wonderland

There are many places and features around Oxford that crop up in Lewis Carroll’s books.

Jane Austen in Bath

Jane Austen lived and wrote in Bath for a number of years.

Simon Evans – the Postman Poet (1895–1940)

The name Simon Evans isn’t a household one, but the author, poet and broadcaster would have been well known in his day.