By the eighteenth-century, print had become an important medium for linking disparate parts of empires, distributing revolutionary ideas, and fostering...
45 months ago

Hearing that sewage has been dumped into the River Loddon many times in recent months, I was reminded of the poem written by Thomas Warton...
36 months ago

On their first drive out of halftime, Thomas Warton II snagged a 10-yard catch on fourth down to set up 1st-and-goal for the Patriots.
59 months ago

Today the American classicist, translator, and poet A.E. Stallings officially becomes the 47th Oxford Professor of Poetry.
11 months ago

Chatterton could 'do' any poet from Chaucer to the recently dead Charles Churchill; and after his own death poets 'did' him.
276 months ago

Professor Cathy Shrank delves into the work of Elizabethan poet Richard Barnfield, who she believes deserves a wider audience.
16 months ago

Five outstanding individuals have been awarded Honorary Degrees at the July graduation ceremonies including two Lancaster alumni.
2 months ago

The roll call of truly distinguished poets who never made it far exceeds the list of those who did. Some died too soon: others were simply too dangerous.
307 months ago

Thomas Warton, the Younger was a poet laureate from 1785 and author of the first history of English poetry. He was the brother of the poet...
1 month ago

Thomas Warton (9 January 1728 – 21 May 1790) was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, following the...
155 months ago