Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s opium addiction
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1772 the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born. A huge influence on later... Read More
Robert Burns kept the day job
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1796 Scottish poet Robert Burns died at the age of 37. Burns is... Read More
Wordsworth’s French, illegitimate daughter
On this day in 1770 the English poet William Wordsworth was born. A career poet who became Poet Laureate in his later years, Wordsworth is... Read More