Literary Britain

  • William Blake Exhibition

    William Blake Exhibition

    Literary Britain contributor Emma Pearce reviews her recent visit to the Tate Gallery.

  • Winchester

    Winchester

    In which I discover the ancient Saxon capital city…

  • Austenland

    Austenland

    An account of my summer holiday in Basingstoke…

  • Super Cowper

    Super Cowper

    William Cowper (yes, it is pronounced “Cooper”), born in 1731, was an early Romantic poet. He…

  • A Pilgrim’s Progress

    A Pilgrim’s Progress

    In which I go on a pilgrimage through Bedfordshire to discover John Bunyan…

  • Into Dark Soho

    Into Dark Soho

    In which I discover the seedy underside of London…

  • This is Diss

    This is Diss

    In which Mrs. P and I explore the Norfolk/Suffolk borders…

  • Highgate

    Highgate

    In which I visit a lot of graves…

  • Poppyland

    Poppyland

    Or ‘Clement Scott slept in my bathroom’.

  • To The Norfolk Broads

    To The Norfolk Broads

    In which I travel from horses to Horsey.