A Regency Recondite!
Born ‘out of my time’ and with a fond heart for Regency history – it is no secret that I also have a passionate interest in the life of the poet Lord Byron!
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To the Vale of Graves…
And one glorious afternoon in October I took a stroll through this fabulous cemetery to the grave of Byron’s spouse…
Like Seaham Hall? Vastly!
One cold weekend in February and with the clearest skies imaginable, I returned to the place that Byron had confessed to taking a liking to ‘vastly’…
A Stroll Along Piccadilly? Oh! The Agony!
Having ‘metropolized’ to London for the day – one quiet and chilly afternoon I went for a stroll along Piccadilly to take a lingering look at the abode which was the scene of his short and difficult union with the unfortunate, former Annabella Milbanke…
Read, Laugh AND Eat Cake!
Despite the enduring fame of Lord Byron – the circumstances of his birth were far from auspicious for he was born in a rented apartment on the first floor above a shop in Holles Street in Cavendish Square London…
Still Life at Newstead Abbey?
On this day in 1811, Lord B was firing off a letter to his close friend Hobhouse as he languished inside his crumbling ancestral seat at Newstead Abbey – home to the notorious and profligate Byron family since the Reformation and which lies in the heart of Sherwood Forest in Nottingham.
A Visit to the Pilgrim of Eternity…
It was as I was photographing the wonderful tribute to Byron that I suddenly became aware of a huge, crashing noise and which turned out to be the most torrential thunderstorm and as the storm threatened to bring down the very rafters of the church, I thought it all rather prophetic that I should find myself confined to a place within feet of Byron who had breathed his last as mother nature had raged around the town of Missolonghi on this very day in 1824…
A Dashing Tour of Newstead Abbey?
Since discovering the hidden treasure that is Newstead Abbey – I remain enraptured by the Gothic ruin which as the ancestral home of Lord Byron influenced much of his wonderful poetry and I ALWAYS eagerly anticipate any visit…
A Regency Recondite 