and thence via the experimental writer William Burroughs who intro­duced Blake to Allen Ginsberg (the latter, at the age of 22, was mas­tur­bating while reading Blake’s poetry when he ...

Yep, it’s three poems in one plate ... However, and far be it for me to second-guess William Blake, might Bert be overdoing ...

You may know William Blake as a poet, or even as #38 in the BBC’s 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. But did you know that Blake was also an artist and print maker who made illuminated ...

Marianne Faithfull, the London-born singer with an inimitable voice, has passed away at the age of 78. She was known for many ...

London by William Blake was published in 1794. It tells the story of a speaker walking through the city of London and noticing suffering all around them. London was published in Blake's poetry ...

London by William Blake was published in 1794. It tells the story of a speaker walking through the city of London and noticing suffering all around them. London was published in Blake's poetry ...

William Blake and Prince are two visionaries separated only by the centuries, argues John Higgs as he marks the publication of his new book on the 18th century poet and engraver The fifth in our ...

On 24th November 1957 a larger than life size bronze bust to the poet, painter and engraver William Blake was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. It is fixed to a pillar and is by the ...