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Quote of the day by William Blake: 'Great things are done when men and...' - inspiring lessons on overcoming challenges and obstacles to achieve success in life by Songs of Innocence and of Experience poet and illuminated printing inventor

Quote of the day by William Blake: William Blake's powerful words remind us that facing life's mountains, or challenges, leads to significant achievements. These obstacles forge strength and reveal potential. Blake explored themes of spirituality and human experience. His quote inspires perseverance, showing that difficulties are opportunities for growth and…

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The many literary lives of Mary Wollstonecraft – author of novels, travel writing and children’s books

In his biography of Mary Wollstonecraft, written after her death, her husband William Godwin remarked of her travel writing: “If ever there was a book calculated to make a man fall in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.”

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Mike Westbrook obituary

Acclaimed musician, composer and bandleader who was one of the most significant figures in the history of British jazz

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A stage adaptation of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is truly singular, and genuinely memorable

Like all true visionaries, the English poet William Blake was light-years ahead of his time: a fierce critic of industrial modernity and a thinker deeply suspicious of any mindset that might turn the world into something to be dominated. His work also treats non-human life as morally significant, with abuse…

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How one author is using British folk culture to challenge the far right

Broadcaster and writer Zakia Sewell finds a more inclusive vision of Britain in its folk traditions

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Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse review – this magnificent nag deserves a longer canter

Britain’s greatest painter of animal anatomy receives a tiny survey in a single room, while his masterpiece remains on show elsewhere in the building. Why, when he’s as good as Constable – and better than Blake?

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6 new 4K Blu-rays from January 2026 to add to your collection

January 2026 has been a booming month for 4K Blu-ray, and we're looking at 6 new discs that you could add to your collection.

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31 Years Later, The Best Revisionist Western Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Wake up, dead man.

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Here are my 4 most anticipated new 4K Blu-ray releases from January 2026

There are plenty of interesting 4K discs up for release in January 2026, but I've picked my 4 most anticipated ones.

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Turner’s mother’s frustration and a memorable brush with Bacon

Letters: Dr Selby Whittingham considers the ill-treatment of Turner’s mother, while Paul Collins recalls taking one artist to see another’s work. Plus letters from Martin Argles and John Caperon

The Guardian - UK

I hiked south Devon’s peaceful new walking trail – with the people who created it

The new circular trail spans 100 miles, taking in the River Dart, Dartmoor, the coastline, five estuaries and plenty of woodlands and country lanes. Emma Henderson heads to south Devon to stomp the first section

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Jack Shepherd obituary

Versatile actor, director and playwright who found television fame in the detective series Wycliffe

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Rare first-issue of William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ to fetch up to £120k at auction

The piece originates from a scarce collection featuring 17 of Blake’s poems

The Independent UK

Rare print of William Blake’s The Tyger poem expected to sell for up to £120,000

The print comes from the rare first issue of Blake’s Songs Of Experience.

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William Blake’s painting The Ghost of a Flea speaks to processing childhood trauma

In William Blake’s painting The Ghost of a Flea (1820) a huge muscled figure fills the frame. He steps forward, the left side of his body towards the viewer. In one outstretched hand he holds a bleeding bowl (used to catch the blood released during bloodletting) made from an acorn.…

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Country diary: A priceless view of a tiger beetle – let’s keep it that way

Burbage, Derbyshire: National parks and the countless marvels they contain should be as they were originally intended – free to all

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Visual Guide To Poison Tree Tattoos: Symbolism, Styles, And Placement

Explore poison tree tattoo ideas: symbolism of suppressed anger, resentment, and consequence. Discover styles, placement, and culturally rich meaning.

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No CCTV on William Blake’s pleasant pastures seen

Brief letters: Slow Horses | Tyger musical | Losing a dog | Americanisms | Humorous Word Wheel

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Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon

How did an ancient poet and painter who died in obscurity come to obsess everyone from Oscar Wilde to David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Derek Jarman and David Bowie? The writer of a new book explains his glorious allure

The Guardian - UK

Angela Lemaire obituary

Other lives: Printmaker, painter, wood engraver and writer who lived and worked in Jedburgh

Evening Standard

The liberation of Tom Odell: 'I always felt like an outsider'

Tom Odell is firmly in a hot new creative phase with viral hits, a flurry of albums and huge shows supporting Billie Eilish

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"System Of A Down made me feel like I belonged in the metal scene." Lowen's Nina Saeidi: 10 records that changed my life

Lowen vocalist Nina Saeidi picks the 10 records that changed her life

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“This deluxe edition contains actual soil from the grave of William Blake”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is releasing a comic book compilation with dirt from the resting place of one of England’s most famous poets

Ever wanted to own a comic printed using the dirt that surrounds William Blake’s dead body? Bruce Dickinson’s got you covered!

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“It’s not like anything else I’ve written… I sank into it, and before I knew there was nothing of me there. That’s when magic happens”: How Roger Hodgson created Supertramp’s most ambitious song, and why he won’t say what it means

Inspired by the Beatles, a famous piece of classical music and the post-war era, Fool’s Overture isn’t the band’s longest song – but it’s by far their most complex and intense

Evening Standard

Country pub of the week: The Leicester Arms, Penshurst

Here is an England that never existed, an England of cricket on the green and William Blake, says David Ellis

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