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 · Nov 18, 2025
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. Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025
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.… The Conversation · Aug 19, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2025
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. Bored Panda · Jun 12, 2025
No CCTV on William Blake’s pleasant pastures seen Brief letters: Slow Horses | Tyger musical | Losing a dog | Americanisms | Humorous Word Wheel The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2025
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 · Jun 2, 2025
Angela Lemaire obituary Other lives: Printmaker, painter, wood engraver and writer who lived and worked in Jedburgh The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2025
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 Evening Standard · May 23, 2025
"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 Metal Hammer · May 9, 2025
“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! Metal Hammer · Mar 27, 2025
“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 Louder · Mar 21, 2025
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 Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025
Plans for cultural hub at house of William Blake backed by London Assembly The Mayfair property offers a ‘unique opportunity’ to ‘secure Blake’s legacy for generations to come’ Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025 Poem of the week: Are they shadows … by Samuel Daniel A beguiling look at the fleeting pleasures of theatre, and the fleetingness of pleasure itself
The Conversation · Jan 31, 2025 Marianne Faithfull: the singer with an inimitable voice was a Romantic poet at heart Marianne Faithfull, the London-born singer with an inimitable voice, has passed away at the age of 78. She was known for many things: she was a pop star, an actress and a muse. But she was probably best known for her voice.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025 David Hockney unveils unseen work for major Paris retrospective Exclusive: William Blake-inspired artwork to feature alongside new paintings in artist’s biggest exhibition
The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2025 ‘It is everything art gets a bad name for and everything I love’: Damien Hirst and Cornelia Parker on choosing artworks for schools Antony Gormley and Bridget Riley also pick works to be shown on high-res displays, thanks to a drive to put art at the core of the secondary school cultural syllabus
The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025 The Shape of Things Unseen by Adam Zeman review – the science of imagination A neuroscientist’s sprawling survey of the creative mind takes in both William Blake and physicist Paul Dirac
The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2024 What in Me Is Dark by Orlando Reade review – the afterlife of Paradise Lost The writers, philosophers and politicians who have raided Milton’s epic poem for inspiration
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024 Parmigianino: The Vision of St Jerome review – a wild religious masterpiece reborn The genitals of the dreaming hermit Jerome are thrust into our eyeline in a quirky painting that gets more subversive the longer you look at it
The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2024 The Great When by Alan Moore review – a riotous tour of occult London With bravura brilliance, the Watchmen author conjures up a hyperreal fugitive city, populated by rogues and reprobates
Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024 The Ultimate Libra Gift Guide: Best present ideas for Libras in 2024 Presents for those born between September 23 and October 22
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2024 Trust hopes to turn William Blake’s cottage into a museum Campaign aims to renovate Sussex home where artist and poet wrote Jerusalem in time for 200th anniversary of his death
Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2024 Best crystal bracelets for any outfit Wearable, healing accessories for the spiritually-minded