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One night with a poet: 'I Am John Clare'
The scene is set as we join Clare on the night of the 8th March 1860 in his chambers in St Andrew’s (then Northampton Asylum). Seen as one of the great English writers of pastoral poetry and that of rural life, John Clare was born in 1793 in Helpston. Living with poor mental health, Clare spent his later life in what is now St Andrew’s, Northampton. Here Clare wrote some of his most famous poems including 'I Am' which reflects on the poet's self and his struggles with identity and mental...
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Bald eagle captured on camera over Chicopee River
A 22News viewer spotted a bald eagle over the Chicopee River.
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Too bald, too mad, too red How royal portraits get it so wrong
Jonathan Yeo’s divisive painting of the king raises the question of whether paintings of the monarchy have become irrelevant and anachronisiticWhy do reports always say that a portrait of someone great and good has been “unveiled”? The word is an empty metaphor that turns the first viewing into a ceremony; it also mystifies the entire procedure and makes it somewhat morbid.Portraits of kings, presidents, prime ministers and the like are effigies, meant to replace the mortal being. Once the...