John Clare
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Found in nature, captured in prose
The Quickening Maze (2009), a partly historical, partly fictionalized novel about the meeting between Victorian poets John Clare and Alfred Tennyson at a lunatic asylum in Epping Forest, brought Foulds to international attention. A fellow of Britain’s Royal from Livemint.com Read more »
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Rhyme and reason for the MP who bought country pub in the village of the Peasant Poet
in the spacious premises. "We haven't bought the pub as a going concern," said Sara Blair-Manning, the CEO of the John Clare Trust. "We have just bought the building. It needs a lot of work, which we will have to raise the money for. Whether we maintain the from The Independent Read more »
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Shutting star? Fears of Comet store closures
emerged yesterday that the new management at Comet, including chairman John Clare, have scheduled talks with store landlords next week. They want to reduce what they pay in rents on more than a third of Comet branches. If the landlords refuse to budge it could from Mirror.co.uk Read more »
