News about Alexander Pope

The village has already been 'blighted' and 'plagued' by traffic including SUVs, according to residents near Winchester, Hampshire. The school should be discouraged, not encouraging, car use in the regions, and they stated that the lights that were supposed to illuminate parking spaces would not be 'dark sky compliant'. To minimize traffic in the old village, the local parish council recommended that parents start 'car sharing' to minimize traffic. According to the school's website, the co-ed private school dates back to the mid-17th century and 'could claim to being the country's oldest preparatory school.'

The tunnels, also known as Pope's Grotto, are the last remaining part of the writer's famous villa and gardens. In 1720, he built the property on the banks of the River Thames in Twickenham, south London, and it survived until 1809, when its new owner demolished it. The tunnels, which were completed in 1725, were lined with a patchwork of minerals extracted from all around the world. The grotto came into disrepair in recent decades, but it has now undergone a £250,000 renovation utilizing funds from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England.

When Donna Ashworth appears on the screen for our Zoom interview, she is wearing a jumper with the word 'poetic' drawn across it in large silver letters. This is appropriate, considering that the 48-year-old Scot is regarded as a rock star in the poetry world. Ashworth wrote her first poem just four years ago. She posted it on Facebook anonymously, mainly because people thought it was terrible, 'I could just pretend somebody else had written it'.'

Dr. Roger Mugford, Britain's top animal psychologist, met the Queen in 1983. During her reign, there were more than 30 Corgis, some of whom attended the Queen's. Dr Mugford explains how the Queen's dogs will grieve and react to her passing