In some of the grandest rooms of Newstead Abbey - the former home of the romantic poet Lord Byron - rotting timbers and ...

The Greek War of Independence erupted into the the early nineteenth century as Europe was being shaken to its roots by riots in many nations.

Portrait of Catherine Gordon, mother of Lord Byron, by Thomas Stewardson. (Photo: Wikipedia) So many misfortunes happened to him in his childhood, that the only good thing he had was having ...

Lord Byron may be regarded as one of England’s finest poets, but did you know he had a pet bear and a penchant for drinking from human skulls? In this episode of You’re Dead to Me, public ...

Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace ...

It adjoins the memorials to Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll and D.H. Lawrence. The white marble stone is inlaid with gold Sienna marble lettering and reads: LORD BYRON Died 19 April 1824 aged 36 at ...