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The Telegraph on the India travels of Edward Lear, a famous 19th-century British poet and illustrator

Vivian Stanshall was the strikingly eccentric ringleader of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, often described as the UK’s version of the Mothers of Invention. Affecting the manner of an aristocrat, Viv actually hailed from London’s East End, and his kindred spirits were Keith Moon and Paul McCartney, who produced the closest thing the Bonzos had to a hit single. Gary Lucas, former manager of Captain Beefheart and member of his Magic Band, had some memorable encounters with Vivian Stanshall, whom h...

Unseen for 70 years, the library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973) is considered one of the most celebrated collections of na

There once was a poet named Edward Lear, and in his time he had no peer. While others waxed haughty and metaphysical, Lear rhymed silly and metronomic ...

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National Limerick Day, celebrated annually on May 12, marks the birthday of Edward Lear, the English writer who popularized the comedic style of poetry.

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A house on the isle of Ithaca has a special resonance for Newson and his wife, stylist and entrepreneur Charlotte Stockdale.

To celebrate National Limerick Day, The People's Friend team have been writing limericks! We challenge you to share yours too.

Children have the most impressionable minds. If you read inspiring poems to your child, it might help them grow up to be a smart, sensitive adult