Byrons

Cottage in the grounds of Lord Byron’s home up for grabs for £500,000

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A Grade II listed cottage in the grounds of Lord Bryon’s ancestral home is for sale for £500,000. The three-bedroom cottage has its own tower and is part of a larger property that is set in the sprawling grounds of Newstead Abbey, in Nottinghamshire. Newstead Abbey was once home to the famous poet, who became … Read more

A poetic odyssey around Byron’s Britain: Places to visit that are connected to the romantic poet

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Richard Westall’s portrait of Byron at Hughenden, Disraeli’s Buckinghamshire home In 1817 Lord Byron, the romantic poet, was at the height of his fame, or ‘Byromania’ as his wife described it, with his reputation as mad, bad and dangerous to know making him especially alluring to female fans. His fame endures to this day – … Read more

From Tanya Byron’s How Did We Get Here? to The Rachman Review: This week’s top podcasts

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From Tanya Byron and Claudia Winkleman on How Did We Get Here? to The Now Show and The Rachman Review, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 18 April 2020 How Did We Get Here? For better or worse, the pandemic has sent many of … Read more

Lord Byron’s relatives led lives even more scandalous than his own

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The scandalous lives of Lord Byron’s relatives have been exposed in a new book – including a great-uncle dubbed the ‘Wicked Lord’ who killed a cousin and abducted an actress. The poet, who was dubbed ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’ by his lover Lady Caroline Lamb in 1812, is well known for his own … Read more