Comments on: At John Keats’ House

By: Jenny Moore

Jenny Moore — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:53:36 +0000

A fascinating and poignant post, thank you. Fanny Brawne lived until the 1860’s – well into the age of photography. There’s a daguerreotype of her, which is easy to google. She eventually married and had children, but money troubles meant she had to sell her relics of Keats, sadly.

By: Julia harrison

Julia harrison — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 06:14:34 +0000

‘Oh for a beaker full of the warm south!’Thank you Gentle Author for a moving evocation of Keats short life. I’m sorry the sun didn’t shine for your visit to my neighbourhood but there is a wonderfully dark, moody quality to your photographs! I wonder if you had time to visit our bookshop round the corner?

By: pauline taylor

pauline taylor — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:38:11 +0000

Such a tragic story of John Keats and Fanny, I wonder what became of her.

By: Venetia Horton

Venetia Horton — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 13:10:22 +0000

It is partly thanks to John Keats that I graduated from Bristol University with a BA more than 40 years ago when I made the connection between the passion in his letters and the resulting poems. I don’t think anyone else had seen the link before. Reading his verse again brings back memories of long hours of study in the university library and laboriously hand-written essays. Nightingales, St Agnes’ Eve and the mellow fruits of autumn are always on my mind.

By: Annie G

Annie G — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:58:02 +0000

He was always my favourite of the Romantic poets. Who remembers Lockhart now, pray? Such a sad story in such a beautiful setting.

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:44:28 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, thank you for the intimate tour of the Keats House in Hampstead, another small museum on my “to do” list when I visit London. Such a sad story, but one not uncommon in his time.

By: Ron Bunting

Ron Bunting — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:29:10 +0000

Would the name of the house ,Wentworth, have anything to do with the pioneering Australian Family ? or is yet another place named after the Wentworths. Both here in Australia and the USA they named a lot of places after themselves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wentworth

By: John Barrett

John Barrett — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:32:45 +0000

I would just like to remember John Keats a poet of the people. He had a true love that was nice. Read his Ode to a Nightingale ?are they still there. Thanks GA. Poet John Poetry Soc & Bus Pass Poets Bristol

By: Judi Jones

Judi Jones — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 05:41:19 +0000

and to think this lovely house could have been replaced by a block of flats!! Well saved.

By: Glynn

Glynn — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 03:06:50 +0000

In 2015, we did a guided Keats walk in Hampstead that ended at the Keats House. It was lovely. The pictures bring back all the memories.