Yeats

On the 28th of January 1939, William Butler Yeats departed the world of the living, and this year will mark the 80th anniversary of his passing. The works of Yeats are known to us all. You need not be a poetry snob to know at least one…

When we slot figures neatly onto the plinths of our national pantheon, the heroic status we make often require some scrubbing before they are fit to be viewed by the public. Figures of national renown are scrubbed clean of their more…

Two Roads Diverged In a Yellow Wood, What Happened Next Will Make All the Difference. You Won't Believe What This Poet Compared To A Summer's Day These Plums Which You Were Probably Saving For Breakfast Were In An Icebox, You Won't…

As his 150th anniversary comes around, many eyes have turned to re-examining the work of the great Irish poet W. B. Yeats. But in many ways a key area of his life has been overlooked: magic. Yeats’ interest in the supernatural and the…