Gideon Wagner

John Milton was born in Bread Street, London, on December 9th, 1608. His early years were privately tutored before gaining a place at St Paul’s School and in 1625 he matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, earning a BA in 1629 and an MA in 1632....

Tupper is a neglected poet but his verse on perhaps the greatest of all poets is a knowing and dedicated tribute. Author - Martin Farquhar Tupper. Narrator - Gideon Wagner. Published Date - Wednesday, 01 January 2025.

Harold Edward Munro was born on the 14th of March 1879 at 137 chaussée de Charleroi, Saint-Gilles, Brussels.He was educated at Radley College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. On 2nd December 1903 in Ireland Munro married Dorothy Elizabeth...

The night begins its surrender to the first gleamings of the day.The day falls into the inky embrace of night.Within these two periods Nature interplays light and dark creating magical glancing rays and soft somnolent blankets of ever-changing...

Life is frenetic. Everything is running faster which usually means we are running later. Everything should have been done 5 minutes ago or better still yesterday. We are slowly falling behind, overwhelmed by busy lives in an ever-exacting world.In...

Who does not remember the immortal lines from childhood – ‘Break Break Break On Thy Cold Grey Stones’. The seas and oceans have a mystical power over us; from a playful day at the beach to the hysterical waves of the storm, this always changing...

Who does not remember the immortal lines from childhood – ‘Break Break Break On Thy Cold Grey Stones’. The seas and oceans have a mystical power over us; from a playful day at the beach to the hysterical waves of the storm, this always changing...

This tragedy of blood, deceit and betrayal is one of the most famous of Shakespeare’s works and regularly performed in theatres around the world. This performance by a distinguished cast that includes Anthony Quayle, Ian Holm, Alec McCowen and Stanley...

William Wordsworth was born on 7 April, 1770 in Cockermouth, in Cumbria, northwest England. Wordsworth spent his early years in his beloved Lake District often with his sister, Dorothy. The English lakes could terrify as well as nurture, and as...

Hugh John Lofting was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire on January 14th, 1886 to English and Irish parents. Lofting was initially educated at Mount St Mary’s College in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, a Jesuit boarding school from the age of eight. By 1905 at age...