{"id":2956,"date":"2020-04-06T16:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2020-04-06T16:04:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:04:47","slug":"wordsworth250-online-celebrations-and-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2956","title":{"rendered":"Wordsworth250: Online Celebrations and Royal Mail issues &#8216;Romantic Poets&#8217; stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tomorrow &#8211; 7 April 2020 &#8211; is William Wordsworth&#8217;s 250th birthday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look out for exciting virtual celebrations from <strong>Wordsworth Grasmere<\/strong> on social media:<br><br>Wordsworth Grasmere Twitter: Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wordsworth250?src=hashtag_click\">#Wordsworth250<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WordsworthGras\">@WordsworthGras<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CuratorWT\">@CuratorWT<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTdirector\">@WTdirector<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wordsworth Grasmere: <a href=\"http:\/\/Facebook.com\/WordsworthGrasmere\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/Instagram.com\/WordsworthGrasmere\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also check out their <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/channel\/UCJTqVHxULZXcJGeFfMkS-yQ\">YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1280px-Wordsworth_on_Helvellyn_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1280px-Wordsworth_on_Helvellyn_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1280px-Wordsworth_on_Helvellyn_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1280px-Wordsworth_on_Helvellyn_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon-768x941.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1280px-Wordsworth_on_Helvellyn_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon-1253x1536.jpg 1253w, https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1280px-Wordsworth_on_Helvellyn_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon-624x765.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1280px-Wordsworth_on_Helvellyn_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>More news for Wordsworth&#8217;s birthday&#8230; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;The Romantic Poets &#8211; Special Stamp Issues&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.royalmail.com\/special-stamp-issues\/the-romantic-poets\">Royal Mail issues 10 new Special Stamps on the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Wordsworth.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stamps also celebrate other major Romantic poets: William Blake; John Keats; Lord Byron; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Mary Robinson; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Walter Scott; John Clare; and Letitia Elizabeth Landon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each stamp uses an extract from one of their most popular and enduring works, along with a specially-commissioned illustration that reflects the theme of the poem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ap473-1-poets-presentaion-pack-visual.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ap473-1-poets-presentaion-pack-visual.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ap473-1-poets-presentaion-pack-visual-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ap473-1-poets-presentaion-pack-visual-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ap473-1-poets-presentaion-pack-visual-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ap473-1-poets-presentaion-pack-visual-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow &#8211; 7 April 2020 &#8211; is William Wordsworth&#8217;s 250th birthday. 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