Inspiration:
Literature
For literature lovers, these literary sights and activities can help bring a city break to life!
London
Episode 15: Bloomsbury, London’s Literary Heartland
Bloomsbury, London’s literary and academic heartland, is full of pretty garden squares and the place to find some of the ...
London
Episode 14: London and Charles Dickens
London certainly pops up frequently in the novels of England’s best-known 19th century author, Charles Dickens, and traces of him ...
London
Episode 13: Chaucer and Shakespeare’s London
Britain’s two greatest authors, Chaucer and Shakespeare, both lived and worked in London for most of their lives. This post ...
Florence
Episode 19: Literary Florence
This final episode – Literary Florence – focuses on a selection of literary writings connected to the city, beginning with ...
Florence
Episode 18: Florence History And Travel Writing
Reading History and Travel Writing about Florence can really inform your visit. So, this post looks at three history books ...
Florence
Episode 4: Dante’s Florence
Dante’s Florence? It’s complicated! The poet Dante Alighieri, born in Florence in 1265, is to Italy what Shakespeare is to ...
Edinburgh
Episode 16: Edinburgh Anthology
This post is an Edinburgh anthology, focussing on both poetry and prose, showing the city through the eyes of travellers, ...
Edinburgh
Episode 12: More Edinburgh Writers
Here’s J K Rowling on Edinburgh Writers: ‘It’s impossible to live in Edinburgh without sensing its literary heritage everywhere’. We ...
Edinburgh
Episode 11: Edinburgh Literature and Writers
Edinburgh was the first city to be designated a UNESCO City of Literature and whole books have been written about ...
Bath
Episode 11: A Bath Anthology
Squeezed into our Bath anthology are lots of authors who wrote about the city and whom you’d enjoy reading before ...
