Julia Warren

...comes to a radio near you.... Ghosts, a mysterious stranger, and what is going on with that hat? Tune in ( see below ) to find out in our latest auricular adventure, as it comes to radio this spring. Our latest, The Ghost of Vauxhall Walk , combines two 1882 stories by Charlotte Riddell; alongside its ration of ghosts, there is also a mysterious stranger, and what in the world is going on with that hat? Tune in at 95.5 FM, or go online to kcbpradio.org . What’s more, KCBP Radio is...

A Literary Tour Through Victorian London Celebrating Christina Rossetti's birthday earlier this month with a walking tour. “She is the finest woman-poet since Mrs. Browning, by a long way; and in artless art, if not in intellectual impulse, is greatly Mrs. Browning’s superior.” (Dante Gabriel Rossetti) The poet Christina Rossetti, is perhaps best remembered for 'Goblin Market', 'Remember', and 'In the Bleak Midwinter'. The daughter of Italian poet,scholar and political exile Gabriele...

Celebrating William Blake’s birthday with a poetic, historical, and slightly mystical stroll through the city that shaped a visionary. William Blake was very much a child of London. He rarely left the city, and the streets, churches, and riverbanks seeped into his poetry and art. This is a look at London - not as we experience it, but rather as Blake perceived it: full of angels, revolution, and strange beauty. 🚶‍♂️ Stop 1: Soho – Blake’s Birthplace Location: 28 Broad Street (now Broadwick...