Julia Warren

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...

"Gathering from the best sources authentic information about underwater world". Cover of "L'Algerie" Magazine, 15 June 1884 Jules Verne:...