30th April 2025 A family divided. Two divergent paths — rags, and riches. In this episode, Suzannah meets Charlotte, the 4x great-granddaughter of poet William Wordsworth. Exploring Wordsworth House and the surrounding streets in Cockermouth, they retrace the steps of Charlotte’s ancestors and discover how two branches of this famous family had very different fates.
The holiday-making ‘culture crash’ has seen tourists turn their backs on museums. The latest victim? William Wordsworth’s former home Article from The Telegraph by Sally Howard 29 April 2025 Wordsworth’s final home and a museum of his life, Rydal Mount, will be sold off as a result of declining visitor numbers – Alamy At Hays
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30th April 2025 In this extract from BBC Radio Cumbria, Nishma Hindocha discusses the sale of Rydal Mount with Miriam Margolys and others who advocate for preserving this important site. Please consider supporting efforts to save this literary haven. Full Transcript: 0:00 It’s 22 minutes past four now and cast your mind back to the
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The actors are lending their supporting to the campaign by Wordsworth’s great great great great granddaughter to keep Rydal Mount in the Lake District open to the public. article from The Guardian by Ella Creamer and Mark Brown North of England correspondentFri 25 Apr 2025 Actors Brian Cox, Miriam Margolyes and Tom Conti as well as the children’s
Article from BBC News. Brian Cox, Miriam Margolyes and Paul McGann are among actors, artists and writers calling for the final home of Romantic poet William Wordsworth to be saved as a site of literary heritage. Ambleside’s Rydal Mount, where Wordsworth lived from 1813 until his death in 1850, was recently put up for sale
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In this video, Charlotte Wontner, Wordsworth’s great-great-great-great-granddaughter and BBC World At One host Jonny Dymond discuss the urgent campaign to keep Rydal Mount, the final home of poet William Wordsworth, open to the public. The property is currently for sale, and we want to ensure it remains accessible for future generations to enjoy its beauty
by News desk Sunday 27th April 2025 11:11 pm in Write Out Loud A campaign has been launched to preserve William Wordsworth’s family home at Rydal Mount in the Lake District, as a site of literary heritage. The poet lived there from 1813 to his death in 1850. It is now up for sale, for offers at
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Actors Brian Cox, Miriam Margolyes, and Paul and Mark McGann have teamed up. By MARK BRANAGAN Daily Express Sat, Apr 26, 2025 Stars of hit shows Succession, Doctor Who, Batman and Harry Potter are pleading for the beloved Lake District home of William Wordsworth to be preserved as a national monument after it was put on
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A group of actors, writers and artists are leading a campaign to ‘save’ the Lake District home of William Wordsworth. Stars of stage and screen Brian Cox, Tom Conti, Miriam Margolyes, and Paul and Mark McGann, along with the screenwriter and children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, are among those calling for Rydal Mount to be retained as a
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A group of actors, writers and artists are leading a campaign to ‘save’ the Lake District home of William Wordsworth. Stars of stage and screen Brian Cox, Tom Conti, Miriam Margolyes, and Paul and Mark McGann, along with the screenwriter and children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, are among those calling for Rydal Mount to be retained as a
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