Keats-Shelley Memorial House

Today we are commemorating the death of Percy Bysshe Shelley who died in 1822 in a boating accident off the coast of Tuscany.
In the year that marks also the bicentenary of Lord Byron's death we'd like to remember Shelley through Byron's own words in a letter to John Murray, his publisher, dated 3 August 1822, just a few weeks after Shelley’s death. Byron was completely shocked by the death of his friend. and even though the poets had a tumultuous relationship during their lifetimes they both shared reciprocal respect for each other, as Byron's comment shows: "You are all brutally mistaken about Shelley who was without exception – the best and least selfish man I ever knew."

Have you already seen our 3D virtual exhibition, 'Pretensions to Permanency' which showcases 5 different portrait-busts of Lord Byron? Did you know that the shooting process required hundreds of photos taken in different locations?
In fact, since the busts were located in five different places and most of all in two different countries, England and Italy, the shooting process took a long time. Also, to create the virtual experience the busts were photographed from different angles in order to produce a 3D effect that allows you to look at them at 360°.

📸 V21 Artspace photographing ‘Lord Byron by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 1822, marble, John Murray Collection, London’ for photogrammetry processing © V21 Artspace

We want to thank V21 Artspace for realizing this incredible project.

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Ringraziamo il giornalista e critico musicale Maurizio Modugno per la bellissima recensione del nostro concerto Byron 200 apparsa sulla rivista Musica. Cogliamo ancora una volta l'occasione per ringraziare tutti coloro che hanno partecipato ma soprattutto i due musicisti Ian Bostridge e Julius Drake che con la loro meravigliosa performance hanno reso la serata un enorme successo.

Qui sotto potete leggere la sua recensione: https://www.rivistamusica.com/torna-a-casa-lord-byron-bostridge-a-palazzo-doria-pamphilj/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0_74OJyRAcrb-QyPLxi2B0DcsBNZ8GtjDRiBWGyN-7reTFmkOf-_T6OFQ_aem_38L9VjhnT5muwg-XxUz9nw

“Torna a casa Lord Byron”: Bostridge a Palazzo Doria Pamphilj - Rivista Musica BYRON 200. An evening of music inspired by Lord Byron (musiche di Nathan, Schumann, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Loewe, Wolf) Ian Bostridge tenore Julius Drake pianoforte Roma, Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Salone del Poussin, Keats-Shelley House, 25 giugno 2024 In effetti il concerto organizzato dal...

The Byron 200 concert that took place on 25th June was one of the most remarkable events in the recent history of the Keats-Shelley House. We would like to thank Prince Jonathan Doria Pamphilj for having generously hosted us in the beautiful Poussin Room at the Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, the artists Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake, pianist for having worked so hard at the programme and for presenting us with a very refined performance, and all the distinguished members of the audience who contributed to this huge success.

Ian Bostridge

We want to thank Prof. Andrew Stauffer who presented his new intriguing biography on Lord Byron: Byron a Life in Ten Letter, in conversation with Prof. Greg Kucich and Prof. Jeffrey Cox, yesterday at the Keats-Shelley House.
Thank you to all who participated too!

Congratulations to our Poet-in-Residence Scarlett Sabet on the publication of her new poem and essay on Two Passionate Souls Separated by Centuries, Lord Byron and Lucrezia Borgia, and Rome, the Eternal City. Have a read!

Byron and Borgia: A Meditation on an Impossible Encounter “Mad, bad, and dangerous to know” was my introduction to Lord Byron at the age of 16. In English class we were analyzing “So We’ll Go No More A Roving” and our teacher…

On Wednesday 19 June at 5 p.m. join us for the presentation of a new biography of Lord Byron, Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Prof. Andrew Stauffer, in conversation with Prof. Greg Kucich (University of Notre Dame) and Prof. Jeffrey Cox (University of Colorado).

Admission is Free, but booking is required due to the limited number of seats. Please write to [email protected].

Yesterday we had the pleasure to host a remarkable presentation by Dr Christine Kenyon-Jones on Lord Byron's portraits and sculptures, mostly those made in Italy during his lifetime. Dr Kenyon-Jones also talked about our two new acquisitions, two portrait busts of Byron, which are part of our digital exhibition, 'Pretensions to Permanency' (https://bit.ly/4bYZLhi), along with three other busts that belong to other institutions (John Murray Press in London, The National Portrait Gallery in London and Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence). We want to thank Dr Kenyon Jones and all of you who attended in person and online!

Countdown begins to our forthcoming special concert Byron 200 at Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome, on Tuesday 25 June at 7:30 p.m.

A rare opportunity to experience a suite of songs which together attest to the influence that Lord Byron exerted on European culture as a whole, the first bona fide celebrity of the post-revolutionary era. The concert will take place in one of the most beautiful venues in Rome.

Click here to purchase your tickets: https://bit.ly/3K4dDdT

Tomorrow, Thursday 13 June at 5 p.m. join us for Dr Christine Kenyon-Jones’s talk ‘Lord Byron and his portraits in Italy’.

Admission is Free but booking is required due to the limited number of spaces. Write to [email protected].

The event will also be streamed via Zoom.
If you'd like to attend online, please send us an email and we'll share the link with you.

To find out more click here: https://bit.ly/4ebHizX

Would you like to learn more about Byron and his sculpted and painted portraits? On Thursday 13 June at 5 p.m., join us for a free public talk on Lord Byron and his Portraits in Italy by Dr Christine Kenyon-Jones, co-author of the book Dangerous to Show: Byron and His Portraits.

Admission is Free, but booking is required due to the limited number of seats. Please write to [email protected].

The event will also be streamed via Zoom.
If you'd like to attend online, please send us an email and we'll share the link with you.

Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4ebHizX

On Friday we announced the winners of the 33rd annual Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize for Schools. Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up!

You can read the poems and name of the winners on the News section of our website: ksh.roma.it

A special thanks to all the participants and to our guest judge Scarlett Sabet.

As part of Byron 200, The Keats-Shelley Memorial Association had the pleasure of supporting this year’s Giant’s Talk by Peter Hunter: Lord Byron, 200 Years On. This fascinating lecture took place at Harrow School in London on the 19th April 2024, the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death and as well as attending the talk, KSMA Trustees also visited the excellent Byron Exhibition in the Old Speech Room Gallery which was part of the event.

To watch the lecture click here:

Byron 200: Lord Byron, 200 Years on by Peter Hunter The Keats-Shelley Memorial Association had the pleasure of supporting this year’s Giant Talk by Peter Hunter, which took place at Harrow School in London on ...

We had a full house on Thursday for Jan Noble's superb poetry reading, 'Byron 200'. Here are some photos from the event.
Bravo Jan!

Find out more about our Lord Byron bicentenary programme here:
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Find out more about what the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association does, who has previously visited the house and what the legacy of KS200 could be, as presenter Reeta Chakrabarti talks to KSMA’s Treasurer, Charles Cary-Elwes.

KS200: Reeta Chakrabarti talks to Charles Cary-Elwes, Treasurer of the KSMA, about the organisation. Keats-Shelley 200: Reeta Chakrabarti talks to Charles Cary-Elwes, Treasurer of the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association about what the organisation does.As par...

To all our poetry lovers, don't miss Jan Noble's mini verse-drama, 'Byon 200', on Thursday 23 May at 5 p.m., here at the Keats-Shelley House.

Booking is mandatory due to the limited number of seats available.
Please write an email to [email protected].

For more info click here: https://bit.ly/4bFrK5a

Listen to a short interview by KS200 Ambassador, Reeta Chakrabarti with writer, director and poet Pele Cox, and actor Nicholas Rowe, about the film ‘Lift Me Up I Am Dying’ which was made during the pandemic and aired on the 200th anniversary of John Keats death in February 2021.

KS200: Reeta Chakrabarti talks to Pele Cox and Nicholas Rowe, about the film ‘Lift Me Up I Am Dying’ Keats-Shelley 200: Reeta Chakrabarti talks to writer, director and poet Pele Cox and actor Nicholas Rowe, about the film ‘Lift Me Up I Am Dying’Made during t...

Music lovers don’t miss our Byron 200 Concert, an evening of music inspired by Lord Byron on Tuesday 25th June at 7:30 p.m. at the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Rome.

Musicians Ian Bostridge, tenor, and Julius Drake, pianoforte, will perform a recital inspired by Lord Byron with a programme including music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Schumann.

The performance will be followed by light refreshments.

To purchase your tickets click here: https://bit.ly/3K4dDdT

Julius Drake, pianist Ian Bostridge

Listen to poet Christy Ku as she talks to KS200 Ambassador Reeta Chakrabarti about the specially commissioned film ‘Content Cottage’ and the work in schools with poetry organisation Apples and Snakes.

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As part of Keats-Shelley 200 the KSMA commissioned poetry organisation Apples and Snakes to develop a national project about the romantic poets, which culminated in the film ‘Content Cottage’. Following a tour of schools in the UK we are now sharing the film on our YouTube page:

Keats-Shelley 200: Content Cottage, a film by Apples and Snakes As part of Keats-Shelley 200, KSMA commissioned poetry organisation Apples and Snakes to develop a national project about the romantic poets, which culminate...

Take a look at last week's event with Simon Brown, Curator at Newstead Abbey, who talked about Lord Byron's ancestral home.

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Don't miss our Byron 200 concert, with music inspired by Lord Byron and performed by Ian Bostridge, tenor, and Julius Drake, pianoforte, on Tuesday 25th June, 7:30 p.m. at Palazzo Doria Pamphilj.

To purchase your tickets please click here: https://bit.ly/4aANejG

Don't miss our next free public talk on Lord Byron's ancestral home, Newstead Abbey, on Thursday 9 May at 5 pm. https://bit.ly/3y9G87u

Admission is free but booking is required. Please write to [email protected].

The event will also be streamed via Zoom.
If you'd like to attend online, please send us an email and we'll share the link with you.

Did you know that Lord Byron used to live in a monastic abbey? to find out more join us for a free public talk on the representation of Byron’s ancestral home: Newstead Abbey by Simon Brown, curator at Newstead Abbey on Thursday 9 May at 5 pm.

Admission is free but booking is required. Please write to [email protected].

Friday we had the pleasure to host a fascinating lecture by Dr Will Bowers on Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and how it enjoyed a remarkable afterlife as a guidebook for generations of British and European tourists.

Thank you Dr Bowers and everyone who took part in the lecture!

Our curator Dr Kilgallon was a guest on BBC Radio 4 Today last week discussing Italy’s influence on Byron and his writing. To listen please follow the link:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001y8fy (2:52 in)

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On Friday 26 April at 5pm join us at the Keats-Shelley House for the talk, ‘frequent turn to linger as you go’: Byron plays Guide, by Dr Will Bowers.

Admission is Free but booking is required due to the limited number of seats (write to [email protected]).

Find out more here: https://keats-shelley-house.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=deba565e9c007673ed4756fbd&id=9c3a146d36&e=e2c3b7ae61

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Venerdì 26 aprile alle ore 17.00 vi aspettiamo alla Keats-Shelley House per l’incontro intitolato, ‘frequent turn to linger as you go’: Byron plays Guide, del dottor Will Bowers.

Questo evento si terrà in lingua inglese.

L'ingresso è gratuito, ma la prenotazione è obbligatoria a causa del numero limitato di posti (scrivere a [email protected]).

Per saperne di più cliccate qui: https://keats-shelley-house.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=deba565e9c007673ed4756fbd&id=3a40dad599&e=e2c3b7ae61

We have great news!

We're delighted to announce that KSH Poet-in-Residence for 2024 Scarlett Sabet will be the guest judge of the 33rd Keats-Shelley House Poetry Prize for Schools.

You have still time until 4th May 2024 to submit your poem!

Click here to find out more: https://bit.ly/3Up0cLE

Italia! O Italia! thou who hast
The fatal gift of beauty, which became
A funeral dower of present woes and past,
On thy sweet brow is sorrow ploughed by shame,
And annals graved in characters of flame.

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