John Clare looked in places where nobody else thought to look and he became the greatest labouring-class poet. Perhaps most importantly, he showed us a way of life that has been lost forever.

Writers, like so called local ‘Mad Poet’, John Clare, incarcerated at St.Andrew’s asylum at Northampton, can suffer mentally but also benefit in their craft from the insights and empathy ...

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Tiverton Civic Society unveiled a blue plaque at 1 St Andrew's Street in recognition for the late Dr John Clare Byrt. A towering figure in the world of music, Dr Byrt left an indelible mark as a ...