John Milton
The subversive message of Paradise Lost
The great poem is mostly about revolution: how much individuals can revolt against God, father, church and king without bringing all the heavens down upon their heads
A walled garden in Suffolk yields up its secrets
When Olivia Laing began restoring the former property of a garden designer, she had no idea of the beauty that lay hidden by rampant weeds
A skilled networker
Born in 1559, Alice Spencer, a formidable networker, matchmaker and patron of the arts, was the muse of poets including Edmund Spenser and John Milton
Paradise lost
Julian is clever, handsome and spoiled, a gilded youth who has all the girls wanting to mother him, and a…
Faith in freedom
What’s wrong with calls for an ‘Islamic Reformation’
