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The lake at Bassenthwaite is thought to be the inspiration for where the sword was thrown in Tennyson's famous poem Morte d’Arthur. Find out more...- Arthur Ransome used to spend his idyllic childhood holidays in the Lake District. Like many before and since he completely fell in love with the place. Find out more...
- Beatrix Potter - a talented writer and illustrator but also an influential thinker and conservationist whose work is partly responsible for preserving the Lake District.
- Edward Fitzgerald was not local to the Lake District but was part of the poetry scene that was blossoming in the area during Victorian times. Read more...
- Hunter Davies OBE is an author, broadcaster and journalist. He was born in Scotland and spent his childhood in Carlisle. He is regularly associated with the Lake District.
- Jancis Robinson OBE is an esteemed wine critic. She writes a weekly column for the Financial Times and several other publications alongside a daily column on her website.
- John Ruskin was a Victorian writer, philosopher and art critic during a time when the Lake District was a hotspot for the country’s finest creative brains. Read more about him here.
- Discover the work of the famous sculptor Josefina de Vasconcellos and her connection with the Lake District, Cumbria.
- Born in 1939, Melvin Bragg, Baron Bragg, hails from Wigton near Carlisle. He is a broadcaster, writer, interviewer, producer, commentator and academic.
- Norman Nicholson, the twentieth century poet was born and brought up in the idyllic Cumbrian town of Millom, on the Cumbrian Coast. Find out more...
- Thomas Hayton Mawson designed some of the most celebrated gardens in the Lake District and Cumbria. Read more about the man and his work here.
- William Gershom Collingwood was born in 1854 and has a long association with Cumbria. He was an author, artist, antiquary and professor of Fine Arts.
- 2020 marked 250 years since Romantic poet William Wordsworth was born. Discover the landscape that inspired him in the Lake District, Cumbria.
- An inclusive large-scale music, poetry and multi-media project celebrating William Wordsworth's 250th birthday.
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