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Recent Posts

William Blake – Visionary
Skellig – 25th Anniversary Illustrated Edition
Simon Avery’s Sorrowmouth
Heaven in a Wild Flower: Nick Drake and Willliam Blake
Electronica and Choral Blake, 2022
One King, one God, one Law: Monarchy and Dissent
Auguries of Innocence? Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
A Blakean Year: 2022
Infant Joy: The early life of William Blake

Zoavision

A collection of videos and podcasts exploring the life, work, and afterlife of William Blake

Arts & Culture

A selection of articles on the reception of William Blake in contemporary arts and culture.

Ghost-conversations with William Blake: an interview with Sophie Herxheimer
The Song of Deeds: David Jones and William Blake
Studies on Blake’s reception
The left hand path – William Blake and Austin Osman Spare
Blakespotting: Death metal Blake
What if Thel Was Male? – Bruce Dickinson’s “Book of Thel”
Blakespotting: Peaky Blinders and William Blake
The Joy of Revolution
Blake and music on Index Rerum
Blakespotting: “Jerusalem” and gay Blake
New releases and forthcoming events
A Vindication of the Daughters of Albion – Blake and Mary Wollstonecraft
The Naked Tea Party
Blakespotting: News about William Blake, July 2018
Blakespotting: News about William Blake, November 2018

Reviews

Reviews of books, music, films and more

Review: Visions of the Daughters of Urizon – What Should Be Wild, Julia Fine
The William Blakes – Dear Unknown Friend
W. C. Bamberger: On the Backstretch
Review: Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Review: Fake Blakes
Review: Patti Smith – The New Jerusalem
Visions of Saint Maud
Review: Devil May Cry 5
Review: Naomi Billingsley – The Visionary Art of William Blake
William Blake – Visionary
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: U Chicago, 2011
Jez Butterworth’s Sons of Albion
Review: Daniel Kidane – Songs of Illumination
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
Review: Music roundup for early 2019

Spotlight

Blake and Music:
 
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Articles on Blake's poems set to music
and songs inspired by his art.

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Blake and Art:
 
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Articles on Blake’s art and his source of inspiration to other visual artists.

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Blake and Poetry:
 
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Articles on Blake's poetry and its influence on later writers

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