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Poetry in motion: walking the new Wordsworth Way in the Lake District

The route follows in the Romantic poet’s footsteps, traces his life and celebrates the landscapes that inspired so much of his work

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2025

Guide to the classics: Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey – a dense, strange journey through addiction

Drugs are nothing new. As researchers Russil Durrant and Jo Thakker tell us in their 2003 book Substance Use Abuse, drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, opium and cannabis have been used for thousands of years throughout the world. They also show we have known about addiction for a long time…

The Conversation · Jan 31, 2023