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Keats' Life in London

Talk
£5
28 August 2025
12.30pm
Oil painting showing people in medieval clothes
'The Eve of St Agnes', by William Holman-Hunt - based on the poem by Keats

Learn about the life of John Keats (1795 - 1821) and the London in which he lived.

From his birth in Moorgate, medical training in Southwark, and his residence in Hampstead, this talk charts the life of Keats and uncovers the influence of the city on his poetry, alongside its reaction to his work.