Amazed to discover that a photograph exists of Lady Byron taken in 1856. She was born Anne Milbanke at Elemore Hall in County Durham in 1792 and died in 1860.
Her daughter with Lord Byron was the mathematician and computer scientist Ada Lovelace who predeceased her in 1852.

Today on The Rest Is History, marking the 200th anniversary of his death, a 4 part epic on Britain's 1st international celebrity: LORD BYRON.

Genius, rake, romantic hero; shadowed by sexual scandal, & a martyr for liberty; MAD, BAD & DANGEROUS TO KNOW...
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As a huge fan of The Rest Is History podcast and having played Lord Byron twice, seeing my image on the promo for their new series on Byron is a genuine thrill!

Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv’ry Tay!

Some lunchtime listening for your entertainment.

Best enjoyed with Marsala drunk from a monk’s skull…

A runic welcome to Kirkwall Airport

“Progressive measures.”

A 1973 editorial in the Maoist journal Red Flag, describing the First Emperor’s burning of books and his burial alive of Confucian scholars.

Morning. An extraordinarily colourful new The Rest Is History series begins today - the life of LORD BYRON.

Rake, freedom fighter, poet, vampire ... but who was the man behind the Regency scandals? And how did his bloodcurdling erotic escapades begin?

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OLLIE WATKINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! 🔥🔥🔥

LEON BAILEY PUTS US AHEAD! 😍😍😍

Tomorrow’s episode of @ThRestHistory - marking the 200th anniversary of his death - is the first of a four part special on LORD BYRON

These grooves scored in a stone in the ruined Lady Kirk in Sanday were apparently left by the Devil

In a fabulous new discovery—in the arches under a large staircase in the Region 9 excavations—a series of #gladiators are in perpetual combat.
Murmillo versus Thracian (armed with a curved sword) sketched in detail in charcoal alongside a stylised phallus painted in red
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