Ben Jonson, dramatist and poet, is the only person buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey. Jonson always seemed to be poor, in spite of gifts from royalty, and he died in great poverty in ...

"In Bluestone’s poetry, the plays of Ben Jonson and the escapades of Harpo Marx go on forever,” says fellow poet Louis Simpson. “Whatever has happened must still be happening.” For Stephen Bluestone ...

Their main task is to compose poems that commemorate important national events such as coronations, royal births and birthdays. Chroniclers and poets wrote informally about royal events for centuries, ...