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Title: Diary: the romantic spirit of Byron lives on, and is to be found in the form of an 80-year-old woman who is lying prostrate across the M3 to protest against the war in Iraq.
Author: Mark Steel
Publication: New Statesman (1996) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 17, 2003
Publisher: New Statesman, Ltd.
Volume: 132 Issue: 4625 Page: 9(1)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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I was invited to give a talk at the National Portrait Gallery, to run in conjunction with an exhibition, on Lord Byron. I said how it seemed incredible that a Romantic poet could have been a major celebrity in England, given that the only romantic poetry we see now is on birthday cards, with verses such as: "Here's to say I love you in my own sweet special way/On this very very very very special day". But I think most of the people in the audience were expecting a serious academic lecture, as they seemed bemused.
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