William Blake was a prolific poet, artist, visionary and author, whose incredible body of work was dismissed, mocked and all but forgotten about when he died in poverty in 1827.
Today, however, Blake is celebrated as a pillar of English literature, the author of our unofficial national anthem ‘Jerusalem’ and of philosophies that have helped form contemporary English identity.
Join Professor Jason Whittaker, Blake scholar at Lincoln University, and John Higgs, author of William Blake vs. The World, as they discuss everything from the nation’s fascination with a misunderstood artist to the strange relationship between Blake’s imagination and modern neuroscience.