Links

Arbour Editions 
Short chapbook collections of John Clare’s poems by theme

Carry Akroyd 
Details of the paintings, prints & publications of the artist and former President of the John Clare Society

Centre for John Clare Studies, Cambridge 
Based in the University of Cambridge it provides a forum for scholarly activity focused on John Clare and related literary, historical, ecological and political subjects. Includes former members and officers of the John Clare Society Committee

Class Encounters – John Clare 
Short essay by Mike Mecham of an imagined meeting with John Clare

East Anglian Traditional Music Trust – John Clare 
A brief examination by Katie Howson of John Clare’s musical life and his store of songs and tunes

Helpston Historical Society 
Invaluable website of the Helpston Local History Group covering a wide range of topics, people, such as John Clare, and places

John Clare Cottage 
Incorporating the former Helpston home of John Clare it offers a museum, gardens and community cafe

John Clare Countryside 
Area-based project putting nature at the heart of local action tackling the climate and biodiversity emergency

John Clare, Poet of the Environmental Crisis 
An article from the Guardian newspaper by George Monbiot exploring Clare’s response to enclosure, its impact of the landscape, nature  and people, and its lessons for today

John Clare Society of North America 

John Clare Weblog 
Roger Rowe’s long-running blog about John Clare and his work

Langdyke Countryside Trust 
A community organisation dedicated to the preservation and conservation of the natural and built heritage around Peterborough and Stamford

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography – John Clare 

Petra Wonham 
Website of the illustrator of Clare’s People

Poetry Foundation 
A major U.S. literary organization, publisher of Poetry magazine, dedicated to making poetry a vigorous part of American culture by celebrating poets, providing educational resources, hosting events, and offering vast online archives of poems and poet information

Poetry Society Essay: ‘What Am I’ 
Essay by Jane Feaver published in The Poetry Review 110:3, Autumn 2020

Village Tribune 
‘Voice’ of the rural villages of North Peterborough, including Helpston and Northborough