Yes, I’ve always been keen on Byron myself, very much a hero of mine. I know the Byron family had an estate at Wymondham, am thinking about tracking it down, if it’s still around. Byron didn’t spend time there as far as I know, but it’d be an excuse for a jaunt which is only about thirty miles from me. Cain is brilliant. For me the best biography is Byron: Life & Legend by Fiona MacCarthy, scholarly - she took four years on it I think - but moves like a novel.
Almost like when you say "you are the glitch "; Byron used said "glitch reality"and weaponized it against the machine....a bit of a prototype code (Spirit) for what became the download that inspired Rage Against the Machine.
Absolutely. Byron was very aware even 200 years back. And directly and indirectly an influence on culture. He was really the first celebrity - and he liked it, but was also a rebel, which we don’t see so much today. His publisher John Murray got very edgy about releasing some of his work - understandably - but it got out there. Byron’s influence is naturally among the rebel crews in the arts, and that’s how it should be.
Really enjoyed this read! I’m semi-obsessed with his Caine work, as well as interested in his life.
Yes, I’ve always been keen on Byron myself, very much a hero of mine. I know the Byron family had an estate at Wymondham, am thinking about tracking it down, if it’s still around. Byron didn’t spend time there as far as I know, but it’d be an excuse for a jaunt which is only about thirty miles from me. Cain is brilliant. For me the best biography is Byron: Life & Legend by Fiona MacCarthy, scholarly - she took four years on it I think - but moves like a novel.
Almost like when you say "you are the glitch "; Byron used said "glitch reality"and weaponized it against the machine....a bit of a prototype code (Spirit) for what became the download that inspired Rage Against the Machine.
Absolutely. Byron was very aware even 200 years back. And directly and indirectly an influence on culture. He was really the first celebrity - and he liked it, but was also a rebel, which we don’t see so much today. His publisher John Murray got very edgy about releasing some of his work - understandably - but it got out there. Byron’s influence is naturally among the rebel crews in the arts, and that’s how it should be.