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Ursula Askham Fanthorpe (U.A.Fanthorpe) " The Master of the Cast Shadow' begins in a tone of admiration for the painter's skill, but moves into a tone of unease toward the way that skill hides the history behind the images." Ursula Askham Fanthorpe (U.A.Fanthorpe) (22 July 1929 – 28 April 2009) was an English poet. She published under the form U. A. Fanthorpe. Born Ursula Askham Fanthorpe 22 July 1929 Died 28 April 2009 (aged 79) Wotton-under-Edge , Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Pen name U. A. Fanthorpe Occupation Poet Citizenship British Education St Anne's College, Oxford Period 1978–2007 Genre Poetry Notable works Side Effects Collected Poems From Me To You: Love Poems Notable awards Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry Partner R. V. &qu

Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke   Mary Sidney   Mary Sidney was born at Ticknall Place, Bewdley, Worcestershire in England on October 27, 1561, daughter of Sir Henry Sidney , thrice Lord Deputy of Ireland and sister of the poets Sir Philip Sidney and Sir Robert Sidney . She was educated at home in French, Italian, Latin and Greek, and music.  Lady Mary was well favored of Elizabeth I who invited her to court in 1575. In 1577 Mary wed Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke—they lived mostly at the Pembroke family estate, Wilton House , near Salisbury, Wiltshire. They had four children, including the two sons, William (later 3rd Earl of Pembroke) and Phillip, to whom Shakespeare's First Folio (1623) was dedicated.           After her marriage, Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, gathered around her a group of notable poets, musicians, and artists. Among those who praised her patronage of the arts were Edmund Spenser , whose Ruines of Time were ded