Ben Jonson, dramatist and poet, is the only person buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey. Jonson always seemed to be poor, in spite of gifts from royalty, and he died in great poverty in ...

Chroniclers and poets wrote informally about royal events for centuries, including Ben Jonson who was unofficially referred to as a poet laureate. Find out more about nine Poet Laureates from history ...

"In Bluestone’s poetry, the plays of Ben Jonson and the escapades of Harpo Marx go on forever,” says fellow poet Louis Simpson. “Whatever has happened must still be happening.” For Stephen Bluestone ...