Percy Bysshe Shelley Hunt, was later asked by John Bedford Leno whether he preferred Shelley or Byron as a man. He replied: On 8 July 1822, less than a month before his thirtieth birthday, Shelley drowned in a sudden storm on the Gulf of Spezia while returning from Leghorn (Livorno) to Lerici in his sailing boat, the "Don Juan." He was returning from having set up "The Liberal" with the newly arrived Leigh Hunt. The name "Don Juan", a compliment to Byron, was chosen by Edward John Trelawny, a member of the Shelley–Byron Pisan circle. However, according to Mary Shelley's testimony, Shelley changed
Tony Walsh (poet) Concert, held in benefit of the attack's victims and their families. It was discussed alongside poems written about earlier atrocities committed in Manchester, including "The Masque of Anarchy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, on BBC Radio 4's "Front Row" on 24 May 2017. Walsh is married with two children, and lives in Manchester. His brother, Rev Mike Walsh, is a Minister of the United Reformed Church serving in South Manchester. Tony Walsh (poet) Tony Walsh (born 1965), also known as Longfella, is an English poet, performer and writer. Born into a family of partially Irish descent in east Manchester, the oldest