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Sue Brown is an independent scholar based in London and Malta, and is the author of Joseph Severn, A Life: The Rewards of Friendship . Joseph Severn (1793-1879) was the best known but most controversial of poet John Keats’s friends. In the nineteenth century Severn’s friendship with Keats was seen as a model of devoted masculine companionship and he was reburied by popular acclaim next to Keats in 1882. In the original post below, Sue Brown reflects on her recent party at Keats House , and won |