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  rdian: news website of the year News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show caption Hidden Histories ‘The beating pulse of poetry’: why you should visit Keats House The Romantic poet’s home in London was a haven where he wrote some of his most famous works. Today, two centuries after his death, it still evokes Keats’ spirit Ashish Ghadiali Tue 28 Jun 2022 09.00 EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email It’s testament to the hold that  John Keats  has on the English imagination that though he died, in 1821, aged 25 and leaving only two volumes of his poetry in print, 10 or 12 plaques or stones commemorate the geography of his short life from birth in Moorgate, London, to death beside the Spanish steps in Rome. Taken together, they form the basis of a route of pilgrimage I’ve always found worth the while and that draws me back, time and again, to  Keats House , just off Hampstead Heath in London. My grandparents – my dad’s mum and dad – were both committed pilgrims and I hav