Wordsworthshire

I'm on holiday in the Lake District and today my wife and I went to the Wordsworth museum in Grasmere, in the former family home Dove Cottage. We've been before, probably ten years ago. There have been some changes and I know a bit more about the Romantics than I did then. There's a much greater emphasis on Dorothy, his sister, now. #justice4dorothy. Still, a woman in the tour group asked what became of her once William married Mary Hutchinson, describing her as a 'third wheel' and the guide gallantly explained Dorothy was an integral part of the family, of William's work, and they all lived together for the rest of their lives. He didn't mention Mary's sister Sara (with whom Coleridge was besotted) also lived with them and that people referred to Wordsworth and his three wives. Nor were other escapades publicised. A French woman was upset there wasn't a mention of William's French daughter (there was a tiny reference in the nearby gallery). The guide, embarrassed, said the museum…