In the north transept is a monument by Grinling Gibbons to William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle and his wife Margaret, ... On her death William published all her letters and poems. He died on 25th ...

Cavendish, author of enough poems, plays and letters to fill 12 books (currently being republished in 20 academic volumes), ... A brokenhearted William, aged 80, ...

Carol Rumens: This 17th-century aristocrat exercises her scientific mind in a poem that makes a subtle claim that women be allowed access to the 'many worlds' of ideas ...

The 17th-century philosopher, poet, playwright and essayist Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), has waited a rather long time for public recognition, despite her prodigious output.