Jerusalem returns triumphant to the London stage
Unlike the typical cosy portrayal of life in rural England, Jerusalem has the ring of truthWilliam Blake lived most of his life in London. According to Peter Ackroyd, if he had been living there still he would have been out with the rioters this summer " "any occasion for action". But in 1800 for three years, Blake went to live in Felpham, Sussex, writing that it was "more spiritual than London. Heaven opens here on …