in march 2012, new research on keats's ode 'to autumn', co-authored with dr jayne archer and professor howard thomas (aberystwyth university), was widely reported. archival discoveries suggested that the 'stubble-plains' of keats's ode 'to autumn' were located on st giles's hill, to the east of the city of winchester, with implications for a new political reading of the poem. the part of st giles's hill in question now lies under a multi-storey car park. the editor of the telegraph devoted 22 march 2012's editorial to an 'ode to a car park'