John Richmond will read a selection of his poems and autobiographical prose. His work is variously personal, descriptive and narrative, and occasionally political. He says, “Reading and writing poetry has been a part-time occupation but a constant preoccupation all my life.” John has been an English teacher, an adviser of teachers, and an educational broadcaster.… Continue reading John Richmond – An evening of poetry and prose
Join our pop up play to follow the poet John Keats’ emotional journey from Cockney orphan to the tribulations of romantic love. Meet the seven women – and some of the men – who shaped him. Beth Shaw and Martin Bould’s latest pop-up play charts the poet John Keats’ emotional journey from Cockney orphan to… Continue reading Keats and the seven women – A Pop-up Play by Beth Shaw and Martin Bould
Rebecca is a writer and journalist, born in London, grew up in Dorset, went to Oxford University, then studied and settled in New York and began writing for The New Yorker. In 2018 she returned to live in the UK after 30 years in the USA. Her book Home/Land is a memoir exploring the themes… Continue reading My Life in Middlemarch and Home/Land – Rebecca Mead
A performance of poems, richly illustrated with famous paintings Joe Treasure is the author of three novels. Out of the Frame is Joe’s first collection of poems. Art from six centuries brought dramatically to life through the imagined voices of the artists, their models and the figures they represent. Hear the thoughts of a trio… Continue reading Out of the Frame – Joe Treasure and Zimmy Ryan
Female private eyes have been a staple of popular culture for over 150 years – from plucky Victorian ladies to ‘busy body spinsters’ and fearless modern investigators. But what about the real women detectives? What crimes did they solve? Where are their stories? “a riveting myth buster, with its revelations of the real histories of… Continue reading Caitlin Davies – Private Inquiries: The Secret History of Female Sleuths
Come and hear from some of the local exhibitors and women who exhibited art of the Women’s Liberation Movement
