A traditional storytelling show for adults, featuring yuletide tales and traditions from around the world. You are invited to join us on a Christmas journey—a voyage across countries and cultures, through tales and traditions as unique and as varied as snowflakes. Along the way, we’ll encounter curious characters: spiders and shepherdesses, wolves and witches. We’ll come face to face with the fearsome Krampus and the kindly Tomte. We’ll hear the legend of the Yule Cat, who’s not nearly as cuddly…

Do you love history? Are you fascinated by the Viking Age? Or maybe you’re just looking to learn something new in 2026! This exploratory and fun history course delves into the thrilling history of the Viking Great Army. We will focus on their famous winter camp in Repton, as well as who the Vikings were, what they believed and why they invaded the Midlands kingdom of Mercia in the mid 800s. Along the way, you’ll be introduced to a range…

This talk looks in detail about the terrible explosion that occurred in November 1944 at Fauld, just north of Burton. Fauld was a massive underground armaments store and the occurrence was the 4th largest man-made explosion during World War 2, causing tremendous damage  In Burton and it also had an impact in places like Lichfield.