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November 2024
Cancelled – Lunar Lecture – Beyond the ha-ha: an eighteenth-century gardening revolution
Unfortunately this lecture has been postponed and ticket holders should receive a full refund shortly. We hope to able to announce a new date in 2025. The history of the garden in the eighteenth century is more than one of acres of grass, Palladian houses and glassy stretches of water. This talk jumps the ha-ha, that icon of the eighteenth-century landscape park, to consider a century that witnessed other leaps of innovation. It saw a gardening revolution that encompassed…
Find out more »Fireside Tales “ a traditional storytelling show for adults.
Fireside Tales “ a traditional storytelling show for adults. As told by the Mad For Road storytelling collective. A cosy collection of warm stories, woven together by a collection of fantastic storytellers from all over the UK and Ireland. There will be a real bouquet of accents “ a treat for the ears ¦ Expect traditional tales from around the world, stories full of laughter and tears, folk tales that will make you think, and stories to warm your heart…
Find out more »Christmas Wreath Making Workshop & Cream Tea. Fully Booked
Get in the mood for Christmas! Learn how to create a colourful festive wreath. All equipment will be provided to make your wreath to take home. After the workshop enjoy a delicious cream tea.
Find out more »December 2024
Lunar Lecture :Lunar Links: Erasmus Darwin and the importance of local networks in the Midlands Enlightenment.
Erasmus Darwin was at the centre of various networks which were central to cultural development in the West Midlands. Malcolm focuses on several of these connections to assess, for example, his contribution to the activities of the Lunar Society and provision of personal and intellectual support to individuals including Matthew Boulton, James Keir, Anna Seward, James Watt and Josiah Wedgwood. Dr Malcolm Dick OBE is Honorary Associate Professor of History and formerly Director of the Centre for West Midlands…
Find out more »David Titley & Friends Present The Portrait.
A play written & directed by David Titley. It is a mystery. The artist never finished it. The picture remained in his house where he could see it, until his dying day. He painted other portraits of his friend, but this one stayed with him. Why did Joshua Reynolds “ most successful of English portraitists “ want to paint his penniless friend, Samuel Johnson? Joshua Reynolds was born in 1723, studied in Italy. At the time of the portrait he…
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