Past Events
November 2023
Coronation Antics The Uncrowned Georgian Queens – FULLY BOOKED
Who was imprisoned in a castle and never set foot on English soil? Who was banned from the coronation and not allowed access when she hammered on the doors? Who died in childbirth when she was heir? The reasons why? Come and listen!
Find out more »Lichfield Storytellers The Chime of Midnight – FULLY BOOKED
Lichfield Storytellers love creepy stories; they had so much fun last year telling tales of spooks and spectres that they're back again with more of their favourite ghostly, strange and unsettling stories. Come and hear chilling tales of things that lurk in the shadows, of the danger of tempting fate and of voices from beyond the grave!
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 »Lunar Lecture – The Poetics of Romantic Ecology: Erasmus Darwin and Percy Bysshe Shelley by Dr Amanda Blake Davis
In a well-known botanical poem, The Sensitive-Plant, the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley draws upon the eroticised, emotive plants of Erasmus Darwin's Loves of the Plants, where Darwin's 'chaste mimosa' gives rise to Shelley's loveless 'sensitive-plant'. In the lesser known 'Unfinished Drama', a mysterious 'magic plant' grows, snake-like, muddling the categories of plant and animal. Centring on these two poems, this talk will explore Shelley's ecological poetics through his interrelationship with Darwin. Tickets available here
Find out more »Lichfield in the English Civil War – A City Divided – CANCELLED
UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS. ALL TICKET HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE A REFUND. If you do not receive a refund by 12 December please contact the office on 01543 306260 From the winter of 1642, to the summer of 1646, the city of Lichfield was torn apart during the English Civil War. Lichfield historian, and tour guide, Jono Oates, tells the story of the three sieges of Lichfield Cathedral, the dramatic death of Lord Greville Brooke,…
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