Radical Lichfield
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomA talk by Alun Jones. Lichfield. What comes to mind? The Ladies of the Vale, Georgian elegance, Dr. Johnson and a "loyal and ancient city". We think of tradition, history and an innate quiet conservatism but beneath the polished façade of this Cathedral City lies a deep, enduring and sometime bloody streak of radicalism. Uncover the rebels, the thinkers and...
Hammer and Havoc – Storytelling with Maria Credali. Sold Out!
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomJoin us for an evening of Norse legends, as the Vikings would have heard them – from a traditional Skald, an oral storyteller. Hear of mighty Thor, wielder of Mjölnir, as thunder shakes the heavens. Marvel at the cunning tricks of Loki, the silver-tongued shapeshifter whose mischief forever alters the fate of gods and giants...
Lunar Lecture – Romanticism, Place, Identity and the Picturesque: Erasmus Darwin’s Poetical Oaks by Professor Paul Elliott
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomErasmus Darwin and his literary and philosophical friends were inspired by trees which Darwin believed were essential for economic utility, horticultural improvement, productive estate management and ecological vitality. In his Lichfield botanical garden and other gardens, Darwin strove to unite as his friend and biographer Anna Seward claimed, practical botany with picturesque prospects by creating and...
My Father, POW
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomSpeaker Vanessa Morgan: My father, Francis Hill, joined the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in September 1939 and was with the British Expeditionary Force in France until May 1940. They were then told to make for Dunkirk, and it was on his way to Dunkirk that he, and a group of friends, were captured. Sent...
Pop up Plant Stall
Erasmus Darwin House Herb Garden Erasmus Darwin House,, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomGrab a bargain at the pop up plant stall in the herb garden.
