Upcoming Events
September 2022
Exhibition – Darwin’s Astounding Inventions
Darwin’s Commonplace Book is a fascinating record of the ideas and inventions of Erasmus Darwin. The book contains 160 pages of Darwin’s handwritten notes and sketches and provides great insight into Darwin’s thinking and the way he worked. Whilst many of the pages relate to his work as a Doctor, 63 pages are on inventions. These inventions are very varied, from flushing toilets, to vertical windmills to help improve the efficiency of the pottery manufactory for his friend Wedgewood. However,…
Find out more »October 2022
Friends of Erasmus Darwin House – Beginners Bridge
Learn to play bridge at the Friends of Erasmus Darwin House beginners bridge course. This is a six week course, held at Erasmus Darwin House on a Tuesday evening which starts on 27 September 2022 For more details call Carol on 01543 255903
Find out more »Dinner with Joseph Johnson by Professor Daisy Hay
Once a week, in late eighteenth-century London, writers of contrasting politics and personalities gathered around a dining table. The host was Joseph Johnson, publisher and bookseller: a man at the heart of literary life. He was joined at dinner by a shifting constellation of extraordinary people who remade the literary world, including the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli, his chief engraver William Blake and scientists Joseph Priestley and Benjamin Franklin. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were among the attendees, as…
Find out more »Friends of Erasmus Darwin House – Beginners Bridge
Learn to play bridge at the Friends of Erasmus Darwin House beginners bridge course. This is a six week course, held at Erasmus Darwin House on a Tuesday evening which starts on 27 September 2022 For more details call Carol on 01543 255903
Find out more »Friends of Erasmus Darwin House – Beginners Bridge
Learn to play bridge at the Friends of Erasmus Darwin House beginners bridge course. This is a six week course, held at Erasmus Darwin House on a Tuesday evening which starts on 27 September 2022 For more details call Carol on 01543 255903
Find out more »Friends of Erasmus Darwin House – Beginners Bridge
Learn to play bridge at the Friends of Erasmus Darwin House beginners bridge course. This is a six week course, held at Erasmus Darwin House on a Tuesday evening which starts on 27 September 2022 For more details call Carol on 01543 255903
Find out more »November 2022
Friends of Erasmus Darwin House – Beginners Bridge
Learn to play bridge at the Friends of Erasmus Darwin House beginners bridge course. This is a six week course, held at Erasmus Darwin House on a Tuesday evening which starts on 27 September 2022 For more details call Carol on 01543 255903
Find out more »18th Century Playbills by Professor Nick Seager
This lecture will be held at Erasmus Darwin House but we will also offer a zoom option. Please ensure you select the appropriate ticket type. Tickets available shortly
Find out more »Eerie Tales for Dark Nights
As the nights draw in and the spooks come out, Lichfield Storytellers will bring you a deliciously chilling collection of stories. Come and hear yarns of mystery, hauntings and horror: the lover who cared too much; the Scottish piper who made a terrible bargain; the family at the mercy of a sinister servant, and much more. Some of these tales are creepy, some are poignant, some are even funny – just don’t walk home alone! Includes a glass of wine…
Find out more »December 2022
Fireside Fables and Winter Ghosts
Now the nights are growing colder, come and be warmed by entrancing winter’s tales. Lichfield Storytellers will entertain you with stories of a ghostly apparition on a snowy night; a bold Russian grandmother; a young lad’s remarkable Christmas gift – enjoy these stories and more in an evening of wonderfully old-fashioned seasonal delights. Includes a glass of wine on arrival Tickets available here
Find out more »