This lecture tracks the developing UK history of criminal Courts and Prisons.   The talk will include Lichfield Assize at the Guildhall and the holding cell. Lichfield Gallows Wharf The purchase of the body of Thomas Williams (hanged 1762) The course of anatomical lectures held daily on the body at Erasmus Darwin House Tickets include tea/coffee Buy tickets here

One of the funniest books written during the nineteenth century receives a brand-new stage adaptation! Jonathan Goodwin plays hapless and humourless Charles Pooter, whose mundane existence provides the setting for this comedic look at suburbia. City clerk Charles Pooter is a very ordinary Nobody who nonetheless decides that his mundane life is worthy of posterity by keeping a diary. Now you are all invited to listen to his own accounts of his suburban life with wife Carrie and their friends,…

We present an anthology stage show based on a classic trio of nineteenth century chillers - The Body-Snatcher, The Monkey's Paw and Lot No 249. Dramatic story-telling in the theatre-style at its best! Actor Jonathan Goodwin performs a show scripted by himself and co-directed with Gary Archer. Book tickets here