The Arts and Crafts Movement:

A Short Introduction

Was the English Arts and Crafts Movement the most important art movement the country has produced? This talk will introduce the ideas and ideals behind what brought together a highly individual group of men and women to produce architecture, craft and art at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.

July 14,

2pm

Arts Society Hexham

Storytelling in Gloucestershire Libraries

How do you survive a mermaid’s curse? Where lurks the immortal cat? What’s the best way to trap a sea monster? How does a bogglewort’s beard grow? Discover the answers to these questions and more in Gloucestershire’s folk and fairy tales with storyteller Kirsty Hartsiotis this summer holiday. 

Summer holidays!

The Dancing Stones

From the Giant's Dance to the Moonrakers, no stone is left unturned in this talk about Wiltshire's tales and the people who collected them. This talk looks at a selection of folk tale collectors over the centuries in Wiltshire, including 12th century Geoffrey of Monmouth, 17th century John Aubrey and into the 20th century with Alfred Williams, the Hammerman Poet.

Aug 12,

10am

Athelstan Probus