A celebration of cunning men, cunning women, coney catching, and all manner of artful deceit. There's a figure on the road. Sometimes in robes, sometimes in rags. Selling pots one day, pardons the next. Potions to pins, prayers to promises. Everything for sale. Nothing quite true. Join us for an evening of delicious deceit with […]
Matthew Sturgess, who performs as ‘The Silver Reserve’, plays delicate, sparse music on a classical guitar, crafting intricate melodies around thoughtful and evocative lyrics. At times creating dense, layered atmospherics, this is music that doesn’t rush and takes its sweet, sad time to unfurl and sneak under the skin. We all need a back-up, right? […]
‘How NOT to Flee a War’ is a first-hand talk by Ukrainian journalist Maria Romanenko, co-presented with her partner Jez Myers, telling the story of their attempt to escape Kyiv as Russia launched its full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022. What begins as a surreal morning of explosions and disbelief quickly becomes a frantic and […]
Love, Migration, and Stories That Echo Across Generations Alison Marshall in conversation with Sita Brand Wednesday 17th June | 7pm | The Joinery, Settle and Online | £20 (includes signed book) In a drawer somewhere, there are letters. Faded ink on fragile paper. Words written across oceans, across decades, across the chasm between one life […]
A hands-on workshop with heritage writer Alison Marshall There's a photograph in your grandmother's drawer with no names on the back. A recipe that tastes like home but comes with silence instead of story. That question you've been meaning to ask before it's too late. These aren't just gaps in your family history. They're thresholds. […]
Join us for a celebration of the delightfully eccentric folk customs, rituals and traditions that mark the turning year! From cheese rolling to hen races, and from Morris dancing to druid gatherings at Stongehenge, there’s plenty in the ritual year that feels traditional. But these customs are not a twee relic of a fancy-dress past, […]
