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. […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
We open with something rather special - a live recording of Dave Goulder performing his own song, 'The Settle and Carlisle'. Dave was a passed fireman on the line, meaning he was licensed to drive. Three minutes of guitar and voice, and you're right back there. The first presentation, on Wednesday 27th May, brings you […]
We open with something rather special - a live recording of Dave Goulder performing his own song, 'The Settle and Carlisle'. Dave was a passed fireman on the line, meaning he was licensed to drive. Three minutes of guitar and voice, and you're right back there. The first presentation, on Wednesday 27th May, brings you […]
There is music that performs at you. And then there is music that finds you. Matthew Sturgess, who records and performs as The Silver Reserve, makes the second kind. On a classical guitar, with carefully layered loops and a voice that carries the weight of things honestly felt, he crafts songs that don't rush toward […]
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 […]
Live online storytelling | 30 minutes | Free Join us for a lively EYFS storytelling session as part of National Storytelling Week, featuring a much-loved retelling of The Three Little Pigs. Through repetition, rhythm and shared listening, this familiar story supports young children to explore resilience, effort and working together in a way that feels […]
