Fire Springs
@Fire_Springs
Well! After a long time Fire Springs has done a bulletin of all the #storytelling, #spokenword and selected #folkmusic they could gather in #Gloucestershire, #Bath, #Bristol, #Swindon and beyond for Jan and Feb! mailchi.mp/3217d06508f2/y…
All set up for tonight's #booklaunch at @caperoxford with Alistair McNaught's new novel The City by the Sea - a vision of a place not here, but strangely familiar- and dark! Come and join us! Opens at 5.30pm for a couple of hours...
*Last chance* to book tickets for tonight's #onlinetalk, Modern #stainedglass in the #Cotswolds (Mon 3 Mar, 7pm). More #Spring #lambs, this time from Crudwell, #Wiltshire, by Colin Stokes for the Millennium: eventbrite.co.uk/e/927764377227…
Well! One more #onlinetalk this season to go - Modern #StainedGlass in the #Cotswolds. Very excited about this one, with fab glass from Christopher Whall to John Piper to Thomas Denny there is SO MUCH fab glass to celebrate! Mon 3 March, 7pm. Book here: tinyurl.com/8frhxzh5
Very last chance to grab a ticket for Tales of the #Saints of #Wessex - it's starting at 7pm here in the UK! Everything from #KingArthur to the #fairies to summer rain... and lots of lovely images! eventbrite.co.uk/e/871135619087…
One of my favourite #Wiltshire saints is the singing, juggling St Aldhelm: here he is in #ArtsandCrafts glass by George Parlby, 1912, at St Mary's, Dorchester, #Dorset #StainedGlassSunday find out more about him in my #Wessex #saints talk Mon 24 Feb, 7pm: tinyurl.com/3wxpuvv4
This is going to be such a treat - Simon is an excellent speaker and the subject is, of course, the best! #folk #folklore #folkart #folkculture #folktales
Calling all lovers of folk culture! We are delighted to be hosting a talk by renowned folk expert and director of the Museum of British Folklore, Simon Costin. Book your tickets now! l8r.it/8tXv 📍Museum & Art Swindon, Civic Offices, 📅Friday 28 February, 2pm
Time to let you know about the next upcoming #onlinetalks! One #folklore, one #arthistory - first up Mon 24 Feb Saints Tales of Wessex, then Mon 3 Mar Modern #stainedglass in the #Cotswolds, both 7pm - last two online talks of the season! eventbrite.co.uk/o/kirsty-harts…
Mary and Joseph pray after presenting Jesus at the temple, with their sacrifice of two doves ready on the feast of #Candlemas, by Alexander Gibbs, 1860s, Latton, #Wiltshire: find out more about #Victorian glass in my talk Mon 10 Feb #StainedGlassSunday tinyurl.com/z8zdstu7
Did you know that the first full #stainedglass scheme by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. is at Selsley in #Gloucestershire, from 1862? They were inspired by the C14th glass Merton College #Oxford #TraceryTuesday - find out more in my talk Mon 10 Feb: tinyurl.com/z8zdstu7
This talk will change your life! Is everything you thought about #Victorian #stainedglass wrong? Is it wonderful, creative & brimming with excitement? Join me online Mon 10 Feb, 7pm, for C19th #Cotswolds glass, #Gothic Revival - #ArtsandCrafts, to book ➡️eventbrite.co.uk/e/927760555797…
#ArtHistory talks! This #February I'm all about the #Victorians & their art: First up 7 Feb is Wee Folk, Good Folk, #Fairies and #folklore in Victorian & #Edwardian art: tinyurl.com/yrjjvr9n Then 10 Feb it's Victorian #StainedGlass in the #Cotswolds: tinyurl.com/2vruha4k
Ha ha, so excited by #EastAnglian saints I've given you St Edmund's *feast day* - not Monday 20 Jan, when the*talk* is...
Are you ready for more #saints #tales? We're off to #EastAnglia on Monday 20 November with saints from Felix to Edmund and beyond! Expect #wolves, #beavers and #cats - oh, and this guy, the dog-headed monk and his fellow the monk-headed dog! Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/870945159417…
Last call for my #onlinetalk Tales of the Saints of #EastAnglia - on this evening Mon 20 Jan at 7pm! Expect miracles, animal interactions real and supernatural, demons, revenge and the death of kings! #Folktales #saintstales #medievaltwitter eventbrite.co.uk/e/870945159417…
Coming up tomorrow, Mon 20 Jan, 7pm, my #onlinetalk all about the #saints of #EastAnglia - that's #Suffolk, #Norfolk and some #Cambridgeshire saints, too. From Etheldreda to Edmund, the #history and the #legends intertwine in fascinating tales - book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/870945159417…
I'm back off to the @museuminthepark #Stroud to talk #FolkTales and #Legends of the #Cotswolds - from Bladud and his pigs in the south to the king, the whispering knights and the elder witch in the north! Book now for Friday 15 Nov, 10.30am, with cake too! ticketsource.co.uk/the-museum-in-…
Saints saints saints! Expect #miracles galore (or is that miracles and gore?) if you come along to my #onlinetalk about the saints' tales of the #Cotswolds and the #Midlands on Mon 21 Oct - and a cast of characters from #KingArthur to Queen Mary: eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-of-the…
Want to discover the most famous #British #ghosts? A a real rogues gallery of kings, queens, fakes & hysteria, giants and legionaries alike: and #Gloucestershire has its fair share! Some of them below! Find out more at my talk @museuminthepark Fri 11 Oct: ticketsource.co.uk/the-museum-in-…
Join me live and online this autumn for talks galore! I'm having a #folklore fest this season with talks @museuminthepark as well saints' tales online and much more! Join me for #saints #ghosts #standingstones #fairies #royalty #FatherChristmas and more! - mailchi.mp/0c80f34696b6/j…
A brand new series of #onlinetalks for autumn 2024! This season I'm delving into the wonderous - but often dark - tales of the early saints. I'll be looking at saints of the #Cotswolds, the #Midlands, #EastAnglia and #Wessex, starting Monday 21 Oct, 7pm: eventbrite.com/cc/legends-of-…
Next up in my #autumntalks season are a series of talks @museuminthepark #Stroud on Friday 11 October, 10.30am. We're kicking off with #ghost tales from around Britain - from ghostly #Romans to #spooky Tudors and Stuarts and much more! Book here: ticketsource.co.uk/the-museum-in-…