Events

Perry has a long-standing interest in food history and social history, and many members will recall her excellent talk about Twelfth Night. In 2018 she was invited to take on the role of the Victorian Cook in the BBC2 series 'The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts' shown in January 2019. This led to a […]

Hosted by local poet Hannah Walker the evening featured old and new poetry and include 'open mike' sessions. Come along to share your poems, or just to listen. If you want to read a poem, please speak to Hannah on arrival. The evening starts at 7:30 pm (but please arrive at 7:20pm). Admission is free, […]

Old herbals, marginalia, saffron cultivation and Tudor poet, Gabriel Harvey of Saffron Walden will all be discussed in the next talk of the Gibson Library Society. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, England's printing presses churned out dozens of instructional manuals or 'how-to' books for the aspiring gardener or herbalist. This talk explored why these […]

The meeting was held in Saffron Walden Library on Wednesday 14th January at 7:30 pm, when author Ian Patterson talked about his new publication, Books: A Manifesto, or, How to Build a Library. This is a book about books and "the subversive power of reading and the strange, enduring magic of books as objects". "Ever […]

Hertfordshire puddingstone is one of the world's most remarkable stones. Beautiful and very distinctive, giant boulders of it can be seen in Saffron Walden and the surrounding villages. The talk will explore the stone's origin 56 million years ago, and its history, uses and folklore stretching back thousands of years. Gerald Lucy is a geologist […]

Members of the Society are invited by the Collecott Family to the launch of After the Thaw: An Essex Mystery, by Nan Collecott (Little Owl Books, 2026), (the late Ann Collecott, who lived in Saffron Walden, was also author of Peggles and Primroses.) RSVP Please respond by text or email to: 0783 478 7077 dianacollecott@gmail.com