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Arts and Crafts Movement printing, An illustrated talk by Perry Staker, in Saffron Walden Library
Saffron Walden Library 2 King St, Saffron WaldenPerry 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 […]
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National Poetry Day Poetry Readings with Open mike sessions in Saffron Walden Library.
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Poems to Share Now, an informal evening of poetry readings to be held in Saffron Walden Library.
Saffron Walden Library 2 King St, Saffron WaldenHosted 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, […]
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Gardening and Reading in Tudor and Stuart England, a talk by Dr Grace Murray in Saffron Walden Library
Saffron Walden Library 2 King St, Saffron WaldenOld 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 […]
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A Manifesto, or, How to Build a Library, by Ian Patterson
Saffron Walden Library 2 King St, Saffron WaldenThe 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 […]
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The Magician and his Library: The Story of John Dee, by Rachel Morris
Rachel Morris talked about her new book, The Year of the Wizard, a lyrical and highly atmospheric history of Renaissance magic. It is also - by an act of historical imagination - an account of the lives of the wives, daughters and servants of the Magicians; and because John Dee had a spectacular library it […]
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Witchcraft in Wimbish: The Case of Margery Staunton, 1579, by Dr Jonathan Durrant.
In his talk Jonathan discussed how witchcraft cases in Elizabethan Essex were reported in pamphlets of the time and what readers might have made of the strange stories they were told. Jonathan Durrant is a historian who has written and taught widely on witchcraft in Germany and England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including […]
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Hertfordshire Puddingstone: The Story of an Intriguing Local Rock, a talk by Gerald Lucy
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 […]
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Book launch
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