Come and listen to an evening of local stories, finishing with the quintessential Lancashire tale, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Old Events
Join me in a walk around the National Wildflower Centre and listen to stories of the natural (and sometimes supernatural) world.
There will be two walks: one at 1pm and one at 3pm.
Written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D., the epic Beowulf describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century. Fabric of fact and fancy, it is the oldest surviving epic in British literature and exists in only one manuscript. This copy survived both the wholesale destruction of religious artefacts during the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII and a disastrous fire which destroyed the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1571); the poem still bears the scars of the fire. Let me transport you back in time to the days when this tale was told in front of the fires in the halls of the kings. Join Beowulf in his struggle against monsters from the depths of the marshes and an ancient dragon woken from its barrow.
To finish the season at the National Trust's Aberconwy House I will be telling a few spooky local tales.
Mo Keast and I will be hostingstory rounds from Saturday till Friday at this year's festival at 9.30am in the Woodlands hotel.
Come and start the day listening to stories and even tell one yourself. These are open story rounds where all are welcome to listen and tell.
Merlin the Wise, Nasreddin, Solomon, the world is full of tales of sorcery and cunning. Come and enjoy an evening of tales of magic and wisdom.
Come and listen to me tell stories at the Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival. I will be doing two half hour sets: one at mid-day and one at 3pm.
Come and listen to a selection of stories from all around the world.
St George and the Dragon. Robin Hood, Jack the Giant Killer... This green and pleasant land is full of stories of monsters, heroes and damsels. Come and listen to an evening of myths, legends, tales and riddles from the heart of England.
Written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D., the epic Beowulf describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century. Fabric of fact and fancy, it is the oldest surviving epic in British literature and exists in only one manuscript. This copy survived both the wholesale destruction of religious artefacts during the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII and a disastrous fire which destroyed the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1571); the poem still bears the scars of the fire.
Let me transport you back in time to the days when this tale was told in front of the fires in the halls of the kings. Join Beowulf in his struggle against monsters from the depths of the marshes and an ancient dragon woken from its barrow.