President’s Symposium, October 2018
Back to the Future: the Social Landscape of Devon Held at Petroc College, Tiverton on Saturday 6 October, and hosted by our 2018–19 President Dame Suzi Leather. As stated in the leaflet that was...
Tagged: poetry
Poems on Paving Stones. The Exeter Cathedral Yard inscriptions (Lit & Art Section)
In 2011, as part of a plan to enhance the landscape setting of Exeter Cathedral, paving stones carved with inscriptions were set in the entrances to the Cathedral Green. In their talk, Sally Hollings...
The Songs of Edward Capern: Finding the Poet’s Voice (Music Section)
Presented by Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll Edward Capern, the Victorian “Postman Poet” produced over 600 poems during his illustrious but largely forgotten career in the mid 1800s. As part of a project with...