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An exhibition in the Inspiration Gallery at Abington Park Museum
10 November 2022 – 12 March 2023
In 1967 Newcombe first read John Clare’s Shepherd’s Calendar, originally published in 1827. Inspired by what he read, Newcombe spent the next year illustrating the calendar. Each drawing was created in the specific month, so it would truthfully reflect the month’s natural landscape. This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see all 12 works in the collection.
For more details click here.
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The forthcoming meetings are as follows:
Tues 25th Oct 2022: Erin Lafford
Tuesday 15th Nov 2022: Markus Poetzsch
Tuesday 31 Jan 2023: Stephanie Kuduk Weiner
Tuesday 28 Feb 2023: Tim Fulford
Sign-up details will be sent out nearer the time for each meeting; details of some other events and meetings for the coming academic year will follow, slightly later in the year.
To get joining details please contact Sarah Houghton-Walker
sh250@cam.ac.uk
Next Meeting – 25 October 2022.
Erin Lafford will be talking about ‘Clare’s health’ on Tuesday 25th October, 1-2pm BST, at the next meeting of discussion group of the Centre for John Clare Studies. All are very welcome. If you would like to join us online, please register in advance here:
https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pde6orDIqGNeb6ok18dJEEFMxYpR4oSVD
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The film of the panel discussion about ‘The Meeting’ (poem and song versions) – recorded in Cambs in late April – is now live and online. Another strand of the project – an album of Julian’s newly-composed fiddle music and more poetry readings by Toby (audio this time) – will be available later this summer.
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All sorts of stuff on John Clare online, as listed below (click on the links):
BBC World Service (1991) ‘Omnibus: John Clare’
Ted Hughes reads John Clare ‘Nightingale’s Nest’, Westminster Abbey (1993)
BBC Radio 4 Programme (2004) ‘Open Country’
BBC Radio 4 Programme (2008) ‘John Clare The Lament of Swordy Well’
BBC Radio 4 Programme (2018) ‘In Our Time: John Clare’
BBC Radio 4 (2015) ‘Great Lives: John Clare’
Happy listening!
John Clare Society website