Writers at the Goods Shed
This month we bring you three published writers from the Bristol area - Ali Bacon, Jean Burnett and Kerry Postle - who have teamed up to provide writing events focusing on historical fiction.
This month we bring you three published writers from the Bristol area - Ali Bacon, Jean Burnett and Kerry Postle - who have teamed up to provide writing events focusing on historical fiction.
For our October 'Shed Talk', We have invited Judith Dimant to talk about her years as producer for one of the world's most renowned touring theatre companies and explain how a small piece of work that starts in the subsidised sector can end up on Broadway.
Join poet Chrissie Gittins as she reads extracts from her work and then it is your chance to share your writings with like minded authors
Steve Russell's childhood passion has led him into an award-winning career as a versatile professional photographer of portraits, landscapes, interiors and works of art. In his talk at the Goods Shed he will explain how the high and remote mountains in Africa opened up a whole new vista.
Writers at the Goods Shed Christmas Special with Times best-selling Novelist and award winner Rachel Joyce
David Wilson is farm manager of the Duchy Home Farm at Highgrove and in January's Shed Talk will be talking about his journey with Prince Charles shaping the process of converting to sustainable, organic agriculture.
Join poet Matt Duggan as he reads extracts from his work and then it is your chance to share your writings with like minded authors
Expert Lynne Gibson considers how women artists accessed training and sustained careers. Asking what happened to their works and their reputations in following centuries.
Join Debbie Young at our March gathering of Writers at the Goods Shed (WAGS) bringing you the opportunity to share your own work with Debbie and other like-minded writers.
We are very sorry, but this talk is having to be postponed, we are in the process of organising a new date and will be contacting everyone who has purchased a ticket shortly
A closer look at the seventeenth century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, with Fiona James. What made one particular painting so important to Vermeer that he kept it for a lifetime?
A Closer Look at Dieppe as an inspiration for artists.
This month’s talk is brought to the Shed in conjunction with Greening Tetbury and this evening we welcome three speakers to talk about their experiences of sustainable/organic farming.
Mathematicians have been studying prime numbers for thousands of years, but nobody has yet found a formula to predict them - Join John Andrews and learn more on the subject whilst enjoying a visual feast of images that form part of an accompanying exhibition
Shed talk with Fiona James - A Closer Look at Auguste Renoir, Dance at The Moulin de la Galette 1876
Professor Barham will begin with an introduction to each of the 18 (or thereabouts) species of penguin, their individual characteristics and behaviour before talking in detail about the African penguin and explain why they are now an endangered species
Shed talk with Fiona James - A Closer Look at …. Sunday Afternoon on the Island of The Grande Jatte 1884 - 1886 by Georges Seurat.
The Loch Ness Monster: a creature that should have died out with the dinosaurs, or a legend built on hoaxes and wishful thinking?
Presented by Phill O’Dell: Rolls-Royce PLC Test Pilot - taking you through the trials and tribulations of being at the forefront of innovation and how the world record was smashed earlier this year
Presented by cartographer Giles Darkes: In this talk, He will be looking at why maps might be considered a useful, agreed set of lies
Shed talk with Sophia Ashe - British Rare Breeds why protect them: What have they done for us throughout history, why are they significant and most importantly - how can we help them?
Presented by Oliver Everett discussing King George IV, the Greatest Royal Collector of Art. George IV was the single greatest Royal collector of art and instigator of architectural projects.
Presented by Chairman of The Sustainable Eel Group, Andrew Kerr is going to bring us up to date about this iconic species and explain How and Why it is now listed as Critically Endangered and What is being done to bring about recovery.
In conjunction with the Yellow Lighted Bookshop we are delighted to welcome Jackie Morris back to Gloucestershire to celebrate both her latest book, and the fifth birthday of her acclaimed publication The Lost Words.
An evening with artist and author David Abram who uses aerial cameras to capture images of prehistoric ceremonial sites and settlements. Painterly in tone and tending towards abstraction, his large-scale works render visible sublime forms barely discernible at ground level.
Together with The George Equine Vets, we invite you to join us for an evening of stories from 3-time Olympian Event rider- Vittoria Panizzon.
Together with The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, we invite you to join us for an evening of words and music as Sarah Steele is interviewed by Dave Harries about her latest WW2 novel The Lost Song of Paris together with some superb music from pianist Adam Heron
A closer look with Fiona James at spaces with meanings. Increasingly in the 19th and 20th centuries artists painted interior rooms as a way of exploring relationships with the external world as well as a means to explore private thoughts, feelings and pleasures.
Join Caroline Lowsley Williams as she takes you through the fascinating history and current day activities of her family home - Chavenage House
Join us for Gardeners’ Question Time on Sunday June 4th. Sort out your horticultural headaches at an informal event with our panel of experts – Margie Hoffnung, Sue Bradley-Jones, Duncan Montgomery and Tim Cordall.
In conjunction with Greening Tetbury we are delighted to welcome Professor Dave Waltham to discuss Climate Change Solutions. Why we need them, what they are and how can we pay for them?
Tetbury Book Festival - A Farmer's Wife My life in Days. A gorgeous portrait of life at Helen Rebanks' Lake District farmhouse as well as a heartfelt and honest delve into the truth about the grind and the glory of keeping a home and raising a family today.
Join us for Gardeners’ Question Time on Sunday October 1st. Time to think about putting the garden to bed for winter and making sure you have something nice to look at during the long dreary months at an informal event with our panel of experts – Margie Hoffnung, Sue Bradley-Jones, Duncan Montgomery and Tim Cordall.
A special evening with Oliver Preston - raising funds on behalf of The Friends of Tetbury Hospital. Learn more about the man, his art and inspiration whilst enjoying a glass of something nice with some nibbles
Medal winning deaf triathlete Oliver Pritchard will take you through his story, of the challenges he has faced, overcome and what is next on his agenda. This is a Talk you really must not miss
Whispering’ Bob Harris, OBE has been at the very heart of UK music scene for the best part of fifty years and this evening he and Colin Hall present "The Songs The Beatles Gave Away"
A closer look with Fiona James at the Arts and Craft House. Although short-lived the Arts and Crafts Movement produced some unique domestic architecture including nearby Rodmarton Manor
Together with the Yellow Lighted Bookshop we are delighted to welcome artists and illustrators Jackie Morris and Cathy Fisher talking about their latest collaboration The Panda's Child and exploring their different journeys to where they are now.
In her new book, Churches of Gloucestershire, Nicola Coldstream explores a selection of the most interesting churches across the whole of the county, both well known and those waiting to be discovered by a wider audience.
Shed talk with Sophia Ashe - Supermarket labels. There is such a huge selection of food available, all with different labels and accreditation. But what does it all mean?