Celebrating John Milton’s Quatercentenary
Monday 12th–Sunday 18th May
PC-Parish Church; MH-Memorial Hall; RR-Reading Room; GAH- Gardens Assn Hall; GH-Guide Hall; JVH-Jordans Village Hall
Monday 12th
- Evening welcome – 1915 (PC)
- Anna Beer – 2000 (PC)
Tuesday 13th
- Chiltern Society walk CSG to Jdns and Rtn
- Dinah Livingstone – poetry reading – 1500 RR
- Joan Buck & Donna Savery – Samson and Delilah – Jordans – 2000 - JVH
- Janet Murphy – Gardens in the time of Milton – 2000 - RR
Wednesday 14th
- Avril Hart - Costume of the time – 1400 -RR
- Ivan Day - Dining in the Age of Milton – 2000 - MH
Thursday 15th
- Nicholas Halliday – How to write books for children – 1100 Infants School
- Wyn Foxton & Ann Newcombe – The Plague – 1400 -RR
- Andrew Motion – An Evening with Andrew Motion – 1930 PC (&RR)
Friday 16th
At 3 Schools: - all day
- Wendy Lewis – green issues (as requested by the schools)
- June Peters – story telling
- Coral Rumble – writing poetry
- Dr Tony Williams – The Victorians and Milton – Jordans –2000 - JVH
- Dr Chris Lintott - Milton & Galileo: a modern astronomer’s view –2000 - MH
Saturday 17th
- Living History – Pike Drill and the Scrivener – 1000 – 1500 The Green
- June Peters – story teller – 1030 Merlins Barn; 1215-JVH; 1400- GAH
- Gill Smith – How to write poetry – 1000 -GAH
- Jackie Marshall-Ward – Dance of the time – 1000 (CSG) 1400 (JVH)
- Nicholas Halliday – talk to children about his books – 1000 - RR
- Lance Pierson – lunchtime The Crown
- Prof Gordon Campbell – Milton and Islam – 1400 -MH
- Panel –Milton’s influence: John Waite, Cheryl Gillan, Tom Luxon, Tony Williams, Nick Foxton –1600 GAH
- Friends’ Fundraising dinner – evening MH
Sunday 18th
- Dr Nick Foxton – Milton’s Influence on American Literature – 1000 - GAH
- Chiltern Society walk(s) CSG to and from Jordans – 1000
- Dr Tom Luxon – Milton - Friendship and Marriage – 1400 - MH
- Dr Sharon Achinstein – Citizen Milton - 1600-MH
- Prizegiving – 2000 - PC
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