Ian Mortimer: Forthcoming Talks and Appearances

IAN MORTIMER
	Forthcoming Appearances
	10 March 2012, 8pm (tbc)		The Union Inn (Stable Bar), Moretonhampstead Not a history event. Not a fiction event. I will be sharing the stage with Clive Pig (post-punk songwriter, performance poet, storyteller extraordinaire and all-round magician of the performed word). An evening of poems and music from both of us. A souvenir pamphlet (half by each of us) will be available for sale on the night.
	Saturday 21 April 2012, 2pm-6pm (to be confirmed)		Time Traveller's Guides - to the heart of the past! This is going to be a very special event. Details have yet to be decided but the plan is to make use of Dartmoor National Park Authority's Grade 1 Listed longhouse, Higher Uppacott, on the edge of Dartmoor, for an afternoon of social history. The original building at Higher Uppacott was first constructed in the middle of the 14th century as a standard yeoman's longhouse and modified over the subsequent three centuries. The house is not large but an 'ordinary' yeoman's residence - and thus is exceptionally rare in this state of preservation. It is not normally open to the public. The afternoon will fall into three parts. Meeting at 2pm, a small number of guests will be given a tour of the house by me in conjunction with National Park Authority heritage officers. Afterwards (and, I hope, after some refreshments) I will give a talk about daily life in the fourteenth century, based on my Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. The second event after another break, will bring you two hundred years forward in time, to understand life in the sixteenth century. This talk will be based on my new book, The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England. Signed copies of the new book (normally Ł20) will be given out as souvenirs to all those attending. Prices for the afternoon (which will probably last from 2pm-6pm) will be about Ł50-Ł60 - to include parking, refreshments, tour of the house, both talks, and a signed book. All profits are to be given to the Dartmoor National Park Authority and will be ringfenced for the conservation of the house. A maximum of twenty tickets will be made available, so do not delay if you are interested in coming. An announcement will be made on this site when tickets go on sale, with details of how to apply.
	Sunday 13 May 2012		The Du Maurier Festival, Fowey, Cornwall 'The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England'
	Monday 14 May 2012		The Du Maurier Festival, Fowey, Cornwall Appearance as James Forrester. Talking about my Clarenceux trilogy of novels, about writing about experiencing life in Elizabethan England, and historical fuiction in generaland.
	Wednesday 23 May 2012		The Lustleigh Society, Devon 'The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England'
	Saturday 2 June 2012		Launceston Celebrates Elizabethan England in fact and fiction
	Saturday 30 June 2012, 6pm		Chalke Valley History Festival 'The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England'
	Monday 24 September 2012		Bow and District Historical Society, Devon 'The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England'
			Past venues and events at which Ian has spoken or given a paper

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