On 17th June, Dr Anne Featherstone will be coming along to Open House to give us a talk entitled Fools and Horses: The Victorian Circus.

Dr Featherstone is a retired university lecturer and teacher as well as an author. She has written non-fiction books and articles and is a historical novelist with 2 published novels to her name. Her particular interest is 19th century popular entertainments: music hall, theatre, circus and fairs. She has appeared on local and national radio, and in documentaries about fairs and circuses on BBC4. She has twice been a guest expert on “Who Do You Think You Are”, with Sheridan Smith and Sir Ian McKellan. She has also appeared in the 2nd series of BBC1's 'A House Through Time'.

Her talk will begin at 10.15am, so please arrive at Open House promptly at 10am to give yourself time to get a coffee and find a seat.