In 1822 the peasant poet John Clare wrote about his fascination at seeing an archaeological excavation of Roman baths at Castor. The picture above shows the excavation and is part of a talk about Clare and his archaeological links by Geoffrey Dannell – the next Langdyke “in conversation with …” event on February 16 (7.30pm) … Read more
Langdyke is spearheading a campaign to protect nature in the area we have come to know as John Clare Countryside. Here chair Richard Astle gives an update on how the plan is moving on with the creation of nature recovery plans Lockdown has reinforced our love of nature, but it hasn’t lessened the pressures on … Read more
The next online talk will take place on Wednesday, June 3 featuring Carry Akroyd – long term John Clare supporter and highly regarded painter. She is the latest of our guests who will be answering questions and talking about nature matters as part of the Langdyke online events programme using the Zoom experience. Carry is … Read more
Langdyke is organising another online event – this time a conversation with the boss of one of the area’s largest nature attractions. Following on from our very successful first conversation with Gardener’ s World expert Adam Frost in April, we are joined on May 20 by Matthew Bradbury, chief executive of the Nene Park Trust. … Read more