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Cider Country Talk

James Crowden in conversation with Martin Hesp for Shute Festival. Online via Crowdcast ​Cider-making has been at the heart of country life for hundreds of years. But the fascinating story of how this drink came into existence and why it…

Cider Country Talk

Somerset Rural Life Museum Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, Somerset

At the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury

Cider Country Talk

Cerne Abbas Village Hall Kettle Bridge Lane, Cerne Abbas, Dorset

Time to be confirmed.

Cider Country Talk

Electric Palace 35 South Street, Bridport, Dorset

At Bridport Literary Festival

Cider Country Talk

Wells Museum 8 Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset

At Wells Museum U3A. Time to be confirmed

Cider Country: How an Ancient Craft Became a Way of Life

Rector's Lodgings Rector's Lodgings, Exeter College, Oxford

Author, poet and leading cider writer James Crowden uncovers the rich history behind the origins and making of cider and offers some tastings. He is joined by Tom Oliver of Oliver’s Cider & Perry. Crowden says that while cidermaking has…

£7 – £12.50

The Frozen River: Seeking Silence in Ladakh

St Cross College 61 St Giles', Oxford, Oxfordshire

Author and poet James Crowden tells how he left the Army in 1976 to live alongside the Zangskari people in a remote Himalayan community where silence and solitude were the hallmarks of existence. Crowden immersed himself in a way of…

£7 – £12.50

Talk & Tea – Cider Country

Museum of Somerset Taunton Castle, Castle Green, Taunton, Somerset

Writer and poet James Crowden will be sharing stories from his latest book ‘Cider Country’, taking you on a fascinating journey discovering the surprising origins of this much loved drink. Spanning centuries and continents, Cider Country tells the story of…

£5

Cider Country Talk in Appledore

St Mary's Church Churchfield Road, Appledore, Devon

After this talk there will be a cider tasting event with Green Man Cider – proper cider crafted in North Devon.

Cider Country Talk in Frome

Silk Mill Merchants Barton, Saxonvale, Frome, Somerset

Newt Cider with cheese + Ned Palmer

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