Workshop: Hedgerow Healing & Home Remedies
Saturday 28th February
11am-1pm
12 Places available
Free, book a place

Join us for a workshop exploring the rich traditions of hedgerow healing and home remedies that have been passed down through Romani and working-class communities. We will dip our toes into the practical and nurturing ways these communities used plants for food, medicine and wellbeing.You’ll learn about common hedgerow plants, their healing properties and some folklore surrounding them. Such as Elderflower for headaches and Hawthorn for heart health. We’ll also discuss how these remedies were shared and adapted within communities through word-of-mouth and lived experience.

Sketch and Social
Saturday 7th March
Saturday 21st March
2pm-4pm, Free

Saturday Sketch and Social on Saturday 7th March with Tania Lawrence @tania_lawrence_art. Bring a sketch book, pencils, pens, whatever you fancy. Grab a cuppa, then draw and chat with other creatives. It’s free, and is for all levels, from hobbyists, students, beginners, to pro doodlers. We’ll be running them every two weeks, and it's fine to drop in and out. We have pens and paper if you need them. 

Open Folk Music Session
Thursday 26 February
1pm-3pm. Free

Ray and Amanda Smith & friends are hosting a monthly open folk session for acoustic musicians and singers on the 4th Thursday of the month from 1pm - 3pm. Come and join in or sit and listen.

Between the Shelves
Foxpalmer & Si Connelly
Friday 20th March 2026
Doors 7.30pm
Tickets £5

‘Between the Shelves’ is a live music set of talented musicians performing their original material in the intimate setting of the bookshop. We’ve got a drink license for the evening, so it should be a really special night out. Tickets are on Sale for £5 online or from the bookshop where you can also pay what you can.

Straw Craft Workshop
Saturday 14th February
11am-1pm, Free
Delivered by Lucy Hook-Child @corndollyfolklore

Join us as we learn how to make a classic Countryman's Favour to give to our sweethearts, or keep close to our own hearts! We will provide an opportunity to have a go at a classic working-class heritage craft and reflect on the folklore behind these customs and the state of our seasonal relationships with the land, past and present. 

"In days gone by it was the custom for a country lad to take an evening walk with his lass in the fields at harvest time. He would weave for her a buttonhole of plaited straw, and if they were courting, she would wear it over her heart as a token of her love. At the annual hiring fairs at Martinmas, men and women might have worn a simple plait decorated with a wisp of sheep's wool or horse hair, as a badge of their trade, ie shepherd, waggoner, etc."  - www.strawcraftsmen.co.uk

Open Mic Night
Friday 27th March
7pm, Free.

We're going to be hosting the popular Open Mic Night run by Ian McKeown this month, which usually takes place at Jessica's Place. If you're a local musician, then get practising and come and join us next Friday 27th March at 7pm at The Nose (we will be open from 6.30pm.)