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The Hidden Country
Benburb Priory 10 Main Street, BenburbThis event with Martin Shaw and writer Paul Kingsnorth will explore a Christian way in an age of radical technological change, and cultural and ecological disruption. This day of talks, stories, conversations and explorations will seek to chart a path for the times ahead. It is being hosted by Benburb Priory, Northern Ireland. For more...
The House of Beasts & Vines
The House of Beasts & Vines is a special gathering taking place at an old manor house on the edge of Dartmoor this autumn. In this magical setting, Dr Martin Shaw will be teaching on the subjects most alive for him. From Caucasus myth to Christian wonder tales, from Arthurian mysticism to Siberian folklore, these...
Beautiful Learning: Oral Thought and Culture-Making
Moorland Hotel Haytor, Newton AbbotDuring this enforced hiatus of the everyday, what, amongst all that fell away, are the threads you want to deepen into? What has value? Over the gathering, we will move between mythic and personal narratives, and the teeming creel of associations we have with that big word Storyteller. Martin will be working into Celtic stories and philosophy, to include a rare telling of the Invasion Tales of Erin and the Arrival of the Tuatha De Danann.