Category: "cottage"
We've done it - together!
Blake's roof of rust'd gold where he saw angels and wrote Jerusalem bought for the nation. It's hard to believe it’s only just a year since the Blake Festival was held in Felpham to launch the crowd-funding side of the Blake Cottage Campaign. Prior to that, a Patron’s event was... read more »
William Blake: Man Without a Mask
Ruth Rosen, Inspired Theatrical Performance, Sat 25 July, 3pm (50 min show). Tickets £5, (£3 students) booking essential, please follow this link to buy tickets. St. Mary’s Church Felpham PO22 7PA “One of England’s leading poetry and prose performers”, Ruth Rosen, reads extracts from every... read more »
Award Winners Support Blake's Cottage Appeal - Stop Press
Join us for an evening of literary readings and discussion with: Nuala Casey (singer, acclaimed thriller writer) Tobias Churton (author of Jerusalem: The Real Life of William Blake) Rowan Coleman (author of the Richard and Judy Book Club choice, The Memory Book) Ian Duhig (Forward Prize-winning and T. S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet) Martin Malone... read more »
Jerusalem (Katherine Ellis and Adam Evans) now available!
Katherine Ellis and Adam Evans have recorded a version of "Jerusalem" and donated proceeds of all sales of it it towards The Big Blake Project! We are so touched by their generosity and we would encourage everyone to buy it online by read more »
The Campaign for Blake's Cottage Features in the New York Times
Read the full article by following this link “Our plan, our dream, is to raise enough money to buy the house and make it a center for Blake and all that he stood for,” said Adriana Díaz Enciso, secretary of the Blake Society. “We do... read more »
BBC: South Today: Saving Blake's Cottage
Rachel Searle interviewed by Sean Killick about the Blake's Societies plans for Blake's Cottage. The short clip contains shots inside and outside the cottage and begins with poetry Blake wrote whilst in Felpham. Away to sweet Felpham, for Heaven is there; The Ladder of Angels... read more »
Appeal News 19-03-2014
There exists a really exciting opportunity to help the Blake Society purchase this quintessentially English cottage and save the home of England’s green and pleasant land in trust for the nation. Our aim is to raise enough money to preserve and protect the cottage and pioneer real regeneration in Bognor... read more »