WHAT'S ON IN 2024
Events are taking place throughout 2024 as part of the 40th anniversary of the discovery of Lindow Man. These will be happening both on Lindow Moss and at other locations around Wilmslow.
To book please visit Eventbrite, here. Bookings for courses and talks at the Guild will open on 6th June.
Image courtesy of P Jones
WALKS
Sunday 9 June - Heritage Walk Launch
Come and discover Lindow Moss and its history on this new 3.5 mile walk.
From 17 July - Meet the Artist Art Trail Walks
Join artist Phil Barton for a guided walk around the Window on Lindow Art Trail. Various dates available.
Help to identify plants, insects and birds on Lindow Moss
Commemorative walk across the Moss on the 40th anniversary of the discovery on Lindow Man
Saturday 21 September - Poetry Prose and Ecology
Led by poets Anthony Jones and Estelle Price
Image courtesy of Phil Barton
ART
3 June - 19 July - Exhibition
Lindow Inspired Textiles, calligraphy and more from the students at Wilmslow Guild.
Thursday 20 June (until end October) Art on the Moss - large scale artworks by Phil Barton and others tor form Art Trail on the Moss
Sunday 14 July (until end October) - Schools' Art installation. Collaborative art project with local primary schools and Wilmslow High School for display on the Moss
9 September - 25 October - Inspired by Lindow
Open exhibition of artworks at Wilmslow Guild
4 November - 13 December Exhibition of Artworks from Phil Barton and others at Wilmslow Guild
Image courtesy of Wilmslow Historical Society
EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCE
7 May - 14 June) People and Peat: the story of Lindow Moss
Photographs and artefacts from Lindow Moss in this new exhibition at Wilmslow Library
5 September 7pm St Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow - Bog Standard
Bog Standard is the untold story of a tip off which led a rookie journalist to one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century. It’s also a story about a magical place called Lindow Moss, two murders 1500 years apart, and how an ancient bog man became a 21st-century eco warrior.
Join award-winning journalist and storyteller Rachel Pugh and prize-winning harpist Lucy Nolan in their one-hour show, in which they weave words and music together to recreate the nail-biting days of 1984 when Rachel fought to make sure Lindow Man did not end up in a bag of plant compost.
Suitable for children.
Image courtesy of G Johnson
COURSES &WORKSHOPS
12 September - 5 December "Lindow Man: his people and his landscape"
Expert speakers form a new 12 week course at Wilmslow Guild. Bookings open 6th June.
28 September 10-3 Iron Age Woodwork
A workshop led by Rupert Randall. Come and make replica wooden items from the Iron Age. Suitable for children and adults. At Wilmslow Guild
Image courtesy of G Johnson
TALKS
Iron Age Archaeology with Mike Novell. Date TBC
Wednesday 27th November 1.30-3.30pm
Dark Secrets - blackwater bogs, the bodies they yield and the stories they tell with John Wallace
Peat bogs are present all over northern Europe, and in this talk, local historian and author John Wallace discusses their formation, location, composition and the bodies that they have yielded over the centuries, from Denmark and the Soviet Union to the United Kingdom and England - in particular Shropshire and the North West.
This talk will also provide a general introduction to the historic remains found on Lindow Moss - not just those of Lindow Man, but of remains that involved a suspected killing, a confession and conviction for murder. John Wallace has written several non-fiction and fiction books. His latest novel, 'The Mire', is about Lindow and the hold it exerts over those who have lived there, past and present. At Wilmslow Guild
Wednesday 13th November 1.30pm-3.30pm Introduction to the Discovery of Human Remains: ancient times to 19th Century with Steve Millward.
What are the origins of human beings? What do we know about the earliest humans? That we are able to provide at last partial answers to these questions is due to the efforts of scientists and archaeologists working in locations across the globe. This is an introduction to those discoveries. We will look at the unearthing of the first human remains through to the 'bog bodies'. At Wilmslow Guild.