Hilaire Belloc bought King's Land (in Shipley, Sussex), 5 acres and a working windmill for £1000 in 1907 and it was his home for the rest of his life. Belloc loved Sussex as few other writers have loved her: he lived there for most of his 83 years, he tramped the length and breadth of the county, slept under her hedgerows, drank in her inns, sailed her coast and her rivers and wrote several incomparable books about her. "He does not die that can bequeath Some influence to the land he knows, Or dares, persistent, interwreath Love permanent with the wild hedgerows; He does not die, but still remains Substantiate with his darling plains."

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Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Chris Hare to speak on Belloc in Brighton....


Chris giving a talk to the Belloc Society earlier in the year.

Chris Hare, who is currently at the forefront of reviving folk music in Sussex, will be giving a talk on Belloc to the (rather eccentric) Catalyst Club in Brighton on Thursday 12th December at 8.00PM. Here are the address details:

14-17 Manchester St
Brighton. BN2 1TF

www.catalystclub.co.uk

If you would like to find out more about Chris' excellent revivalist work please follow this link.





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