LYING IN DARKNESS, DREAMING OF DEATH - The City in the Dead of Night with Nick Groom
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Online/Live, Activity and Classes
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Tickets from £5.00
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Tue, 26th Oct 2021 @ 19:00 - 21:00
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19:00 - 21:00
A Live, Illustrated Zoom Talk with Professor Nick Groom
What does night mean for the city? What lies behind the drawn curtains? This talk is an imaginary walk through the city at night, describing the nocturnal, often unseen, after-hours cultures. Nightwalking was once illegal, and it still carries a tense aura – like a trespass on a strange realm – but what can darkness reveal about the city? Nick Groom examines the custom of lying-in (keeping corpses at home before the funeral), the exhumation of human remains, whether legal or criminal, and other activities undertaken between the hours of dusk and dawn.
We will nightwalk through the city and through time, in the company of artists and writers, anecdotes and urban folklore. Will we find ourselves, like moths, drawn to the bright city lights, or shall we drift into the deeper shadows of dereliction, towards the cemeteries, towards the dead? And how has the experience of the last 18 months, of pandemic and lockdown, affected the nightwalker – indeed, have the politics of the night, even of dreams, shifted...?
The talk will be illustrated with many dark images.
Prof. Nick Groom
Nick is Professor of English Literature at the University of Macau, an author on subjects ranging from the history of the Union Jack to Thomas Chatterton. He has edited several books and regularly appears on television, radio, and at literary festivals as an authority on English Literature, seasonal customs, J. R. R. Tolkien, the ‘Gothic’ and ‘British’ and 'English' identities. Due to his extensive work on the Gothic, especially on the history of vampires, he has become known as the 'Prof of Goth' in the media. He has written several articles on the Goth scene, including essays on the singer-songwriter Nick Cave, as well as editing classics such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
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Lying in Darkness, Dreaming of Death
Live, Online Talk
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19:00 - 21:00 | £5.00 |
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A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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