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In a unique event for the festival, Emma Wells leads the modern traveller along some of the key medieval pilgrim routes of Britain, taking in sites such as Holywell, Canterbury and Lindisfarne in addition to out-of-the-way places along paths not so widely travelled. Her latest book is a walking guide with a difference: each path is mapped out and accompanied by an informative commentary on its history as a medieval pilgrim route as well as its landscape, shrines, art and architecture, both past and present. One of the routes – the Welsh Saints’ Way – comes close to Chester and so there will be plenty of local interest to be uncovered, especially as Emma has also researched the use of St Werburgh’s shrine at Chester Cathedral for a forthcoming chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain.
An expert in uncovering the history of buildings, Emma is also running a workshop at the festival aimed at anyone who wants to uncover their own home’s past – The History of your House.
About the author
Emma Wells is an academic, consultant and author and is Associate Lecturer and Programme Director of Parish Church Studies within the department of History and Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of York. She is an authority on historic buildings and sites, and their corresponding social, cultural and religious history and has contributed to Channel 4’s Time Team and BBC’s Great British Story.
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1 hr 24 | A unique look at the life of celebrated American author Patricia Highsmith based on her diaries and notebooks and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family
1 hr 54 | Therese, a shop assistant in a 1950s New York department store, becomes fascinated by a beautiful and enigmatic customer, Carol.
1 hr 37 | After a chance meeting on a train, Bruno suggest he murders Guy’s unfaithful wife, while Guy disposes of Bruno’s hated father.
2 hrs 20 | Ripley is sent to Italy to bring home his acquaintance, the errant playboy Dickie. Seduced by the glamorous and moneyed lifestyle, Ripley becomes obsessed and slowly infiltrates his life
1hr 40 | In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong.
1 hr 32 | AD | With help from Princess Peach, Mario gets ready to square off against the all-powerful Bowser to stop his plans from conquering the world.
This workshop will explore leadership, identity, communication, and employability skills through discussion and participatory exercises.
1 hr 28 | AD | Mummies is a fun family animated adventure that follows three Egyptian mummies who accidentally enter the modern world.
Let Storyhouse whisk you away to the ball this Christmas with a seasonal spectacular which celebrates the most famous fairy-tale of them all – Cinderella.
Put down that device and join us for some old-fashioned fun with boardgames in The Den! Will you be the Scrabble Supremo, the Jenga Jubilant or the Card Game King?