Words by the Water
Penny Bradshaw: New Perspectives on Beatrix Potter
Saturday 14 March | 11amPenny Bradshaw reflects on how reading across Beatrix Potter’s writings – from her early journals to books and essays published at the end of her career – offers new perspectives on this popular children’s author. Fresh angles on familiar Potter themes and topics are revealed and light is cast on more uncharted corners of her imagination. Penny reads Potter’s work against the backdrop of a momentous 70-year period of British history and explores key themes including a sustained and perceptive engagement with the natural environment.