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NEEACA Social Event

Live Theatre Broad Chare, Newcastle upon Tyne NE13DQ.

19 Nov 2022, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Delivered by NEEACA – North East of England African Community Association

This social gathering is held at the famous Live Theatre, within 5 minute’s walk from the quayside
Attendees will hear a captivating speech on the Hadrian 1900 project, by our expert, Mr. Bill Griffiths, Head of Programmes & Collections, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM).

Join us and indulge in this memorable evening of delicious food, poetry, music, drumming, and relaxation. Visit on 2/12:22 to laying of Foundation Stone at the site of Roman fort where there was evidence of African Soldiers in 3 AD. Please let us know if you wish to attend this historic event. As we travel along the route of Hadrian wall, Bill will be pointing out points of interest and importance.

For bookings contact Pat Poinen – neeaca.ourheritage@gmail.com

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Create your own Saturnalia Event

01 Nov 2022 - 30 Nov 2022

Throughout November and December 2022.

The word ‘Saturnalia’ has the meaning of ‘an occasion of wild revelry or indulgence’.

Throughout November and December we are inviting anyone and everyone to join the festivities and deliver their own Saturnalia celebrations, events and activities to make this a truly wall-wide knees up. 

We’re inviting YOU to get involved and host an event or activity for Saturnalia as part of Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival, and it could be anything from hosting a Saturnalia-themed Christmas Party in your local village hall to a banquet in your living room or local pub.

You could encourage your neighbours to decorate their windows or create lanterns for their doorsteps or nominate the most mischievous member of your community as Lord of Misrule to preside over your celebrations. 

Click here for Saturnalia Packs developed by artist, Hannah Fox, to help you with your celebrations including traditional recipes, Saturnalia Songs, and inspiration on themes, activities and making your own decorations.

Anyone can deliver activity – individuals, groups, businesses – and at any scale. 

It can be a public event with tickets, or just with a group of friends, a business venture or a solo activity. All activities will be listed on the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival website to either advertise them or document them or both. 

If you’re interested in delivering a Saturnalia activity, no matter how big or small, please complete the form below to register your interest: 

Saturnalia Proposed Activity Form

Organisers are expected to be responsible for the management, safety, local marketing, and funding for their events, so please ensure you have considered this in putting yo

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Celebrating 25 Years of Arab Literature with Banipal Magazine

Lit & Phil Library, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 1SE

30 Nov 2022, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

  • Guide dog friendly
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Delivered by Banipal Publishing

The event celebrates 25 years of Banipal magazine of modern Arab literature, hosting important Arab authors, including Syrian poet Nouri Al-Jarrah, author of “The Stone Serpent, Barates of Palmyra’s Elegy for Regina his Beloved”, set by the stone serpent of Hadrian’s Wall after a single line in Aramaic on a tombstone in Fort Arbeia, South Shields fired his imagination. His ancient forebear Barates resists slavery with love for the Celtic Regina. Translated from the Arabic by Catherine Cobham.

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Talk on Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

Hexham Abbey, Beaumont Street, Hexham, NE46 3NB

23 Nov 2022

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Delivered by Northumberland Libraries

As part of their Photographing the Roman Wall: Then and Now project, Northumberland Libraries are offering a programme of events celebrating the life and work of the Hexham photographer and archaeologist, John Pattison Gibson, and in this instance the acclaim of his family.

The poet Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962) was the youngest of J.P. Gibson’s eight children. Like his father he shared a passion for the Northumberland landscape. Join Mike Tickell as he shares more about the life and career of Wilfrid Gibson. Wilfrid achieved great acclaim in his early career. He was a popular and prolific writer of both plays and poems and had 42 published books. All of these are now out of print and his reputation as a poet declined from the 1930’s. In recent years there has been increased interest in Gibson’s poetry with the publication of ‘Homecoming’ and ‘November Gold’ anthologies.

Mike Tickell has had a love of Gibson’s poems since attending Queen Elizabeth High School in Hexham in the 1950’s. He has recently researched Gibson’s Northumberland poems and will celebrate them in a talk and discussion on Gibson’s relevance today.

This project has been made possible thanks to a National Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England.

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Publication of Poetry Book “The Stone Serpent, Barates of Palmyra’s Elegy for Regina his Beloved – An Eastern Serenade”

Year long, from 12 Oct 2022

Delivered by BANIPAL PUBLISHING

“The Stone Serpent, Barates of Palmyra’s Elegy for Regina his Beloved” is a book of poems written by Syrian poet Nouri al-Jarrah after a single line in Aramaic on a tombstone in Fort Arbeia, South Shields, fired his imagination. These poems bring to life the poet’s ancient forebear Barates, a Syrian from Palmyra, and Regina, the Celtic slave he freed and married, from where they have lain at rest beside Hadrian’s Wall for eighteen centuries, and tells how Barates resisted slavery with love. Translated from the Arabic by Catherine Cobham.

Nouri Al-Jarrah will be appearing at the Lit & Phil Library on 30 November at the Celebration of 25 years of Banipal magazine and he will be reading from The Stone Serpent.

For more information contact margaret@banipal.co.uk

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Max Adams: Across the Sea, Along the Wall

Fratry Hall at Carlisle Cathedral

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Delivered by Carlisle Cathedral

To coincide with the 900th anniversary of Carlisle Cathedral and the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall, we are thrilled to welcome the award-winning author and archaeologist Max Adams to the Cathedral. Max’s best-selling books The King in the North, The Land of the Giants and The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur will be familiar to many, and at this special event he will explore the way in which Carlisle moved from being on the edge of an empire to the centre of journeys of faith and knowledge in the years after the fall of the Roman Empire.

This exclusive talk will shed light on Carlisle’s place in these troubled lands and we hope to discover new stories about the people who shaped the city as it is today.

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Hadrian’s Wall and the End of Empire

Online

10 Nov 2022

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Delivered by Northumberland Libraries

As part of the their Photographing the Roman Wall: Then and Now project, Northumberland Libraries plan to offer a programme of events celebrating the life and work of the Hexham photographer and archaeologist, John Pattison Gibson.

In recognition of Gibson’s passion and enthusiasm for the Roman Wall and his own archaeological investigations, they are hosting a series of talks on Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman people.

In this online talk Rob Collins will tell us about the fate of Hadrian’s Wall after the Roman period in Britain ended.

Rob Collins is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at Newcastle University. His teaching and research focuses on Hadrian’s Wall and other Roman frontiers and artefacts and material culture. Most recently, he has been the project manager for the Lottery-funded Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP).

This project has been made possible thanks to a National Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England.

For more information contact mylibrary@northumberland.gov.uk

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Maryport Folk Podcast

Maryport

30 Sep 2022 - 12 Dec 2022

Delivered by Francesca Waite and Sean Cartwright

Maryport Folk is a creative community participation and audio project that is part of the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival, in partnership with Senhouse Roman Museum. The creative team are writer Francesca Waite and composer Sean Cartwright.

From September 2022, we met a wonderful mix of Maryport folk to talk about what the town means to them. We’ve discussed what life is like at the end of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site, exploring relevant themes of identity, roots and separation. From these recorded conversations, we have produced a podcast series woven with original music inspired by the region, including a brand new song with lyrics by Maryport’s Ewanrigg Junior School Year 6, performed by Ewanrigg Community Choir.

On Monday 24 October at 7pm, we invite you to share the project with us: hear a short trailer for the podcast; see a live performance by the choir; see portraits of the participants and participate in an informal Q&A.

The Maryport Folk podcast will be available from Monday 31 October on podcast hosting sites. Please search podcast hosting sites, or see @maryport_folk on Instagram for details of where to find it.

Maryport Folk has been funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Community Grants.

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Poetry Workshop For Young Adults

Prudhoe Library, Spetchells Centre, 58 Front Street, Prudhoe, NE42 5AA

25 Oct 2022, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

  • Guide dog friendly
  • Wheelchair accessibile
  • Visually impaired friendly

Delivered by Northumberland Libraries

As part of their Photographing the Roman Wall: Then and Now project, Northumberland Libraries plan to offer a programme of events celebrating the life and work of the Hexham photographer and archaeologist, John Pattison Gibson, and in this instance the acclaim of his family.

The poet Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962) was the youngest of J.P. Gibson’s eight children. Like his father he took inspiration from the landscape and history of Northumberland. In this poetry writing workshop, John Challis will guide you through a series of creative exercises to spark the imagination and start writing new poems. Following in Gibson’s stead, we’ll write new poems that voice the past, step back in time, and create new experiences of the region’s rich history.

This workshop is aimed at young adults from 12 to 17 years old.

John Challis is a poet based in North Shields, who has taught widely at libraries, schools and universities throughout the North East. His debut collection of poems, The Resurrectionists (Bloodaxe, 2021), was a poetry book of the month in The Guardian, and most recently he was writer-in-residence at Seaton Delaval Hall.

This project has been made possible thanks to a National Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England.

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