Campfire stories with Ian Douglas

Saturday 17th June

How

Brave is The Wren Various Times

Join us around the (fictional) campfire to listen to How Brave is the Wren’s favouritest ever storyteller. Ian Douglas is a storyteller and theatre maker who works extensively across the British Isles. With over 20 years of experience delivering storytelling at venues across Britain, he has developed an approach that mixes sensitivity, comedic energy and wit. Ian is also the author of Story & Truth the first book to be published by How Brave is the Wren.

After spending many happy evenings listening to Ian at the wonderful Just So Festival and Timber Festival, I’m very excited to finally welcome him to our new(ish) home in Kings Heath. This event will run at various times throughout the day. See How Brave is the Wren’s website.

Tickets: Free.

Fashion Talk

Arts & Fashion Historian Sally Chidlow talking about Mary Quant

Saturday 17th June

The Heath Bookshop

5.00pm – 6.00pm

The Heath Bookshop’s third fashion talk, curated by the brilliant local art and fashion historian, Sally Chidlow. Sally will be talking about the late Mary Quant.

One of the very early exponents of the revolutionary mini skirt, Mary Quant spear-headed a fashion youthquake in ‘Swinging London,’ forever launching London and the UK as a centre for youth fashion and cutting-edge style: an image that has endured and continues to this day.

‘It is impossible to overstate Quant’s contribution to fashion’ – Jenny Lister, V&A curator of the Mary Quant exhibition.

An early adopter of the logo, her black daisy motif, and her fashion line Ginger Group became synonymous with everything modern, young and cutting edge.

As Quant built her empire, London positioned itself as the new world fashion city. An outstanding innovator, her designs are a constant symbol of this optimistic period and the energy and the huge changes it heralded.

In this talk, Sally Chidlow will tell the story of Mary Quant, her contribution, and the significance of 1960s British fashion.

Tickets: £4.