Edith Festival 2023
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Johns Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1ET
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Edith Festival 2023
Edith Festival celebrates the forgotten women of history and the cultural heritage of Hastings.
Day One, Durbar Hall, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
1300 - 1430: 'Historical Links with Ukraine' by Dr Caitlin Green (recorded with live Q&A).
1500 - 1700 'The Life and Collections of Lady Annie Brassey', by Sarah French (presentation and tour of the Durbar Hall and its collections)
Day Two, Kino Teatr, St Leonards
1200 - 1330: ‘‘Cell’ - Mother Julian of Norwich’s 650th anniversary’ (play)
1400 - 1530: ‘Beowulf – the story behind the legend’ by Dr John Grigsby (presentation)
1600 - 1730: 'Busting Anglo-Saxon myths’ by Dr Marc Morris (presentation)
1900 - 2200: ‘Lifeworks’ by Andrew Kötting & Iain Sinclair (films and discussion)
The festival has been inspired by the sculpture of Edith Swanneck finding the body of her beloved Harold of the 1066 battlefield. The Victorian sculpture, which for many years was placed indoors, can today be found by the seafront of West St Leonards. Friends of Edith have worked tirelesly to protect it for the future.
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