Event 14

Tuesday 5th November 2024 | 4 pm

Event 14 | Oliver Smith | On This Holy Island

£12.00

SOLD OUT – Oliver Smith – On This Holy Island – Finding the Ancient Paths Across Modern Britain

Travel writer, Oliver Smith, sets out radically to reframe our idea of ‘pilgrimage’ in Britain by retracing sacred travel made across time; from ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the 21st century. He embarks on an epic adventure across British landscapes – sacred routes to churches, cathedrals, standing stones – exploring prehistoric, pagan and Christian places. He reveals how football stadiums and music festivals have become contemporary sites of pilgrimage. The routes walked are ancient and the pilgrims he meets are modern.

an illustrated talk

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When: Tuesday 5th November 2024 @ 4 pm
Where: The Bull Ballroom

Description

Oliver Smith is an acclaimed travel writer working mostly for the Financial Times, The Times, National Geographic and Outside Magazine in the USA. For 10 years he worked for Lonely Planet Magazine. During his time there he wonTravel Writer of the Year at the Travel Media Awards, was AITO Travel Writer of the Year on three occasions, and was nominated for PPA Writer or the Year. He has walked big parts of the Appian Way in Italy, the Camino Frances (or French Way, the most famous of all Santiago de Compostela routes), the Via Francigena on the St. Bernard’s Pass in Italy and Switzerland and the North Wales Pilgrims Way. Oliver Smith studied at Cardiff University and currently lives in London. He is not committed to any religion.

 

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