2nd November Rowan
Rowan: History, Folklore, Art.
A talk by Oliver Southall
2nd November, 7.30pm. £5 on the door
Oliver will be talking on the subject of his recent book. Rowan, A cultural history of a reddish, much-loved shrub, sometimes called mountain ash or dogberry.
Rowan is the first in-depth natural and cultural history of this much-loved plant sometimes called mountain ash or dogberry. Through myth, medicine, literature, land art, and contemporary rewilding, Oliver Southall uncovers the many meanings of this singular reddish, fruit shrub: a potent symbol of nostalgia on the one hand and of environmental activism on the other. Taking the reader on an eclectic journey across history, Rowan charts our changing relationships with nature and landscape, raising urgent questions about how we value and relate to the non-human world.
