From Shakespeare to Oscar Wilde

Join an expert guide on a walk exploring the literary legacy of the City. This is the place where the first printing press in England was established, and all written works had to be registered before publication. Hear stories of the writers who were born and raised in the City, and those like Shakespeare who were drawn here from afar to make their names. Find out about the court case that destroyed Oscar Wilde’s reputation, and the brave publisher who held out for literary merit in a notorious obscenity trial. Meet the colleagues who ensured Shakespeare’s plays were saved for posterity, and the priest poet who almost lost it all for love.