Poet John Hegley live at Milton's Cottage, Chalfont St Giles

Poet John Hegley live at Milton's Cottage, Chalfont St Giles

National treasure John Hegley - poet, comedian & musician - live at Milton's Cottage, brought to you by the We'd Like A Word podcast

By We'd Like A Word podcast & Milton's Cottage Museum

Date and time

Thu, 16 May 2024 19:00 - 21:00 GMT+1

Location

Milton's Cottage

21 Deanway Chalfont Saint Giles HP8 4JH United Kingdom

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About this event

  • 2 hours

National treasure John Hegley - poet, comedian and musician - live at Milton's Cottage, brought to you by Paul Waters and Stevyn Colgan of the award-winning We'd Like A Word podcast. Like a good deed in a naughty world, the scandalously talented, Edinburgh Fringe and BBC Radio 4 favourite, John Hegley, will perform for your pleasure and answer your questions at an intimate event in Milton's Cottage on Thursday 16th May. Drinks (included) at 7pm. Show starts 7.30pm. The event will be recorded for later broadcast on We'd Like A Word (available wherever you get your podcasts). Each ticket sold will raise money to support the Milton's Cottage Museum, where John Milton wrote his epic poem, Paradise Lost. Limited parking available. Milton's Cottage is a wonderful Grade 1 listed building dating from the 1500s, so accessibility is not ideal.

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We'd Like A Word podcast & Milton's Cottage Museum

We'd Like A Word features bestselling fiction and non-fiction, UK and international authors like Graham Norton, Anthony Horowitz, Denise Mina, Belinda Bauer, Dr Erica McAlister, Amitav Ghosh and Isi the Scribe.

Milton's Cottage Museum is a literary paradise and is the only surviving home of the visionary poet and political writer, John Milton. It was in this 16th century cottage that he completed his epic masterpiece, Paradise Lost, and was inspired to write its sequel, Paradise Regained.

Today, Milton’s Cottage is open to the public as a museum. It retains the charm of the 17th century home that Milton would have known whilst housing one of the world’s most important collections relating to the writer on open display. The three museum rooms contain rare books, paintings and prints that give a unique insight into Milton’s life, work and influence.