Northern Earth presents… [22 May 2026]

An inaugural evening of short films, talks and conversation about landscape and the relationship between people and place.

Friday 22 May • Quaker Meeting House, 43 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LW • 7-9pm

We will also mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of the founding father of archaeology, folklore and biography, John Aubrey, who died in Oxford.

Our participants will be:

• Paul Whitewick, archaeology and landscape YouTuber extraordinaire
• James Attlee, award-winning writer, author of Oxford psychogeographical classic Isolarion, Nocturne, Under the Rainbow and other place-specific writing
• Louise Ryland-Epton, historian and editor specialising in early modern social history and place-based research
• C M Taylor, award-winning film-maker, novelist, screenwriter and lecturer.

Compered by Andrew Chapman, editor of Northern Earth and history writer and publisher.