Events and Exhibitions - The Laurence Sterne Trust

Heritage Open Day : The Hidden Wall Paintings of Shandy Hall

9th September 17 - 9th September 17
Home to 18th century novelist Laurence Sterne, Shandy Hall was probably built around 1430 by George Dayville as a medieval long hall, in what was then called Cuckwold. Today the ground floor hall is a museum, open for tours on Wednesdays and Sundays (May Find out more about Heritage Open Day : The Hidden Wall Paintings of Shandy Hall.

National Gardens Scheme - Moth trapping and identification evening

30th June 17
As part of the National Gardens Scheme, Gardens Open For Charity, Shandy Hall Garden will be open in the evening, which can be a particularly lovely time to see the garden. Find out more about National Gardens Scheme - Moth trapping and identification evening.

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National Gardens Scheme - Moth trapping and identification evening

26th May 17
As part of the National Gardens Scheme, Gardens Open For Charity, Shandy Hall Garden will be open in the evening, which can be a particularly lovely time to see the garden. Find out more about National Gardens Scheme - Moth trapping and identification evening.

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Evening garden opening, with moth trapping and identification

19th May 17
Shandy Hall Garden will be open in the evening, which can be a particularly lovely time to see the garden. Find out more about Evening garden opening, with moth trapping and identification.

Paint Her to Your Own Mind

10th July 16 - 14th November 16
Continuing the conceit of the two previous exhibitions (The Black Page & Emblem of My Work) Paint Her to Your Own Mind invites 147 artists / writers / composers to join in creating 147 different representations of beauty. Find out more about Paint Her to Your Own Mind.

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Tom Phillips: From Prequel To Sequel

8th May 16 - 26th June 16
The final 50 pages of this fifty year work-in-progress were omitted from The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. The Laurence Sterne Trust at Shandy Hall is proud to display these final 50 pages for the first time. Find out more about Tom Phillips: From Prequel To Sequel.

Different Voices: Frances Spalding

2016
Virginia Woolf and Tristram Shandy Frances will talk about Laurence Sterne and Virginia Woolf - two writers who shared an interest in the fabric and fabrication of fiction and who reached out to their readers through the 'talking voice'. Find out more about Different Voices: Frances Spalding.

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Different Voices: Jaap Blonk

2016
Jaap Blonk, self-taught composer, performer and poet will be performing 'Dada 100 Years' including Ursonate by Kurt Schwitters. Find out more about Different Voices: Jaap Blonk.

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Flesh Grass Fresh Glass

11th April 16 - 18th April 16
"The installation at Shandy Hall Gallery takes this phrase as inspiration for a creative writing project and we have written and produced a series of neon lights and photographed them in wild locations across the North York Moors." GW & CH Find out more about Flesh Grass Fresh Glass.

Different Voices: Maura Dooley and Ian Duhig

2016
Acclaimed poets Maura Dooley & Ian Duhig will read from their newly published collections 'The Silvering' and 'The Blind Roadmaker'. Both these titles are Poetry Book Society Recommendations this Spring. Find out more about Different Voices: Maura Dooley and Ian Duhig.

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Different Voices: Jon McGregor

2016
Jon McGregor writes novels and short stories. His recent books include a short story collection, This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You, and his third novel, Even the Dogs, which won the IMPAC Dublin Literature Award in 2012. Find out more about Different Voices: Jon McGregor.

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Different Voices

2016
A series of talks and readings by contemporary writers Find out more about Different Voices.

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