Winter & Spring 2023 Lecture Series - From Merlin to Doc Martin: The Best of England’s Dramatic Cornwall

Winter & Spring 2023 Lecture Series - From Merlin to Doc Martin: The Best of England’s Dramatic Cornwall
Thursday January 26th at 7pm

*This program will be held virtually on Zoom. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sfuurrDsuGNGtH2qGG9RScEA-THH...

What a shame that tourists who focus on London miss the rugged gem that awaits in Cornwall, England’s far west country bordered by the North Atlantic and the English Channel. Where so much water and land meet has given way to some of the most awesome coastline in the world, and has inspired Celtic legends such as King Arthur at Tintagel Castle. You may have already experienced a slice of Cornwall thanks to shows like PBS’s Doc Martin, and novelists like Daphne Du Maurier (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), Winston Graham (Poldark series), and Rosamunde Pilcher (The Shell Seekers). Join Anglophile and former UK resident Claire Evans for a lively discussion about this underappreciated English destination.

Claire Evans is a former journalist, attorney, and college lecturer who started her love of most things British as she and her mother watched countless Britcoms on PBS. She went on to study abroad in London and, against the odds, she married a Brit she met in Peoria, Illinois. They moved to England, where they lived for a number of years. Outside of her work for a legal advice charity, Claire became a student of historical sights, pub dining, and tea shops. Her business, Tea with Claire, grew from friends asking for travel and relocation advice.

All programs are free and open to the public.  If you have questions, please call 609-399-2434 ext. 5222 or email jhoward@oceancitylibrary.org.