NEW!  A talk in costume as if by Hannah Glasse herself - But first catch your hare ...
Hannah Glasse was one of the earliest English female cookery book writers, who in 1747 published: The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy – Pre-dating Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management by more than a century. The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy was the ‘Must Have’ kitchen manual on both sides of the Atlantic for over a century and it gave good sound basic advice for both cooks and servants alike. Hannah Glasse had an interesting life including a spell of imprisonment for debt and a successful fashion business patronised by the rich (and not so rich) and famous of the day.

Canals and Waterways
Hear the enthralling story of the people involved and how the British waterways came to be built, plus superb slides of scenery, locks, bridges and aqueducts and the local River Gipping.

Celia’s Travels
Was Celia Fiennes (pronounced Fines), the Fine Lady of Banbury Cross? Find out as she light-heartedly speaks about her 3000-mile travels in eighteenth-century England, including East Anglia. In period costume with colour slides.

Frances is the retired Chief Executive of the Inland Waterways Assn., administrator of the Parliamentary Waterways Group and author of Canal Architecture in Britain.

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      Payment £65 by donation to River Gipping Trust, and travelling expenses of 25p per mile.

Mrs Frances Hart
Tel: 01379 642313
Email: talks@harttalks.co.uk

Mrs Mozart
“Dramatic appearance in the apparel Mrs Mozart might have worn, including a fetching hat. A vivid description of the musical genius and his tragic life; interspersed were short excerpts from a wide range of Mozart’s work.” (Diss Mercury). “Spellbound” (Diss Express).

Jane Austen - my Sister
Homeless, penniless - but never talentless. The eventful life of the great novelist Jane Austen, author of Pride and Prejudice, told by her loving sister Cassandra in Regency costume. “Wonderful insight into the life of a well-loved author.” (Diss Express) With colour slides.

Celia Fiennes

Mrs Mozart

Hannah Glasse

A Regency Christmas
“A dramatic appearance in costume, a vivid account of Christmas - the food, music and family games during the Regency period.” (Diss Mercury) With readings and recorded music.

A Local Performance Artist
Giving You an Insight into Various Subjects and Characters From the Past.

Frances Hart is a performance artist whose entertaining talks (mainly in costume) concentrate on notable people of the past.