What’s On
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April-May 2026
Art & Soul: Creative Art Journaling at John Clare Cottage
Join us for a creative Inquiry into art, reflection, and expression
Wednesdays from 15/04
🕒 10:15am (2-hour session)Develop your skills in Creative Art Journaling with Carol Holland as you respond visually to John Clare’s poetry.
Book a single session or suite of six
Held in the café building at John Clare Cottage
With a relaxed break for you to enjoy delicious homemade cake, plus tea and coffee
Come along, get creative, and take some time for yourself ✨
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May-June 2026
Yoga at John Clare Cottage
Roll out your mat or prop up your chair - this class is for EVERYBODY! Join us in our beautiful gardens for a rejuvenating outdoor session.
Your yoga instructor is Marleni from Yoga with Marleni. Highly experienced teaching all levels and certified by the International Yoga Alliance, she is known for her friendly and supportive approach.
Sessions are held weekly on a Wednesday from 1.15 - 2.15 from May 20th, initially for a six week period.
Sessions will be held in the wellbeing garden.
All abilities, ages and experience levels are welcome.
A single session is £12 and a block of 6 sessions can be booked for £60
Following your class why not explore John Clare Cottage fascinating museum or enjoy a cuppa in our friendly volunteer led cafe?
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June 2026
All Nature Has a Feeling: Writing about the Nearby Wild
Join Guardian Country Diarist Nic Wilson to write about nearby nature, wildlife, and the local landscape.
Monday 29th June
11:00 AM - 3:00 PMDo you enjoy watching the birds in your garden or the local park? Are you interested in the wild flowers and trees that you pass on your way into town or on country walks? Would you like to learn more about the natural history of the landscape around you? Perhaps you’d like to share your ideas and enthusiasm with others, broaden your knowledge of wildlife and place, and explore your own creative voice.
This workshop will focus on writing about nearby nature, drawing inspiration from the garden at Clare Cottage (where's Nic's great, great, great grandfather took his first steps in the 1820s), the local landscape and Clare's poetry. The session will include short writing exercises, discussion of extracts and the opportunity to share our writing (which will always be optional). We’ll come away with prompts, several short pieces and a range of ideas about how our drafts might be developed into longer written work.
The workshop is suitable for everyone, whether you'd like inspiration on where to start or advice about how to develop your writing. Nic also runs follow up courses and mentors writers.
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July 2026
Sherlock Holmes & The Hound of the Baskervilles
Thursday 2nd July
Doors 18:15 - Performance 19:00How can one show possibly contain so much action and adventure? Elementary, my dear!
The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present a brand-new riff on the fiendishly famous case.
Features live music, audience interaction and more mystery than you can shake a magnifying glass at.
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July 2026
John Clare Poetry Tour
Sunday 5nd July
11:00 AM - 3:00 PMEnjoy the idyllic surroundings of John Clare Cottage with an audio guided tour of the museum and gardens. A delicious lunch, included in the ticket price, will then be served.
The afternoon continues with a poetry walk around Helpston village, led by Stamford Sights and Secrets Tours in collaboration with local Stamford poets.
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August 2026
Twelfth Night
Thursday 20th August
Doors 18:15 - Performance 19:00Get in a fight. Cross-dress. Throw on some yellow stockings. Love can make you do the funniest things…!
The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present their own brand of Shakespearean mayhem in the Bard's comedy of fools, duels and dual identities.
Family-friendly fun with live music and audience participation.