This writing workshop will combine the examination of historical Staffordshire with poetic exercises and inspiration in order to uncover and reimagine the individuals that made up this county’s story.

The workshop will be led by poet Scarlett Ward and supported by museum engagement specialist Sarah English.

Participants will step into the past with a guided tour of the artefacts and objects on display from various points of history, and then will be invited to pen poetic responses that revisit bygone eras, and consider how this perspective helps us re-evaluate modern life today.

Free to attend.

About the poet:

Scarlett Ward is a poet and publisher working from Stafford. She was shortlisted for the UK’s Women Poets’ Prize, and has hosted workshops as part of the BBC, Verve festival and Derby Literary Festival. Her book ‘Ache’ was published by Verve Press in 2019, and she started her own poetry publishing house in 2021 called Fawn Press. She was appointed Staffordshire Poet Laureate in 2024.

Pre-booking essential.

Please book online via Eventbrite: Stafford in verse; through the ages with the Staffordshire Poet Laureate Tickets, Sat 29 Mar 2025 at 13:30 | Eventbrite