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Heritage Talk: Feather, Fang and Thread, The Wild Art of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria

Name: Heritage Talk: Feather, Fang and Thread, The Wild Art of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
Start: 2026-11-24T13:00:00
Location: Old Low Light Heritage Centre, Clifford's Fort, Fish Quay, North Shields, NE30 1JA

Art specialist David Hirst explores how Northumbria's early medieval artists drew on local wildlife, from the Lindisfarne Gospels to the Bayeux Tapestry.

Tuesday, 24 November 20261:00 PMOld Low Light Heritage Centre, Clifford's Fort, Fish Quay, North Shields, NE30 1JA£5 (free for members)by Old Low Light Heritage Centre

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This lunchtime talk at the Old Low Light looks at Northumbria's Golden Age before the Norman Conquest, when coastal communities produced world-class art inspired by the creatures around them. David Hirst traces a path from the seabirds in the margins of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the animals of the Bayeux Tapestry, taking in cormorants, warhorses, hounds and mythical monsters, and it is timely for anyone planning to see the Tapestry at the British Museum. Tickets are £5, free for members.