Supper & Stories
Thursday 11th June
Supper & Stories at Holker Hall & Gardens invites guests to an intimate evening of seasonal dining, conversation, and storytelling. Each event features a carefully curated supper, followed by a talk from a guest speaker who shares insights, experiences and unique stories that inspire, entertain, and provoke thought. From authors and adventurers to local artisans and heritage experts, the series celebrates creativity, lived experience, and the art of storytelling, offering a warm and engaging experience for all.
Supper & Stories takes place every 2nd Thursday of the month, food served at 6:30pm, speaker 7:30pm, £15 per person.
Thursday 11th June: Colin Burke
Colin Burke is the author of the popular work A Brief History of Cartmel which has received accolades from within the local community and beyond.
His lifelong love affair with history included spending two years in the 1970’s as an associate lecturer in the History of Education at Bangor University where he had initially graduated. He obtained an MA in the History of the North West of England from the University of Manchester.
Having been seduced out of the groves of academe and into the commercial world via a stint running the student services at Manchester Polytechnic (as was), he spent three years as the Chief Executive of Wigan Athletic AFC in the 1980’s before imparting on a forty-year career as a ‘company turnaround’ specialist.
A resident of Cartmel on a part-time basis since 2002 and full-time since 2018, he has long intended to produce a work both accessible and rigorously researched. The book is aimed at readers with an interest in the history of the village who may be deterred by the length or density of existing studies, as well as at those who have previously shown little engagement with the subject.
Menu: Catalan chicken – Slow cooked chicken thighs with chorizo, aubergine, courgettes, peppers and red onion in rich tomato sauce enriched with smoked paprika, wine and balsamic vinegar, served with rice | Same with quorn