Finding Lights in a Dark Age: sharing land, work & craft
Mon 02 Feb
|The Grosvenor Arms (Assembly Room)
A talk and discussion hosted by Planet Shaftesbury. Join in to explore what farmers, food and fibre producers, and our local community could do now to make our area resilient in a challenging future. Places limited - RSVP to save your seat. Doors open 6.30pm.
Time & Location
02 Feb 2026, 19:00 – 21:30
The Grosvenor Arms (Assembly Room), High St, Shaftesbury SP7 8JA, UK
About the Event
Free but RSVP through this website to save your place. Doors 6.30pm, start at 7pm.
More about this event:
Chris Smaje published 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age - sharing land, work and craft' late in 2025. On 2nd February 2026 he'll be in Shaftesbury to talk about his work, and the implications for a rural area like ours. We're aiming for the session to be a locally-focused discussion of what our community could do at this time in response to the challenges we might face in a 'dark' future. Chris is keen on this approach - his book launch session in Frome had a similar aim.
FOLDE, our local book store, is supporting the event with a range of books for sale featuring the future of food, farming and community.
Robin Walter, local forester and author, will chair the session and introduce Chris Smaje. After a conversation about Chris' view of a possible…