Early one morning, any morning, we can set out, with the least
possible baggage, and discover the world.
So begins the brilliant ‘In Praise of Walking’, by Thomas A. Clark, a poem I’d heartily recommend to anyone. But what kind of world can we discover? That’s a writer’s question, to some extent – the suspicion that discovering means making as well as finding, that discoveries are stories we tell as well as brute facts on which we stub our toes.
In which Jonson enjoys a visit to the amazing Worksop Manor, an antiquarian tour of the nearby Priory, and ends his midlands diversion in the splendid surroundings of Hodsock Priory…
Ben Jonson’s Walk : Module 5 from HSS Webteam on Vimeo
In which Jonson and his companion encounter the Cavendish family at Rufford and Welbeck, are treated to a tour of the fabulous Little Castle at Bolsover, and are given work to do in the church…
Ben Jonsons Walk : Module 4 from HSS Webteam on Vimeo
In which Jonson and his companion find their way to the ‘thoroughfare town’ of Newark-upon-Trent, check in to the famous White Hart inn, and experience the best of midlands hospitality…
Ben Jonsons Walk : Module 3 from HSS Webteam on Vimeo
In which Ben Jonson and his companion visit Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Earl of Rutland, are bibulously entertained at Bottesford, and find something extraordinary in the village church…
Ben Jonson’s Walk : Module 2 from HSS Webteam on Vimeo.
In the course of his epic walk from London to Edinburgh, Ben Jonson took a memorable detour through the English midlands. This film introduces viewers to Jonson, to the walk, and to the landscape through which he journeyed in 1618.
Ben Jonson’s Walk : Module 2 from HSS Webteam on Vimeo.