Online Talk: Sussex Literary Landscapes with Dr Geoffrey Mead
Sussex Literary Landscapes links the wide range of written sources on the county to appropriate images, historic and contemporary. The profusion of writings on Sussex allow the inclusion of material from travel writings, diaries, novels and government reports, all contributing to the wider understanding of Sussex landscapes, rural and urban. The talk spans the centuries, from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles to the 21st century.
About the speaker:
Dr Geoffrey Mead was born and raised in Brighton and attended Brighton, Hove & Sussex Grammar school. After working in retailing, he took a BA in Geography as a 'Mature Unqualified Student'. This led on to an MA in Local & Regional History and eventually his PhD in Geography, researching interwar suburbia around Brighton - 'Scattered Squalor and Downland Homes'. After many years teaching in adult education on a Landscape Studies degree team and for a Geography team, he now lectures to community and business groups across SE England.
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Sussex Literary Landscapes links the wide range of written sources on the county to appropriate images, historic and contemporary. The profusion of writings on Sussex allow the inclusion of material from travel writings, diaries, novels and government reports, all contributing to the wider understanding of Sussex landscapes, rural and urban. The talk spans the centuries, from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles to the 21st century.
About the speaker:
Dr Geoffrey Mead was born and raised in Brighton and attended Brighton, Hove & Sussex Grammar school. After working in retailing, he took a BA in Geography as a 'Mature Unqualified Student'. This led on to an MA in Local & Regional History and eventually his PhD in Geography, researching interwar suburbia around Brighton - 'Scattered Squalor and Downland Homes'. After many years teaching in adult education on a Landscape Studies degree team and for a Geography team, he now lectures to community and business groups across SE England.