Join our volunteers in the print shop for your chance to see presses in action. As well as being able to see printing presses and paraphernalia dating from the 1820s to the late 20th century, there will be opportunities for you to try your hand at printing and even create something to take home.
Film studios are architectural spaces designed to support every stage in a film’s production, yet they’ve rarely featured as the subject of extensive analysis compared with film movements, directors and the genres of popular cinema. This presentation is from a research project that investigated film studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy 1930-60, when cinema dominated mass entertainment.
Film expert Howard Berry will take the audience behind-the-scenes of the legendary Elstree studios. Featuring oral histories of production staff who ‘made’ the studio: from carpenters to set-designers, floor managers to camera operators.
Our annual Folk Day is becoming a regular fixture in local folk calendar. We will be showcasing performers from the local area selected and introduced by our partners from the Cambridge Folk Club and the Black Fen Folk Club.
