Keith Brymer Jones - Firing Earth
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An afternoon with star of Great Pottery Throwdown & Our Welsh Chapel
Keith Brymer Jones - Firing Earth
Mon 26th Oct 2026
at The Clifton Arms Hotel, Lytham 12.30 pm (doors 12 noon)
Tickets £30 from the bookshop inc welcome drink, author talk and signed book
Keith Brymer Jones found his way into the hearts of the nation as judge on Channel 4's THE GREAT POTTERY THROWDOWN and more recently on OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM. A ceramicist and design expert for over four decades, come and meet Keith and discover his passionate, accessible, entertaining and very personal exploration of what pottery has given to him and the world in his book Firing Earth.
'Sitting down at the wheel and grasping a ball of clay, I can travel back in time. I'm compelled to slow down to the pace of my ancestors.' Did you know the potter's wheel was invented before any other kind of wheel? And in the seventeenth century people believed eating clay was good for you? And that Royal Doulton started off as a sewage pipe company? And which famous potter said 'To make pottery is an adventure'?All this and so much more is in Pottery Throwdown judge Keith Brymer Jones's very personal journey through the history of ceramics. From Roman kilns in North London to urinals in Scotland, wine jars to ink pots, Keith enthrals and entertains us with his knowledge of pottery and potters, what they made and how they did it.
He shows us how ceramics have played an important role in cultures and economies throughout the world - and how his own life is inextricably linked to an industry that demands the same of its makers today as it did thousands of years ago: creativity, patience, respect for the material, and a respect for nature itself. You will never look at a mug in the same way again.
Format: Welcome drink & Signed book on arrival, followed by author talk and audience Q&A
Venue: The Clifton Arms Hotel, West Beach, Lytham FY8 5QJ
Tickets from the bookshop at 87c Clifton St, Lytham FY8 5ER, or by telephone 01253 796 958
Keith Brymer Jones - Firing Earth
Mon 26th Oct 2026
at The Clifton Arms Hotel, Lytham 12.30 pm (doors 12 noon)
Tickets £30 from the bookshop inc welcome drink, author talk and signed book
Keith Brymer Jones found his way into the hearts of the nation as judge on Channel 4's THE GREAT POTTERY THROWDOWN and more recently on OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM. A ceramicist and design expert for over four decades, come and meet Keith and discover his passionate, accessible, entertaining and very personal exploration of what pottery has given to him and the world in his book Firing Earth.
'Sitting down at the wheel and grasping a ball of clay, I can travel back in time. I'm compelled to slow down to the pace of my ancestors.' Did you know the potter's wheel was invented before any other kind of wheel? And in the seventeenth century people believed eating clay was good for you? And that Royal Doulton started off as a sewage pipe company? And which famous potter said 'To make pottery is an adventure'?All this and so much more is in Pottery Throwdown judge Keith Brymer Jones's very personal journey through the history of ceramics. From Roman kilns in North London to urinals in Scotland, wine jars to ink pots, Keith enthrals and entertains us with his knowledge of pottery and potters, what they made and how they did it.
He shows us how ceramics have played an important role in cultures and economies throughout the world - and how his own life is inextricably linked to an industry that demands the same of its makers today as it did thousands of years ago: creativity, patience, respect for the material, and a respect for nature itself. You will never look at a mug in the same way again.
Format: Welcome drink & Signed book on arrival, followed by author talk and audience Q&A
Venue: The Clifton Arms Hotel, West Beach, Lytham FY8 5QJ
Tickets from the bookshop at 87c Clifton St, Lytham FY8 5ER, or by telephone 01253 796 958
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