Old Wine in New Bottles – 10th Anniversary Celebrations – Lecture by Gillian Hovell.

 13 February
 8.00 pm

More information: theartssocietychiswick.org.uk

Great new talk – marvellous as a celebration of our 10th Anniversary!  This talk is in itself a celebration of how the Ancient Greeks and Romans created our love of wine. How wine’s popularity spread, how wine production has and has not changed, what wine connoisseurs 2,000 years ago thought made a wine great!

As an archaeologist who has excavated a Roman wine-producting warehouse, I promise that this talk will refresh your palette!

Gillian Howell holds a BA (Hons) Latin and Ancient History, Exeter University, and then branched out into archaeology. Ex-BBC, lecturer for British Museum and York University, an award winning writer and author who specialises in relating the ancient world to our modern lives, in person, in the field, on line and in the media (most recently on BBC News Channel, Radio 4 Today programme and BBC World Service).

Publications include Visiting the Past: A guide to finding and understanding Britain’s Archaeology and Roman Britain. Forthcoming Latin Yesterday, Today and For Ever, and A Mediterranean Tour: Not just a Load of Old Stones.

She teaches adult education courses in Latin, archaeology and ancient history and has publicly lectures widely and passionately, on cruises and tours and for museums such as the British Museum & Ashmolean, national press, universities, literary festivals, and diverse societies including Classical Associations, the U3A and the National Trust.