KEY TO THE NORTH Hannah French 15 Jul 2024, Pontefract Castle, 5pm Music history is littered with both creative dynasties and lone creative figures, and we could say the same today of musical tastes and talents in our own families. But how much are we wittingly, or unwittingly the product of our ancestors? Author and Broadcaster Hannah ©Sane Seven French talks about the surprise of inheriting a copy of Handel’s Messiah that set her on a trail to trace her musical roots in the local mining villages of Allerton Bywater and Kippax. Turns out it’s something of a portkey to the past that represents so much of what she does today. Book at ouryear24.com/KTTN A Northern Renaissance? Wakefield, Revising Pevsner - the North Riding West Yorkshire and the Northern 19 Sep 2024, 7.30pm Powerhouse - Adrian Jones & Chris This talk at Wakefield Town Hall by Matthews Dr Jane Grenville OBE FSA will offer 18 Jul 2024, 7.30pm fascinating insights into how one of This talk at Wakefield Town Hall the 'go to' series of architectural guide reviews both the successes and lost books has been updated. opportunities of recent years and considers the implications of the Both of these events are run by Northern Powerhouse concept for Wakefield Civic Society and can be West Yorkshire. booked at ouryear24.com/WFDCivic KEY TO THE NORTH 37