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Free history talk: “Benjamin Creswick: Ruskin’s Walkley Working Class Hero.”

Monday 24th February 7.30pm – 9pm 

“Benjamin Creswick: Ruskin’s Walkley Working Class Hero.”

Benjamin Creswick was a Walkley knife grinder (1853-1946) who Ruskin hailed as a “youth of true genius”. He became Ruskin’s protégé and went on to become an influential figure in the Arts and Crafts movement and a much commissioned public sculptor.

Free talk with Simon Ogden
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Please arrive early to be sure of a seat.