Commissioned poems and short stories about National Trust houses’ connections to the British Empire. The creative pieces you will hear were produced with the guidance of 14 Colonial Countryside historians.

The Colonial Countryside project commissioned 10 authors, whose pieces will be published by Peepal Tree Press in Spring 2022. This illustrated book will also contain short historical commentaries and a photo essay by the project’s commissioned photographer, Ingrid Pollard.

Pete Kalu: http://www.peterkalu.com/cvbio/

Story weaver, storyteller, novelist, poet and researcher for eight Manchester Museums bicentenary of the abolition of the trade in slaves researcher- Peter has a

PhD Creative Writing from (Lancaster University) 2019. Peter has written/ performed, among many things, Bluebird, which is a Colonial Countryside project-related poem-song 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zy2EVuETRc

Kevin Ncube[Project Manager @ColonialCountr1] chats to Peter after he reads from his work ‘Richard Watt the First, Merchant’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2bf16kqOAU