People sometimes ask where the inspiration for the Hall’s events comes from. The answer – more often than not – is out of the blue. The Literary Lectures in the Library for example, they idea for those came from a book I was reading at the time. 

I had read Sally Beauman’s book Rebecca’s Tale (sadly before I actually read Rebecca, but  never mind…) and enjoyed it so much I started to work my way through her other books. The Landscape of Love was the next book, and even before Chapter One began I was hooked – and not necessarily for the reasons you would expect…

Her description of “Wykenfield” and Abbey were truly uncanny… to read more please click HERE