Education and learning are the themes of this month’s Write Out loud Marsden at Marsden library on Wednesday 21 September at 7.30pm. Quoting Thomas Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’, and in particular these lines: “Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, / And waste its sweetness on the desert air”, Write Out Loud Marsden’s host Julian Jordon said: “Those lines resonated when I first read the poem as a supposed dead loss of a secondary school pupil, and do still as I contemplate the potential neglect of half of the population if grammar schools are reintroduced more widely.” Members are invited to bring along poems of their own or ones they know on the subject of learning, education, or learning. Entry is £2 to this open-floor poetry event. More details and Map

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