Join exhibition curator Dr Glenn Adamson who will give an introductory lecture explaining the curatorial intentions and thinking behind Shoulder to the Wheel. He will then lead an in conversation with the three makers, Zoe Laughlin, Gareth Neal and Greg Rowland, who have been commissioned to create three new wheels to sit alongside a heritage wagon wheel from the collections of The Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading. This will be followed by a closing lecture from Dr Paddy Bullard from the Department of English at the University of Reading who considers the literary achievement of George Sturt’s The Wheelwright’s Shop.

TICKETS : £10 - advanced booking is required as numbers are strictly limited.