I am delighted to introduce our new ‘In Conversation’ series, which we have created specially for our adult audiences to enjoy alongside The Secret Garden Experience.
In this new, online series I feel very privileged to be meeting with a wonderful range of expert guests to discuss the topics raised by Frances Hodgson Burnett in her classic and enduring tale. In each conversation we’ll delve deeper into the key themes of the story; Environment; Emotional Well-Being; Education and Empire. I feel that there’s so much that is as relevant now as it was when the novel was first written over 100 years ago…
Andy Langford & Annie Robinson
Clinical Director of Cruse Bereavement Charity, Andy Langford, and Programme Manager, Reading & Health at The Reading Agency, Annie Robinson, join Danyah to discuss the themes of Life & Death in The Secret Garden and their particular relevance in our post-pandemic society.
Running time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Ann Thwaite
Prize-winning biographer, children’s writer and author of Beyond The Secret Garden, Ann Thwaite chats to Danyah about Frances Hodgson Burnett’s fascinating life and the influences behind The Secret Garden.
Running time: 28 minutes
Professor Alistair Griffiths
RHS Director of Science and co-author of RHS Your Wellbeing Garden, Alistair Griffiths talks to Danyah about his scientific studies around the relationship between gardening and health & wellbeing.
Running time: 45 minutes
Professor Linda Gask
Psychiatrist, academic, and author of memoirs The Other Side of Silence and Finding True North, Linda chats to Danyah about the effects of isolation and abandonment on mental health – offering a wealth of personal and professional insight.
Running time: 22 minutes
Heydon Prowse
Actor, journalist and satirist, Heydon Prowse, talks about the impact of playing Colin Craven in the 1993 film of The Secret Garden and the elements of the story that have stayed with him for the past 3 decades.
Running time: 24 minutes
Gauri Raje
Storyteller and Anthropologist, Gauri Raje examines the historical and narrative context of India and the Empire in the Secret Garden.
Running time: 34 minutes