The Lost Folk - Signed Copy

The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth

From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk. 

By its nature, folk is ephemeral - tricky to define, hard to preserve and even more difficult to resurrect. But folk culture is all around us: sitting in our churches, swinging from our pubs and dancing through our streets, patiently waiting to be discovered, appreciated, saved and cherished. 

In The Lost Folk, Lally MacBeth is on a mission to breathe new life into these rapidly disappearing customs. She reminds us that folk is for everyone, and does not belong to and imagined, halcyon pas, but is constantly being drawn from everyday lives and communities. As well as looking at what folk customs have meant in Britain's past, she sheds light on what they could mean in the future - encouraging us to use the book as an inspiration, and become collectors and creators of our very own folk traditions. 

MacBeth joined us on stage for our inaugural Heligan Homecoming Festival; a celebration of music, literature, art, culture and food set in the enchanting Lost Gardens of Heligan. This signed copy is exclusively online.