AT THE MUSEUM Finding Billy Waters: Black Londoners in Regency Britain
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Finding Billy Waters: Black Londoners in Regency Britain
Thursday 10th October, 18:30 (Doors open at 18:15)
William ‘Billy’ Waters: busker, sailor, immigrant, father, lover, extraordinary talent, and a forgotten Black celebrity from Regency London. Delve into Waters’ life amongst the environs of Bow Street and discover a diverse Regency London that you didn’t know existed.
Dr Mary L. Shannon’s new book Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain (Yale 2024) tells the story of Regency London’s forgotten Black celebrity. Mary is a writer and Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Roehampton, London. She's the author of the award-winning Dickens, Reynolds, and Mayhew on Wellington Street and a self-confessed lover of all things London. Find her at marylshannon.com.
Timings: doors open at 18:15. The talk begins at 18:30 and lasts approximately 75 minutes, including a Q&A with the audience and a book signing.
Conditions of entry: this event is recommended for anyone over the age of 16 years.
Tickets: there are two ways to attend this event, in person at Bow Street Police Museum, or online via a live stream (using Zoom).
Prices to attend at the Museum: £12 / £9.60 Friends.
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Join us in person at the museum
Finding Billy Waters: Black Londoners in Regency Britain
Thursday 10th October, 18:30 (Doors open at 18:15)
William ‘Billy’ Waters: busker, sailor, immigrant, father, lover, extraordinary talent, and a forgotten Black celebrity from Regency London. Delve into Waters’ life amongst the environs of Bow Street and discover a diverse Regency London that you didn’t know existed.
Dr Mary L. Shannon’s new book Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain (Yale 2024) tells the story of Regency London’s forgotten Black celebrity. Mary is a writer and Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Roehampton, London. She's the author of the award-winning Dickens, Reynolds, and Mayhew on Wellington Street and a self-confessed lover of all things London. Find her at marylshannon.com.
Timings: doors open at 18:15. The talk begins at 18:30 and lasts approximately 75 minutes, including a Q&A with the audience and a book signing.
Conditions of entry: this event is recommended for anyone over the age of 16 years.
Tickets: there are two ways to attend this event, in person at Bow Street Police Museum, or online via a live stream (using Zoom).
Prices to attend at the Museum: £12 / £9.60 Friends.
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