William Morris and the followers of the Arts and Crafts Movement aimed to model their way of life, their homes, interiors and gardens on a vision of a romanticised Mediaeval world in which they recreated rural communities of craftsmen and women living in harmony with nature.

Evidence of their influence and ideas can be found in towns and villages all over England but we are particularly fortunate to have examples of the Arts and Crafts way of life here in the South Cotswolds. In this well illustrated talk Fiona will consider how the Arts and Crafts followers shaped their environment to create a paradise on earth in the Cotswolds.

Fiona studied Fine Art at Exeter and then later History of Art at University of London. She was Head of History of Art at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College where she worked for 15 years.  Her interests include the Modern Movement in architecture and more recently the development of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the South Cotswolds.