@davetonge.bsky.social
I tell tales all over the UK at heritage sites, museums, festivals, fairs, libraries and schools. I have written three books: Tudor Folk Tales, Medieval Folk Tales for Children, and Norfolk Folk Tales for Children. All are published by the History Press.
This coming Sunday! #Storytelling for hope, inspiration and Making a Difference in these gloomy times: fb.me/e/6oQn2YN5R. Proceeds to @doctorswithoutborders.org. OODLES of amazing tellers: @jasonstoryteller.bsky.social , Carl Gough, Cath Edwards, @davetonge.bsky.social, Rosalind Buck and me!
A celebration of music, dance and more from many different lands….
#storytelling #worldtales #multicultural
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That was a cracking day…
£255.50 raised so far, for medical charity. Tickets = pay what you can afford. Book yourself in, help people in need, and have a rollicking good time with me, @davetonge.bsky.social, @jonthestoryteller.bsky.social, Cath Edwards, Ros Buck & Carl Gough. Details: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1249230143...
I’ll be sharing the tales I worked up for English Heritage at Grimes Graves Neolithic flint mines last year…
#stoneage #neolithic #huntergatherer #storytelling #storytellinginschools
That was a busy day @bodleianlibraries in Oxford, and back in the City again in April, at the Ashmolean. Thanks again to Rosie and all at the library for their warm welcome and kind words… #heritagestorytelling #storytellinginlibraries
Looking for those stories that leap off the page, just begging to be told… #storytelling #folktales #storycollection #storyteller
I knew I’d seen this couple of loosers somewhere before…
All set up for Tavern Yard Tales with @riikkapalonen at Crail…
#storytelling for grownups #crail
Another cracking storytelling review… #heritagestories #storytellingandheritage #medievalstorytelling #storytellingforgrownups #theyarnsmithofnorwich
A last minute enquiry - to share medieval stories at the Bodliean as part of an event celebrating the Magna Carta. What a beautiful place to share stories…
#theyarnsmith #heritagestorytelling #heritage #medievalstories #medievalstorytelling
School bookings are up this year, but room for more. It’s always very rewarding if sometimes challenging in a good way, sharing stories with pupils on their home turf! #storytellinginschools #storytelling
My storytelling tent helps create a comfortable space with shelter from rain and sun alike. It's packed full of objects and wonder as well as seating, all well suited to an itinerant teller of tales.. #storytelling #medievaltales #mythandlegend #tudortales #hertitage
The first telling of 2025, with news of many others coming soon… www.facebook.com/share/r/15c2...
It seems that Feragio - the non entity who dreamt of being a real politician, is destined to remain a puppet having his strings pulled by others..
During a break from telling midwinter tales at Belsay House I wandered the ancient and most magical quarry. Now a pleasure garden and reclaimed by nature long ago… #englishheritage #belsayhallandgardens #storytelling #midwintertales
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My website is slowly coming together including some reviews of my work, both in and out of historical costume…
This venture helped shape mine and Colin’s later careers in a fashion…
We had fun though didn’t we!
This video clip follows me everywhere. It was fun, although originally we we asked to talk about the whole area of Tudor crime and punishment. But when we mentioned the rarely used ducking stool the production teams eyes lit up and that was that…
Not satisfied with interfering in US democracy, Musk now wants to try and damage ours…
Apprently me and my good friend Colin Howey are now what the young folk call tickety tok famous.. #tudorhistory
Great to meet you on here. Your interests are much like my own.
Transforming Traditional Tales, @ashmoleanmuseum - the 12th-13th April next year.
A workshop about rediscovering medieval stories and considering how they can be used to explore and highlight modern concerns and issues.
#ashmoleanmuseum #storytellingworkshop #medievaltales #heritageworkshop
Hello to all on Bluesky. I travel the land telling my tales. I wander the road bringing wonder wherever I go. And this Late November-December I'll be telling festive/winter tales here - Belsay Hall in Northumberland.. #storytelling
