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Friday 25th September, 7PM - 8PM
Space2Make Studios, Bells Yew Green, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9BP
This is a charity event, with 100% of ticket sales donated to Macmillan Cancer Support.
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How a Mummified Fairy Became Modern Folklore
In 2007, photographs of a tiny mummified fairy supposedly discovered in the Derbyshire countryside spread across the internet and quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. Newspapers, television programmes, paranormal investigators and millions of people debated the same question: could it possibly be real?
Almost twenty years later, creator and prop artist Dan Baines tells the full story behind the infamous Derbyshire Fairy and how a simple art project unexpectedly escaped into the wild and took on a life of its own.
Featuring original artefacts, photographs and behind-the-scenes stories, Dan explores the creation of the hoax, the extraordinary media frenzy that followed, and the sometimes bizarre reactions from believers and sceptics alike.
Funny, strange and occasionally unsettling, it's the story of how one little mummified fairy became a piece of modern folklore — and why, even in the twenty-first century, we still desperately want to believe that there might be something hiding at the bottom of the garden.
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Please arrive by 6:45pm to allow plenty of time to get settled before the lecture begins.
There is plenty of free on-site parking available at the venue.
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As this is a charity event, with all ticket proceeds going directly to Macmillan Cancer Support, tickets are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend for any reason, your ticket purchase will still be treated as a donation to the charity.
Thank you for your understanding and, most importantly, for your support.
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If you have any questions about the event, please contact me here
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Friday 25th September, 7PM - 8PM
Space2Make Studios, Bells Yew Green, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9BP
This is a charity event, with 100% of ticket sales donated to Macmillan Cancer Support.
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How a Mummified Fairy Became Modern Folklore
In 2007, photographs of a tiny mummified fairy supposedly discovered in the Derbyshire countryside spread across the internet and quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. Newspapers, television programmes, paranormal investigators and millions of people debated the same question: could it possibly be real?
Almost twenty years later, creator and prop artist Dan Baines tells the full story behind the infamous Derbyshire Fairy and how a simple art project unexpectedly escaped into the wild and took on a life of its own.
Featuring original artefacts, photographs and behind-the-scenes stories, Dan explores the creation of the hoax, the extraordinary media frenzy that followed, and the sometimes bizarre reactions from believers and sceptics alike.
Funny, strange and occasionally unsettling, it's the story of how one little mummified fairy became a piece of modern folklore — and why, even in the twenty-first century, we still desperately want to believe that there might be something hiding at the bottom of the garden.
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Please arrive by 6:45pm to allow plenty of time to get settled before the lecture begins.
There is plenty of free on-site parking available at the venue.
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As this is a charity event, with all ticket proceeds going directly to Macmillan Cancer Support, tickets are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend for any reason, your ticket purchase will still be treated as a donation to the charity.
Thank you for your understanding and, most importantly, for your support.
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If you have any questions about the event, please contact me here
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