“A Sense Sublime”: Wordsworth, Constable and The Lakes.

Bender Grosvenor will explore how the dramatic scenery of the Lake District was one of the secret ingredients behind the emergence of British landscape painting in the 18th and 19th centuries. His new book The Invention of British Art is a frank assessment of the history of British art that reveals how the art of this country has been created, what made it distinctive and why it took so long to emerge.

Please note: this lecture is part of the Words by the Water Festival (you can find out more here) and will take place in the Main Theatre of the Theatre by the Lake Keswick. Tickets (£13.00) will be on sale from the Theatre by the Lake website and the Theatre Box Office from January 12th 2026