Ben Edge is an artist, songwriter and folklorist who, over the past 7 years, has been obsessively documenting the seasonal folk customs of the British Isles. In 2021 his 'Frontline Folklore' series was exhibited alongside Simon Costin's 'Museum of British Folklore' collection at the Crypt gallery of the St Pancras New Church, in an exhibition titled 'Ritual Britain' that attracted over 10,000 visitors with extensive media coverage and viral exposure across social media.

Join us on Tuesday 14 March to learn more about his work, including his Folklore Activist Manifesto, below.

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Folklore Activist Manifesto

Folklore is the traditional beliefs, stories, songs, customs and art passed down orally by ordinary people, who’s voices have survived against all the odds in spite of attempts to eradicate them from history.

Folklore questions the colonial mindset to only see historic truth and value in the accounts of the educated classes and oppressive regimes…