Summer Evening 2025#Event 2: 14 August 2025

Jane Mason - Old Father Thames and the sacredness of rivers

Rivers are naturally sacred spaces where earth, sky and water meet. The River Thames was venerated as a deity for millennia, then abused and polluted, but is now full of life again. Jane Mason will tell its story as one of hope, human ingenuity and our reawakening respect for rivers as living beings.

 

Jane Mason - Teacher & Classicist

Jane Mason studied Classics at Oxford and in her career as a teacher has also explored mythology, history, ecology and philosophy. She crosses the Thames on her daily commute and has grown up near its fascinating tributary, the Wandle, exploring its full length.