Rook Lane Blog

February 25, 2026

Pete The Temp comes to The Rook Lane Chapel in Frome on 1st May to perform his much acclaimed show Romantics, Mystics and Revolutionaries.
Hear the story of two Bristol-based poets / revolutionaries who helped change the face of history. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge have been brought back to life in this rapturous collision of ecstatic poetry and classical instruments. Learn about the Romantic poets’ relationship to psychedelics, anti-slavery and rebellion in this intriguing journey of lyricism and laughter. This is a one-of-a-kind act of enchantment and madness from a time of slavery and war.

February 12, 2026

Poetry is a perfect way to imagine and carry stories of kindness – to ourselves, to others, to the world, to the future. These readings are for everyone who cares about exploring what it is to be more human, and how kindness – and poems – can sustain us in our difficult times. Rosie Jackson & other local poets read poems, their own and others’, inspired by practices of kindness