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Diss - A Tale of Two Poets: John Skelton & John Betjeman
Fri 12 Sept
|Diss Museum
Self-guided walk around Diss to admire buildings that both poets would have known.
Time & Location
12 Sept 2025, 00:00 – 21 Sept 2025, 23:50
Diss Museum, The Shambles, 4/5 Market Place, Diss IP22 4AB, UK
About the event
Heritage Week in Diss will allow you to follow in the footsteps of two famous but very different poets.
You can download the self guided walk and map below, or collect a printed version from Diss Museum during opening hours.
John Skelton was a scandalous figure from the court of Henry VIII. He wrote poetry but also used his pen like a weapon, satirising his enemies.
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