Bookish

Each month we  take a book that has an interesting film adaptation and spend the evening comparing the two. The ticket price includes a copy of the book (which can be collected from our Abergavenny bookshop once you’ve booked your place) and the film screening at The Kings Arms. The bookThe Old Man and the [...]

The bookOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a poignant novella set during the Great Depression, following two displaced ranch workers, George and Lennie, as they chase the fragile dream of owning land of their own. Through spare prose and deeply human characters, Steinbeck explores friendship, loneliness, power, and the harsh realities of economic [...]