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"Milton! Thou shouds't be living at this hour/England hath need of thee." Please donate to protect Milton's Cottage miltonscottage.org/paradise-maint…

Get ready to Christmas like it’s 1665, and release your inner sleuth, as we transforms Milton’s Cottage into an interactive adventure this December. Gather friends & family for a thrilling and fast-paced game, working as a team to beat the clock. Book at: miltonscottage.org/whats-on/

Visit the @StGilesVillage @bluebookhouse & travel the world with The Spanish Promise by @KarenSwan1, the English Girl by @_KatherineWebb_, Death in the Arctic by @TomHindle3 & Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Choose a book, read it, then pass it on or keep it forever.

It's #GivingTuesday and the launch of The Big Give #ChristmasChallenge. For 1 week only, from 2-9 Dec, donations to Milton's Cottage will be DOUBLED, thanks to the generosity of Reed Foundation. Donations will support our arts offer for local families: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS…

Draw inspiration from Milton's Adam and Eve to create your own artwork in the place where he wrote his epic masterpiece Paradise Lost. Suitable for all abilities, our life drawing class is on Wed 17th Sept, 7-9pm, and includes tuition, materials & drink eventbrite.co.uk/e/life-drawing…

Milton's Cottage was a sanctuary from the Great Plague for the poet in 1665 as he wrote #ParadiseLost. Here we see the fallen & falling angels, the miasma of the plague and the smoke of the following year's Great Fire. My cut paper collage for @theshopfloor @miltonscottage

"... one sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams." Join us for Pimm's and poetry in the garden at Milton's Cottage this Friday, 20 June, from 6.30 - 9.30pm. Tickets cost £20 if booked online & £25 on the door: tickettailor.com/events/friends…

Our frogs and our peonies are proving a particular hit at today’s #ChalfontStGiles Open Gardens Day. Visit 8 local gardens for just £7 and support the Memorial Hall in the process. Tickets available on the village green and at participating gardens @

"Iris all hues, Roses, and Gessamin Rear'd high thir flourisht heads between, and wrought Mosaic.." (Paradise Lost, Book IV, 698-700) Our irises are looking beautiful right now, and we're open this bank holiday (2-5pm, last entry 4.30pm) for you to admire them @StGilesVillage

Today is #InternationalMuseumDay so why not celebrate at the only museum in the world that's dedicated to the literature, life and legacy of #JohnMilton? Our collection includes first editions of his influential political pamphlets as well as his poetry.

Did you know May is National Walking Month? Why not join our Two Museums Walk on Sat 24 May, starting at @Amershammuseum at 2pm & plotting a picturesque route along the Misbourne to end @StGilesVillage. Book via the Chilterns Walking Festival website: bookwhen.com/cwf/e/ev-s6ds-…

#maythefourth be with you! Happy #starwarsday from Milton's Cottage, with thanks to @ukgarrison “No, I am your father.” Visit us to see where Milton created his iconic anti-hero Satan, who spawned Darth Vader and other legendary literary and cinematic villains.

We are open throughout the Easter weekend, from Good Friday to Easter Monday, 2-5pm (last entry 4.30pm). Join us to discover Milton’s only surviving residence, where he completed Paradise Lost, and a literary garden ⁦@StGilesVillage⁩ #Easter #bankholidayweekend #chilterns

The wonderful @MiltonsCottage is 5 minutes from our doorstep #JohnMilton

Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ — the ultimate gardening manual? ft.com/content/37c8f6… via @ft

📚🏆 MILTON ACROSS BORDERS AND MEDIA, edited by Islam Issa and Angelica Duran, is the winner of the Milton Society of America's "Irene Samuel Award"! 📚🏆

Happy #LunarNewYear2025! It's the #YearOfTheSnake and we'll be celebrating #Milton's serpent and other literary #snakes for our public programme this year.

Just the lightest dusting of frost at Milton's Cottage this morning as "the parching Air / Burns frore, and cold performs th’ effect of Fire.” (Paradise Lost, Book II, lines 594-595)

We’ve made it through the week between Christmas and New Year! Wishing you a wonderful 2025 from everyone at Milton’s Cottage. #HappyNewYear2025

Orlando Reade’s new book was The Guardian’s Book of the Day on Christmas Day this week. From Mary Shelley to TS Eliot, he explores the writers and thinkers who have taken inspiration from Paradise Lost in the 350 years since Milton’s death. amp.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec…