Commissioned poems and short stories about National Trust houses’ connections to the British Empire. The creative pieces you will hear were produced with the guidance of 14 Colonial Countryside historians.

The Colonial Countryside project commissioned 10 authors, whose pieces will be published by Peepal Tree Press in Spring 2022. This illustrated book will also contain short historical commentaries and a photo essay by the project’s commissioned photographer, Ingrid Pollard.

Ayanna Gillian Lloyd: https://ayannagillianlloyd.com/

…. is a writer from Trinidad & Tobago. Her work has been published in The Caribbean Writer, Callaloo and Anomaly.

She is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and is now a postgraduate researcher in Creative-Critical Writing at UEA.

She is a contributor to Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted with her work THE SHADOW MAN and tells Kevin Ncube [Project Manager @ColonialCountr1] more about her contribution to the project, that is, after she reads her engaging piece !