FIND out more about Lark Rise to Candleford author Flora Thompson at a forthcoming talk at Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place.

On Tuesday, July 21 at 2pm, John Owen Smith will follow her career from the time she left her native Oxfordshire, through her thirty years living in Hampshire, until her death in Devon at the age of 70.

Tickets priced £3 are available from 01256 478670, online at Hantsweb or from the centre’s information desk in person.