Polishing the Pebble: Dr Johnson & the Art of 18th-Century Letter Writing
- drjohnsonshouse
- Sep 22
- 1 min read
Lunchtime Lectures - Dr Johnson's House Series
Tuesday 25 November
12.30pm - 1.45pm
£3.96 (booking required)
Book now for this instalment of our monthly lunchtime lectures, part of an annual programme of talks held at Dr Johnson's House, kindly sponsored by The Fleet Street Quarter BID.
Learn about Johnson's views on letter writing and why he felt it to be an important branch of literature!
For Samuel Johnson and his contemporaries, letter writing was an essential component of daily life, providing a tangible proof of connection and so helping to develop and sustain friendships. With entertaining and insightful extracts from letters and other sources, Liz Ison will explore Johnson’s views on letter writing and discuss why he felt it to be an important branch of literature.
Dr Liz Ison Liz Ison has recently published A Literary Letter for Every Day of the Year (September 2025). She studied English Literature at Cambridge, before training as a speech and language therapist and gaining a doctorate from University College London. Liz is a freelance museum educator at the Charles Dickens Museum, and has designed literary tours for the National Portrait Gallery and Sir John Soane’s Museum and poetry walks with the Poetry Pharmacy.
Your ticket includes the opportunity to look around Dr Johnson's House as well as a complimentary lunch from local business Dilieto on Fleet Street.
A sandwich lunch (meat, fish, vegetarian, vegan) along with fresh cut fruits, and bottled water will be served at this event. Please be advised that we are unable to guarantee that the food provided is free from allergens.
