The Jungle Book Christmas at Bateman’s

Bateman's Bateman's Lane, Burwash, East Sussex

Bask in some festive warmth this holiday season at Bateman's. The former residence of Rudyard Kipling, now managed by the National Trust, will be festooned with Jungle Book-inspired adornments, with the book's characters climbing and swinging their way around their creator's former home. Plus, local artist Claire Fletcher's watercolour illustrations will be on display. One […]

Illustrating the Jungle Book

Bateman's Bateman's Lane, Burwash, East Sussex

130 years have passed since the publication of Rudyard Kipling’s best-loved tale, The Jungle Book. The NT, who run his former home at Bateman’s, are celebrating with an exhibition of specially commissioned illustrations of Mowgli, Baloo et al. The artwork is by Hastings-based Spanish artist Marta Munoz and local illustrator Claire Fletcher. Oh-oobie-do at nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/batemans

The Writer’s Home: Bateman’s Reimagined

Bateman's Bateman's Lane, Burwash, East Sussex

A new installation by book artist Su Blackwell reimagines the creative process which led Rudyard Kipling to conjure up his much-loved classic, The Jungle Book. ‘Bateman’s Reimagined’ is created from copies of the story’s original handwritten manuscript, commissioned especially for Bateman's. Kipling’s words loop and curl across hundreds of pages, nestling a model of the […]