Illuminating our Understanding of the Mayflower
A series of light festivals were kicked off 28 November to 1 December in Plymouth, Boston, Dartmouth, Harwich, Rotherhithe and other pilgrim-relevant cities on both sides of the Atlantic coinciding with holiday season lights and plenty of great public art installations. The difficulty with such festivals is really to connect the celebrations with interpretations of historical events like the sailing of the Mayflower, which is the same challenge that we are facing in our own y