Sharp Objects: A Rickards Fairytale

Weds 26th to Fri 28th August 2026
6.00pm

Rickards Ironmonger’s shop in Ludlow has been in business for generations…until recently.

Now closed, the building is steeped in history - infused into the damp, graffitied plaster, peeling wallpaper and scattered objects; all left behind as the shop doorbell rang its last.

Two photographs of the same shopworker, fifty years apart, discovered on a dusty shelf, have inspired a fairytale of the loves and lives haunting the premises, all too soon to be swept away for ever.

By Simon Bolton.

In the Secret Garden behind the Castle Bookshop,
Ludlow, SY8 1AS

Tickets £10 from the bookshop in person, or call 01584 872562
Or email: enquiries@castlebookshop.co.uk