An author will be lifting the lid on seafaring in the time of Samuel Johnson at an event in Lichfield.

Tom Nancollas
Tom Nancollas

Tom Nancollas will give a talk on his new book The Ship Usunder: A Maritime History in Eleven Vessels at The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum at 3pm on 29th May.

The free event will also feature sea shanties from the Lichfield Lighthouse Company.

For more details visit the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum website.