Dave Tonge - Storyteller, Historian and Author
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Dave Tonge - Storyteller, Historian and Author
@davetonge.bsky.social
I tell tales all over the UK at heritage sites, museums, festivals, fairs, libraries and schools.

I have written three books: Tudor Folk Tales, Medieval Folk Tales for Children, and Norfolk Folk Tales for Children. All are published by the History Press.
A celebration of music, dance and more from many different lands….
#storytelling #worldtales #multicultural
May 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I’ll be sharing the tales I worked up for English Heritage at Grimes Graves Neolithic flint mines last year…
#stoneage #neolithic #huntergatherer #storytelling #storytellinginschools
March 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
That was a busy day @bodleianlibraries in Oxford, and back in the City again in April, at the Ashmolean. Thanks again to Rosie and all at the library for their warm welcome and kind words… #heritagestorytelling #storytellinginlibraries
March 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Looking for those stories that leap off the page, just begging to be told… #storytelling #folktales #storycollection #storyteller
March 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I knew I’d seen this couple of loosers somewhere before…
March 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
All set up for Tavern Yard Tales with @riikkapalonen at Crail…
#storytelling for grownups #crail
February 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
February 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A last minute enquiry - to share medieval stories at the Bodliean as part of an event celebrating the Magna Carta. What a beautiful place to share stories…
#theyarnsmith #heritagestorytelling #heritage #medievalstories #medievalstorytelling
February 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
School bookings are up this year, but room for more. It’s always very rewarding if sometimes challenging in a good way, sharing stories with pupils on their home turf! #storytellinginschools #storytelling
January 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My storytelling tent helps create a comfortable space with shelter from rain and sun alike. It's packed full of objects and wonder as well as seating, all well suited to an itinerant teller of tales.. #storytelling #medievaltales #mythandlegend #tudortales #hertitage
January 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My website is slowly coming together including some reviews of my work, both in and out of historical costume…
December 8, 2024 at 10:56 PM
This video clip follows me everywhere. It was fun, although originally we we asked to talk about the whole area of Tudor crime and punishment. But when we mentioned the rarely used ducking stool the production teams eyes lit up and that was that…
November 28, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Apprently me and my good friend Colin Howey are now what the young folk call tickety tok famous.. #tudorhistory
November 25, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Transforming Traditional Tales, @ashmoleanmuseum - the 12th-13th April next year.

A workshop about rediscovering medieval stories and considering how they can be used to explore and highlight modern concerns and issues.
#ashmoleanmuseum #storytellingworkshop #medievaltales #heritageworkshop
November 19, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Hello to all on Bluesky. I travel the land telling my tales. I wander the road bringing wonder wherever I go. And this Late November-December I'll be telling festive/winter tales here - Belsay Hall in Northumberland.. #storytelling
November 19, 2024 at 12:43 PM