Hugh Lupton


Hugh Lupton is a British storyteller, one of the most prominent figures in the tradition of oral storytelling.

Early life and career

Lupton was born in 1952, the eldest child of Francis G. H. Lupton and Mary Gee/Lupton. He is the great nephew of Arthur Ransome whom, as a boy, he often visited. Lupton can recall hearing his great uncle's classic children’s stories set in Norfolk and the Lake District. "He was very old by then, in his dotage, but I remember him and stories were very important as I grew up." Lupton was born in Cambridgeshire, where there was much family heritage, and educated at the King's College School, Cambridge. He studied to become a teacher in Norwich. As of 2013 he was based at Spratt's Green near Aylsham.
Lupton co-founded the Company of Storytellers in 1985, and for a while ran a branch of The Crick Crack Club in Norfolk. Lupton tells a wide variety of stories, including epics such as Iliad and Odyssey, but also collections of shorter stories such as I become part of it and folktales such as The Three Snake Leaves .

Children's books

;With Daniel Morden
Lupton and the Welsh storyteller Daniel Morden have written several volumes retelling ancient Greek stories.
Lupton won the "Hodja Cup" at The Crick Crack Club's renowned Grand Lying Contest in 2010.