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Friday 31st July 2026
Starts 15:00 until 16:00
Max Gate Alington Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2FN
Starts 15:00 until 16:00
Max Gate Alington Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2FN
Taking Tea With Mr Hardy
Creative Writing Workshop with Lucy Boyle Brown
Marking the Centenary of Virginia Woolf's visit to Max Gate
Date: Friday, 31st July 2026
Time: 3.00pm
Cost: FREE
Venue: Hardy's House, Max Gate
Part of the 2026 THS Conference & Festival Programme
This workshop is restricted to conference ticket holders only.
Places are limited and allocated on a first come basis.
On Sunday 25th July 1926 Virginia Woolf, accompanied by her husband Leonard, visited Thomas and Florence Hardy at Max Gate.
Her diary entry starts thus:
“At first I thought it was Hardy, & it was the parlourmaid, a small thin girl, wearing a proper cap. She came in with silver cake stands & so on. Mrs Hardy talked to us about her dog. How long ought we to stay? Can Mr Hardy walk much &c I asked, making conversation as I knew one would have to.”
Join us for a creative writing workshop that reimagines the Woolfs' visit to Max Gate.
No experience necessary - just a willingness to be playfully creative!
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Booking opens on 1st March
Lucy Boyle Brown
Max Gate House & Gardens, (C) Lisa Wilcock, courtesy of National Trust
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