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Thomas Hardy Society Annual General Meeting 2020 [Event]
Agenda, THS 2019 Accounts and Minutes for THS AGM 2019 Appended

Summer 2019 Journal [News]
Thomas Hardy Society Summer 2019 Journal is now on our website. If you are a member you can login and read this amazing Journal.

Inspired by Thomas Hardy: An Anthology of Students' Poems 2019 [News]
A beautiful collection of original works by students passionate about emulating Hardy

Going the Rounds 2019 [Event]
Led by Tim Laycock and The Madding Crowd – a walk recreating the route of The Mellstock Quire as described in Under the Greenwood Tree 

Society’s Annual London Lecture [News]
A small but enthusiastic group gathered on the first Saturday of December for the Society’s Annual London Lecture.  Our speaker was Elizabeth Lowry, author of The Chosen

The Thomas Hardy London Lecture 2019 [Event]
7.30 pm: Lecture Theatre B35, Birkbeck College, Malet St., London. Lecturer: Dr Tracy Hayes.

Annual General Meeting 2024 [News]
THE THOMAS HARDY SOCIETY - NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Thomas Hardy Society will be at 11am on Saturday 3rd August 2024 at the United Church

Dr Hugh Epstein - The Nature of Awareness in Hardy's Fiction CHANGE OF DATE AND TIME [Event]
The Thomas Hardy Society Annual Lecture 2020 CHANGE OF DATE AND TIME

2014 THS Conference [Page]
The 21st International Thomas Hardy Conference & Festival

A Vague Stretch of Remoteness - Brian Graham's Paintings of Egdon Heath [Event]
A Presentation for the Thomas Hardy Society 2021 Conference and Festival

Accounts [Page]
Thomas Hardy Society Annual Report and Financial Statements

About [Page]
The Thomas Hardy Society is an educational Charity founded in 1968 with the intention of promoting public knowledge and understanding of the life and works of the Dorset poet and novelist to anyone with an interest in Thomas Hardy anywhere in the world.

'Voices From Home: A Poetry Performance in Dialect' [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Presentation by Dr Alan Chedzoy

Annual Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Thomas Hardy's Tomb [News]
In a poignant annual tradition, a gathering of some dozens assembled at Westminster Abbey on the 13th of January to pay homage to Thomas Hardy, whose ashes, along with a sprinkling of Wessex soil, rest in Poets’ Corner.

Thomas Hardy Society 2024 Conference [News]
Gallery of Images taken by Freddie Beaver from the 2024 Thomas Hardy Society Conference

Thomas Hardy Society Conference - Batch 4 [News]
Galleries of Images taken by Freddie Beaver from the 2024 Thomas Hardy Society Conference

Thomas Hardy Society 2024 Conference - Batch 2 [News]
Galleries of Images taken by Freddie Beaver from the 2024 Thomas Hardy Society Conference

A Hedgehog Hospital for Dorset [News]
The raffle at the 2024 Conference Dinner was in aid of hedgehog conservation.  After discussion about the possible impact the Hardys’ unruly terrier, Wessex, might have had on Hardy’s description of the Max Gate hedgehogs as being ‘furtive’, £204.32p was raised

WHOTT Day 2021 - Special Thomas Hardy's Tess Tour **This Event is now Full** [Event]
Join the 6th Annual Vintage Bus and Coach Running Day **This Event is now Full**

2026 International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival - Save the Date [Event]
2026 International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival - Save the Date

2016 THS Conference [Page]
Celebrating 130 years since the publication of The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry [Event]
The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry

Fifty Years of THS Birthday Weekend Celebrations [Page]
A brief history by THS Chairman Tony Fincham

Thomas Hardy Society Conference - Batch 3 [News]
Galleries of Images taken by Freddie Beaver from the 2024 Thomas Hardy Society Conference

Call for Contributions: “HARDY NOW” [Page]
For its autumn 2019 issue, the Thomas Hardy Journal – publication of the Thomas Hardy Society – invites contributions to a forum on the subject of “HARDY NOW”.

2018 THS Conference [Page]
The Society's 50th anniversary will be mainly focused on the Festival and Conference which will take place from 14th to 21st July.

Thomas Hardy and the Evolution of Architecture by Samantha Briggs [Page]
On 20 June 1906 Colonel Eustace Balfour read out, to the annual meeting of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, an essay that Thomas Hardy had written specially for the occasion. In his 'Memories of Church Restoration',

'Tess' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe [Event]
A feminist response to Hardy's classic novel for the Edinburgh Fringe 2019 and tour of rural villages in South-West England

Philip Lange - The Pianist of Casterbridge [Event]
A Performance of Music Contemporary with Hardy and a Schubert Sonata for the Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2021

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Annual THS Study Day 2021 [Event]
A day of talks and seminars celebrating Hardy's best loved novel.

THS 2020 Conference Call For Papers [News]
CALL FOR PAPERS THE TWENTY-FOURTH INTERNATIONAL THOMAS HARDY CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL

2019 [Page]
Minutes from the 2019 AGM and details of Accounts

London Lecture 2025: Hardy in London [Event]
Annual talk at University College London

Thomas Hardy Memorial Service 2025 [News]
THS members met at Poets' Corner on the anniversary of Hardy's death on 11th January for the Annual Wreath-laying Service at Westminster Abbey

Far From the Madding Crowd - THS Study Day 2019 [Event]
2019 will mark the 145th anniversary of the publication of Far From the Madding Crowd.

THS Conference & Festival Sunday Service [Event]
Led by the Reverend Canon Edward Probert

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Rescheduled Annual THS Study Day 2021 [Event]
A day of talks and seminars celebrating Hardy's best loved novel.

Piano Music for a Summer's Evening [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Evening of Music with Philip Lange

'Thomas Hardy Sends an Email' [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Evening of Poetry with Alison Brackenbury

Call For Papers: The Twenty-Sixth International Thomas Hardy Conference & Festival [News]
The deadline for the 2024 Thomas Hardy International Conference and Festival Call for Papers has been extended to February 1st. Please note that any postgraduate student whose proposal is successful will be able to apply to the Society for a bursary.

A Visit to Bathsheba Everdene's House [Page]
Cassam Jany visits Waterston Manor

Journal Cover Design Competition [News]
The THS wishes to give the journal a bolder, brighter, more modern look, and to this end is launching a competition for a brand new cover design open to anyone over the age of 18.

Alan Johnson - Thomas Hardy and My Life in Books [Event]
A Special Talk for the Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2021

Thomas Hardy Society Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Westminster Abbey [News]
A Review by Mark Chutter

The Thomas Hardy Society Annual General Meeting [Event]
THS AGM - A Member Only Event

A Hardy Larkin Weekend [Event]
A joint study weekend with the Philip Larkin Society with talks by experts from both societies and walks, including a reconstruction of Larkin’s 1976 visit to Dorchester with Monica Jones.

Westminster Abbey Anniversary Wreath-Laying 2023 [News]
A review by THS Chairman Mark Chutter

A Walk Through Hardy's Heartland [Event]
A guided walk through Hardy's heartland led by THS expert Susan Clarke

Julie Christie: 'Touched by Hardy' [Event]
A presentation by Julie Christie for the THS 2021 Conference and Festival

'Great Things' by Mark Chutter [Page]
Revisiting THS Memories During Lockdown

'Hardy's Subjunctive Mood' [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Lecture by Professor Tim Armstrong

Hardy and Costume: An Interactive Workshop [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Workshop with Lucy Brown

Reflections on Hardy and Notre Dame takes Patrick Tolfree Prize [News]
Student essay links Hardy's architectural writings with the Notre Dame Cathedral fire.

179th Anniversary of Hardy's Birth [Event]
Morning Service at St Michael’s Church, Stinsford. Preacher: Revd. Pene Kennedy.

'Wessex Heights – Thomas Hardy and Romanticism' [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Lecture by Dr Tony Fincham

Thomas Hardy Exhibition Project Curator [News]
Wessex Museums Partnership is looking for a Project Curator to lead on the development and delivery of a major temporary exhibition about the life of Thomas Hardy, opening in May 2021.

Mark Chutter - The White Apron, The Skimmity Ride and Subversive Religion in Hardy's Mixen Lane [Event]
A Keynote Lecture for the Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2021

Professor Jane Thomas - Desperate Remedies: Hardy's Youthful Manifesto [Event]
A Keynote Lecture for the Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2021

Tea with William Barnes [News]
Our Annual Celebration of the Dorset Dialect Poet! Dialect poet William Barnes relished the huge variety of country dances

Notice of Thomas Hardy Society AGM [Event]
Agenda and Minutes of the Last Meeting

Hardy/Larkin Conference Weekend [News]
A conference held at Kingston Maurward to celebrate Philip Larkin's birthday and the 70th anniversary of his Hardy pilgrimage

Thomas Hardy Poetry Workshops in Schools [News]
THS Academic Director Dr Faysal Mikdadi leads Hardy poetry workshops in schools across England

'Flawed Icons and Verbal Texts: Textual Criticism and the Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy' *This event will be presented v [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Lecture by Professor Richard Nemesvari *This event will be presented via recording*

The Thomas Hardy Society Conference and Festival 2022 [Event]
Registration is Open!

Thomas Hardy Society Wreath Laying Service [Event]
Thomas Hardy Society Wreath Laying Service

Obituary for Helga Schulz [News]
A Dedication to a Life-Long Lover of Hardy

Westminster Abbey Wreath-Laying 2023 [Event]
Remember the 95th Anniversary of Hardy's Passing

Tess at Kingston Maurward - An Exploration of a Writer's Muse [Event]
A Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2021 Event

The Lost Chord - An Evening of Nineteenth-Century Music Hall [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Evening Featuring Dave Townsend and Phil Humphries

Woodlanders Walk ***This event is now fully booked*** [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Wessex Museums 3: Salisbury Museum [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Wessex Museums 1: Dorset Museum [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

A Circular Hardy Walk to Lower Bockhampton [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Hardy's Regrets [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Evening with Dorset Film Maker Rose Goldthorp

Thomas Hardy Sunday Service at St. Michael's Church Stinsford [Event]
A special service as part of the THS conference and festival

A Hardy Walk Around Fordington [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Tatterdemalion and Tim Laycock - 'Satires of Circumstance' [Event]
A Musical Performance of a Treasured Volume of Hardy Poetry for the Thomas Hardy Society Conference and Festival 2021

'Thomas Hardy's Pure English' [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Lecture by Dr Gregory Tate

Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2010 Report by Brenda Parry [Page]
Brenda's highlights of the 2010 Conference

Temporalities and the Body in A Laodicean [Event]
A Keynote Lecture by Professor Pamela Gilbert for the Thomas Hardy Society Conference 2021

Thomas Hardy's Dorchester [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Hardy Meets M.R. James: An Evening of Ghosts and Gothic [Event]
A special performance for the Thomas Hardy Society Conference and Festival 2021

Revised THS Programme 2020 [News]
A revised programme in light of Covid-19.

Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend [Event]
The annual event celebrates Thomas Hardy's 185th birthday with a full programme of events and activities

Fiddling Folk: A Music and Dancing Walk [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Hardy's Budmouth [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Wessex Museums 4: Wiltshire Museum Devizes [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Event

Inauguration of Thomas Hardy Memorial Stone [News]
In Stinsford Church at the 2021 THS Conference and Festival

The Gabriel Oak Tree [Page]
A dedication in marble by Michael Disley

The Hand of Ethelberta - A New Play [Page]
A dramatic adaptation by David Foulger

The New Hardy Players present Sonnets, Songs and Wine [Event]
An evening of poetry accompanied by music, song and dance

A Hardy Postcard Collection in Virginia [Page]
Joyce Hurt Teaches Hardy in America

Thomas Hardy and Sylvia Townsend Warner: Wessex Writers [Event]
Thomas Hardy and Sylvia Townsend Warner: Wessex Writers

New Hardy Players Donate to Local Charities During These Challenging Times [News]
Thousands of pounds donated to Food Banks and Poverty Action

Sharing a Wedding Anniversary with Hardy [Page]
John and Maureen Currie travelled from the U.S. to share their 36th Anniversary with Hardy!

Unsung Heroes of HardyLand - Mike Nixon [Page]
A series celebrating the individuals who work behind the scenes to provide us with unique Hardyan experiences.

A Review of the Inspired By Thomas Hardy Poetry Anthologies [News]
By Richard House - Self & Society: An International Journal for Humanistic Psychology

The Hardy Archive Project [News]
The Hardy Archive Project - fundraising and the first five months

The Beginning - A Joint Conference Between the Dylan Thomas Society and the Thomas Hardy Society [Event]
The Beginning - A Joint Conference Between the Dylan Thomas Society and the Thomas Hardy Society

An Evening of Poetry and Conversation with Professor Mark Ford [Event]
An Event for the Thomas Hardy Society 2021 Conference and Festival

An Evening of Poetry with Pascale Petit [Event]
A Thomas Hardy Society 2021 Conference Event

Timeline [Page]
Timeline

Visiting Hardy's Houses [Page]
The Kersley-Allinson family visit Max Gate and Bockhampton

Short stories [Page]
Short stories

'Fallen Wessex: Hardy's Subversion of Milton's Paradise Lost' [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Lecture by Dr Tracy Hayes

The 'Casterbridge' Walk [Event]
This is a two-hour walk led by Dorchester's own Town Crier Alistair Chisholm. Beginning at the Town Pump it will take in various 'Casterbridge' sites

Far From the Madding Crowd [Event]
Celebrating film and fiction in Wessex, and especially the Far From the Madding Crowd films of 1967 and 2015, this tour led by the THS's Sue Clarke

Hardy Today: Tim Pears in Conversation with Dr Tony Fincham [Event]
A Dorchester Literary Festival Event

Hardy and Patriotism by Professor Fred Reid [Event]
The 2022 THS Birthday Weekend Lecture

‘Woman much missed’: The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry [Event]
An Online Talk for Wessex Museums

Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair 2023 [Event]
A Dorset Celebration!

'Hardy the Novel Character: Recreations of the Author in Three Modern Works of Fiction' [Event]
A THS Conference/Festival Lecture by Professor Paul Niemeyer

Students Seek to Emulate Hardy [News]
The National Trust presents awards to student winners of the Thomas Hardy Young Poetry Prize

Mary and Kate Hardy: Salisbury, Wessex and Beyond [Event]
A THS Conference Book Signing and Q&A with authors Ann Johns and Jenny Head

Lock 'em up! [Event]
Shire Hall Courthouse Museum, newly refurbished, recently re-opened to the public. It was here that Thomas Hardy served as a magistrate between 1884 and 1919

Exploring Egdon Heath [Event]
Led by Joy Wallace and Wendy Barter Smee this is an opportunity to get into the countryside beyond Hardy's Cottage and listen to Hardy's poems

Thomas Hardy's Reredos [Event]
A day trip to Windsor led by the THS's Helen Lange, this will incorporate a visit to All Saint's Church to study the reredos designed by Hardy

The Fiddler of the Reels [Event]
A tour led by Dr Tony Fincham, this will be a musical exploration of the territory where Mop Ollamoor exercised his acoustic magnetism over Car'line Aspent:

The Strange House [Event]
A walk from the United Church, Dorchester, to Max Gate where John Hayes (National Trust house manager) will give a talk about the house

Thomas Hardy Country Fair [Event]
Thomas Hardy Country Fair at Kingston Maurward from 12 noon onwards on Sunday 15th July 2018

How Hardy Frames His Texts [Event]
Dr Mary Rimmer, University of New Brunswick, Canada

A Thomas Hardy Autumn Walk and AGM [Event]
A walk through the countryside of The Trumpet-Major and 'The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion', followed by refreshments and AGM.

Hardy and Gothic Wessex [Event]
A Weekend Conference Featuring Dorset's Darker Side!

A walk around Jude's 'Shaftesbury' [Event]
What have a stonemason from Fawley, 4 obscure teachers, 2 Shastonians (one fictional), 3 Kings, a Saxon Nunnery, 27 pubs

Join [Page]
Membership

Safeguarding Hardy's Heritage [News]
How much longer will the area around Hardy's birthplace remain if we do not take steps to ensure its survival?

R.I.P. Dr Jack Schwarz - Passionate Hardyan [News]
Donation to the THS in honour of Dr Jack Schwarz

The Three Wayfarers (Opera) [Page]
An Operatic Adaptation by John Whittaker

The Old Neighbour and the New [Event]
Tony Fincham will be joined by Thomas Hardy and William Barnes experts Alistair Chisholm and Brian Caddy for a 2.5 mile walk in Hardy's footsteps across the fields to Winterborne Came Church

Twenty-Fourth International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival - 2021 [Event]
The rescheduled conference IS STILL GOING AHEAD!

2020 THS Study Day [Page]
2020 marked the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Trumpet-Major

THS Membership Fees to Change [News]
Subscription Rates to Change in Accordance with new Regulations

Exploring Hardy's Upwey [Event]
Walk, Talk and AGM

Exhibition Concept Developer - Thomas Hardy, Wessex Museums Partnership [News]
As part of our National Portfolio Organisation programme, the Wessex Museums Partnership will deliver a major exhibition on the life and work of Thomas Hardy in the summer of 2021

'Hardy and Heritage' - An International Conference [Event]
A CFP from FATHOM - The French Association for Thomas Hardy Studies

Edward Bourne - Drawing Hardyland [Event]
A Presentation of Drawings Inspired by Hardy's Wessex

A Portrait of Tess/Mr Hardy's War [Event]
The portrait is of Agatha Cox 'Her on whom I thought when I wrote Tess'. She married Hamo Thorneycroft, the sculptor, in 1884 and thus became the aunt of Sigfried Sassoon.

The Glass Aisle [Event]
Poet/Singer/Songwriter BBC Presenter Paul Henry will read from his acclaimed collections 'The Brittle Sea' and 'A Boy Running'

D-Day for Dorchester by Alistair Chisholm [News]
The S.T.A.N.D (Save The Area North of Dorchester) coordinating group is gathering together the various challenges to the development of this site

The Trumpet-Major THS Study Day 2020 CHANGE OF VENUE! [Event]
CHANGE OF VENUE!!! THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT!!

The Thomas Hardy Society Writing Competition 2021 [News]
A essay/creative writing competition for all English Literature Students

Thomas Hardy Society Writing Competition 2021 [News]
A Competition for Secondary School Students aged 14-18.

2021 THS Study Day [Page]
2021 will mark the 130th anniversary of the publication of Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Great Things [Page]
An original musical score by Wasyl Sydorenko, with words by Thomas Hardy

A Hardy Family History Research Trip [Page]
Val Weedon researches her family connections to Thomas Hardy

SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER STUDY WEEKEND [News]
THOMAS HARDY AND SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER STUDY WEEKEND IN DORCHESTER, 10-11 FEBRUARY 2024. The study weekend organised jointly by the Thomas Hardy Society and Sylvia Townsend Warner Society, led off on Saturday 10th Feb with a day-long mini-conference in the Learning Room of Dorchester Library

THS Birthday Weekend [News]
It was an extremely successful weekend - the weather was glorious. Richard delivered a brilliant sermon regarding Hardy at the service at Stinsford.

Professor Fred Reid Tribute [News]
BBC Radio 4 Tribute following the sad passing of Professor Fred Reid

Talk: Mary Channing [Event]
Come and join the chairman and academic director of the Thomas Hardy Society in a talk about Mary Channing.

The Lepidopterist's Tragedy [Page]
An original poem by Richard Jones, in the vein of Thomas Hardy.

2019 THS Study Day [Page]
2019 marked the 145th anniversary of the publication of Far From the Madding Crowd

Links [Page]
Links to Societies promoting Thomas Hardy

R.I.P. Rose Swann [News]
Beloved Wife of Furse and Dear Friend to all Hardyans

2025/2026 THS Dates for your diary [Event]
SAVE THE DATE THS events at a glance

The 26th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival [Event]
The 26th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival

Energy in Thomas Hardy and Joseph Conrad's Works [News]
Call for seminar proposals

Inspired by Thomas Hardy - Students' Poetry Workshops [News]
An article published in Dorset Year Book 2020

Our Partners [Page]
Learn more about the Hardy Country initiative partners

A THS Message [News]
News from the Chairman and Secretary

Purchase of New Hardy Letter [News]
The Thomas Hardy Society in conjunction with the Dorset History Centre have purchased a newly discovered letter by Hardy

Save Our Dorchester, Save Your County Town! [News]
Stop the development of 4000 on the Water Meadows!

A Tribute to Professor Rosemarie Morgan [News]
R.I.P. Colleague, Mentor, Friend

Pascale Petit - Tiger Girl [News]
A new poetry collection

Life [Page]
Thomas Hardy

Unsung Heroes of HardyLand - Andy Worth [Page]
A series celebrating the individuals who work behind the scenes to provide us with unique Hardyan experiences.

What is Learning? [Page]
An article written for the London Progressive Journal by THS Academic Director Dr Faysal Mikdadi

The Dynasts Study Day [Page]
The Dynasts is indeed both a rattling good history by a melioristic pacifist and a work of epic proportions!

New Publications: Objects in Hardy and Conrad [News]
The French Association for Thomas Hardy Studies (FATHOM) has the pleasure to announce the publication in FATHOM, the French e-journal of Thomas Hardy studies, of its latest issue on "Objects in Hardy and Conrad".

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