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Thomas Hardy Walk [News]
Hardy's Cottage to Max Gate (Return)

Apple Pressing at Hardy's Cottage [News]
Celebrate Autumn harvesting fruit from Hardy's orchard

Hardy’s Isle of Slingers: The Well-Beloved [Event]
An exploration of all the mystical island of Portland

The Hardys at Stinsford [Event]
The Hardys at Stinsford - A Celebration of Thomas Hardy's Musical Heritage with the Beaminster Gallery Quire

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

The Hardys at Eton [Event]
An excursion to Eton College to view Thomas Hardy artefacts.

Thomas Hardy's Gardens [News]
A Study of Hardy's Cottage and Max Gate

Health Walks at Thorncombe Wood [News]
Free guided weekly walks

Thomas Hardy Landscape Walk [Event]
National Trust August Walks

THS Conference Thursday 30th July 2026 [Event]
Bookable events on the 6th day of "Thomas Hardy Week"

Hardy’s Puddletown [Event]
An exploration of Weatherbury

Exeter University Students Visit to Dorchester [News]
On the trail of Thomas Hardy

Literary Dorset Gardens [News]
Gardens at Hardy's Cottage, Max Gate, Talbothays Lodge and Old Fordington Vicarage

The Face At The Casement [Event]
?Readings and Poems to be recited outside St. Clether Vicarage, the 17thC cottage which was home to William Sergant, Hardy's love rival for Emma Gifford.

Dorchester Walking Festival 2025 [News]
Thomas Hardy themed walks at this year's walking festival

Hardy’s Purbeck: Eliza Nicholls & Ethelberta [Event]
The Hand of Ethelberta & A Pair of Blue Eyes

Hardy’s Fordington [Event]
A walk through Hardy’s Durnover

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

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

Under the Greenwood Tree: music and dance [Event]
A musical recreation of Under the Greenwood Tree

Book Launch - ‘Thomas Hardy and the death of Emma - What the writings reveal ‘ by Andrew Norman [Event]
Book Launch‘Thomas Hardy and the death of Emma - What the writings reveal ‘ by Andrew Norman

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

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

Greenwood Grange [News]
Welcome to Greenwood Grange, originally built by Thomas Hardy's father and just a 10-minute walk away from Hardy's Cottage.

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

Mr Hardy - Stories That Take You Into the Heart of Nature [News]
The Rites of Way With Mr Hardy Project

Celebrate Hardy's Birthday at Hardy's Cottage! [Event]
Tours, Cake and Lemonade at Bockhampton.

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

Going the Rounds 2023 - Sold Out [Event]
SOLD OUT - Going the Rounds 2023

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

The Egdon Heath Walk by Elizabeth Manus [News]
The THS 'Return of the Native' Walk Experienced by an Overseas Visitor to Dorset

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

The Hardys and the Suffragette Movement by Tracy Hayes [Page]
The Hardys and the Suffragette Movement

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

Temporalities and the Body in A Laodicean [Event]
A Keynote Lecture by Professor Pamela Gilbert 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

Going The Rounds 2021 [Event]
A Biennial THS Event in Conjunction with Tim Laycock and Dorset Musicians

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

Portland Walk through the country of The Well-Beloved [Event]
Portland Walk through the country of The Well-Beloved Friday 21st September, 2018 at 10.00am

Hardy's Dorchester Tour [News]
Led by Alban O'Brien for Dorset Museum & Art Gallery

In the Footsteps of Thomas and Emma Hardy [News]
A publication which highlights the links between the Hardys and Cornwall.

Wessex Love Songs - Created by Arthur Keegan [News]
Celebrating Hardy's Poetry and Music

A Budmouth Walk [Page]
On reaching the Esplanade, you are confronted by the beautiful blue bay stretching from the Cliffs of White Nose on your left to Nothe Fort on your right.

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

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

Hard times and hungry months [Event]
Hard times and hungry months: folksongs and stories

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

Remembrance Service, Thomas Hardy's Passing at Westminster Abbey [Event]
Remembrance Service, Thomas Hardy's Passing at Westminster Abbey

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

Timeline [Page]
Timeline

Change of Publisher: Thomas Hardy's Berkshire (And a little bit of Wiltshire) [News]
Thomas Hardy's Berkshire (And a little bit of Wiltshire) by Carolyn Jones

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

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

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

Going The Rounds 2025 [News]
A pictorial review of this biennial event

Mellstock [Page]
Mellstock Dorset - Thomas Hardy Country

Neolithic site found under Max Gate [News]
A Neolithic site discovered under author Thomas Hardy’s house has been protected as a scheduled monument. The circular enclosure is almost 100 metres in diameter and comprises ditches and pits.

Mellstock Poems Walk  [Event]
Meet at Thorncombe Wood Car Park (NGR SY724922) for a gentle four mile walk through the heart of Hardy Country

Portland Walk - The Dorchester Literary Festival [Event]
This is a 5 mile walk from Portland (North) to The Verne, in conjunction with the Portland Museum Trust as part of the Dorchester Literary Festival.

Hardy's Love Poems - 10 Lovers, 50 Poems [Event]
A Presentation by Giles Keating, Athelhampton House

Tess, a feminist vision of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel [News]
Ockham’s Razor, the UK’s foremost circus theatre company, presents a bold new vision of Hardy’s classic novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Touring the UK from October 2023 to June 2024

Rites of Way with Thomas Hardy [Event]
Event Launch in conjunction with the Thomas Hardy Society

Happy Birthday to Thomas Hardy [News]
186 years since Hardy was born

Hardy Literary Landscape Walk [News]
A walk across Rainbarrow and Egdon Heath

Going The Rounds 2025 - Parish Performance [Event]
SOLD OUT - Friday's performance includes walking the parish

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

27th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival [Event]
"Thomas Hardy Week" at the 2026 THS Conference

Thomas Hardy's Wessex [Event]
A Three-Night Tour of Discovery and Inspiration

Thomas Hardy and Casterbridge [Event]
A Hardy Walk and Talk

Thomas Hardy Lecture [Event]
Thomas Hardy: The Novels, The Novelist and Dorchester

Building Dorchester’s Civic Pride [News]
If you are interested in Dorchester and wish to see the character and setting of the town maintained and enhanced then Dorchester Civic Society is your go-to organisation.

The National Trust and Mr Hardy's Legacy [Event]
How the National Trust tell Hardy's stories through his properties

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

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

Hardy's Dorset Gallery Tour [Event]
Showcasing the life and works of Thomas Hardy

Life [Page]
Thomas Hardy

STAND and Thomas Hardy Society Walk Report [News]
A walk to discover how much beautiful Wessex countryside will be lost

Thomas Hardy Creativity Competition [News]
A Student Competition in Conjunction with the Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair

Portland Tour: The Isle of Slingers [Event]
Explore landmarks featured in The Well Beloved

Resources [Page]
Resources

Rites of Way With Mr Hardy [Event]
Event Launch in conjunction with the Thomas Hardy Society

2026 THS Conference [Page]
Thomas Hardy Week - THS Biennial Conference -

Visit Oxford - Hardy's Christminster [Event]
Exploring Jude the Obscure – Marygreen and Christminster

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

Thomas Hardy Confidential [Event]
A fascinating fresh appreciation of a great writer and the people and places he immortalised.

THS Conference Friday 31st July 2026 [Event]
Bookable events on the 7th day of "Thomas Hardy Week"

Hardy's Birthday Weekend Celebrations [Event]
A celebration of Hardy's 179th birthday

Hardy's Statue All Spruced Up! [News]
Thank you Dorchester Town Council

Wessex Walks: Weatherbury [Event]
NOW FULLY BOOKED A Walk around Puddletown - Hardy's Weatherbury

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

The Return of the Native - A Walk [Event]
Follow in the footsteps of Eustacia Vye

The Dynasts: A Thomas Hardy Society Study Day [Event]
The Dynasts is a drama in verse and prose by Thomas Hardy. Hardy himself described this work as ‘an epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts and one hundred and thirty scenes’.

Thomas Hardy Week 2026 [News]
The 27th International Thomas Hardy Festival and Conference

Save Our Countryside! [News]
Take a Walk for STAND (Save the Area North of Dorchester) - Developers want to build an urban area larger than Poundbury on Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd country.

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

Words, Music and Place Study Day [News]
A Successful Study Day at Bournemouth University

Mass Blot on the Landscape [News]
Norchester - THS Chair's Letter

A Letter to the Dorset Echo Protesting Housing Development Proposals [News]
From Life-long THS Member Elaine Spencer-White

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

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

On Rainbarrows with Alban O'Brien [Page]
Connecting with Hardy's 'The Sheep-Boy'

THS Study Day 2022 - Under the Greenwood Tree [Event]
In Conjunction with the University of Exeter

PUTTING HARDY TO MUSIC - JON BLAKE [Page]
I’d always liked the carols that evoked a winter landscape, such as “The Holly and the Ivy”, “Good King Wenceslas” and “In the Deep Midwinter”, so began to think about poems that were also redolent of the season.

FAQ [Page]
Frequently Asked Questions about Thomas Hardy

Celebrating 150 Years Since Hardy Met Emma Gifford [Page]
A trip to Cornwall in the footsteps of Hardy and Emma

Links [Page]
Links to Societies promoting Thomas Hardy

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

The Thomas Hardy Archives at the DHC [News]
The raw materials of research and discovery

A Dark Day - 11.1.28 [News]
The Death of Thomas Hardy

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

The New Hardy Tree [News]
On Friday 12 April 2024 at about 11am a small group of people gathered in Old St Pancras churchyard in north London. The event, organised by Camden Council, was the planting of a replacement for the famous Hardy Tree which collapsed overnight on 27 December 2022.

Hardy and Lockdown by Tracy Hayes [Page]
Hardy and Lockdown

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

PETER TAIT, THOMAS HARDY'S WOMEN: IN LIFE AND LITERATURE [News]
A Thomas Hardy Society Book Review by Dr Tracy Hayes

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 Society visit to Stourhead [News]
The Thomas Hardy Society visited Stourhead on Saturday, 28th September, with a private viewing of the original letters

The Trumpet-Major: A Happy Wessex Pastoral Romance or a Clumsy Historical Narrative? - Faysal Mikdadi [Page]
The Trumpet-Major: A Happy Wessex Pastoral Romance or a Clumsy Historical Narrative?

The Short Stories of Thomas Hardy Chapter 4: Death, Dying and the Macabre [Page]
By Patrick Tolfree

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

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