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In the footsteps of Tess and Angel: A walk around the environs of Wool [Event]
In the footsteps of Tess and Angel: A walk around the environs of Wool

A Walk to Rainbarrow and Mistover Knap, Where Tess and Eustacia Overlap [Event]
A THS walk to accompany the Tess Study Day

Tess of the d'Urbervilles [Event]
Tess of the d'Urbervilles

A Tess of the d’Urbervilles Tour [Event]
A Tess themed coach tour of Hardy country

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

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A New Production [Event]
A new adaptation by the Bradfordians Dramatic Society

A Mellstock Poems Walk [Page]
A Mellstock poems walk at the very heart of Hardy country Dorset.

Dorchester Heritage Open Day - Free Guided walk: Thomas Hardy [Event]
Dorchester Heritage Open Day - Free Guided walk: Thomas Hardy

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

A Return of the Native Walk [Page]
To fully appreciate the atmosphere – the true solitude - of Egdon Heath set out on this walk at daybreak

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**

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.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles at Maumbury Rings [Event]
A Dorchester Arts Production

Walk: Hardy as an Architect [Event]
A Walk around Dorchester and Fordington

A Woodlanders Walk – Bubb Down and the Melburys [Page]
The best way to get a true feel of The Woodlanders country is on foot. At any time of year, it is a rewarding.

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

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.

Mrs Yeobrights Last Walk [Event]
To celebrate the 175th anniversary of the publication of The Return of the Native.

Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles [News]
Bournemouth University works with Wey Valley Academy students to recreate Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles for today’s teenagers.

Hardy's Tess at Kingston Maurward [Event]
Hardy was born and lived most of his life within or next to the Kingston Maurward Estate.

A Walk around Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge [Event]
This is a walk investigating Hardy's Casterbridge, led by Town Crier Alistair Chisholm and THS Chairman Tony Fincham

Tess (No Angel Wings) [News]
An original musical tribute to Hardy's Heroine

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.

Thomas Hardy Society and STAND Walk (Save the Area North of Dorchester) [Event]
A walk across water-meadows and down-land under threat by developers

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

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

Wessex Writers' Walk [Event]
Exploring the area's Literary Connections

Palm Sunday THS & STAND Walk [Event]
A walk in support of Save The Area North of Dorchester.

Tess (No Angel Wings) [Page]
An original song inspired by Hardy's great tragic heroine

2018 Birthday Weekend [Event]
The 2018 Birthday Weekend will begin on Saturday 2nd June (168 years after Hardy was born).

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

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

THS Walk around Wareham [News]
Exploring the literary connections to Hardy’s Anglebury and the ancient history of the town

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

The Mayor of Casterbridge Dorchester Walk [Event]
'from Pummery Ridge to Maembury Ring and Standfast Bridge'

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

A STAND (Save The Area North of Dorchester) Walk [Event]
A Walk Across the Beautiful Countryside Under Threat From Housing Development Proposals

London Walk: The Hardy Tree [Event]
FULLY BOOKED: Join the Waiting List for a FREE walking tour around St Pancras

The Trumpet Major Walk [Page]
Military Manoeuvres: The Trumpet Major & The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion a downland walk (5 miles)

Dorchester Literary Festival | A Walk Around Dorchester in the Footsteps of Thomas Hardy [Event]
Dorchester Literary Festival | A Walk Around Dorchester in the Footsteps of Thomas Hardy

Under the Greenwood Tree Walk [Event]
A Walk to coincide with the THS 2022 Study Day - led by Derek Pride

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

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

In the Footsteps of Thomas Hardy [Event]
Join us for A Walk Around Dorchester in the Footsteps of Thomas Hardy

Wessex Writers Walk [News]
Dorchester's literary connections to Hardy, Moule, the Powys family, Barnes, and Sylvia Townsend Warner

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

THS Study Day 2021 Call For Papers - Tess of the d'Urbervilles [News]
A day devoted to Hardy's best-loved book!

A Sunday Walk around Puddletown [News]
Exploring Hardy's Weatherbury

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

Thomas Hardy Landscape Walk [Event]
National Trust August Walks

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.

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

Gender and Hardy [Event]
A Talk for Salisbury Museum by Dr Tracy Hayes

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

'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

Stinsford and North Dorchester Walk [Event]
In conjunction with STAND (Save the Area North of Dorchester)

Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend - June 2021 [Event]
Events from the Thomas Hardy Society to commemorate the author's birth 181 years ago

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

Outer Casterbridge: Hardy and History Walk [Event]
A Hardy Birthday Weekend Walk to Coincide with the Platinum Jubilee

Thomas Hardy and Religion by Richard Franklin [News]
Theological Themes in Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure

London Lecture 2025 and Walk around St Pancras [News]
A photographic review of this annual event

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

A Riverside Walk - Exploring the River Frome [Event]
Hardy Readings by the River

A London Walk and Westminster Abbey Wreath Laying [Event]
Meet at Waterloo Station on the War Memorial Steps (main entrance) for an exploration of Hardy’s London – from the West End to Bloomsbury and St. Pancras Old Churchyard

MARK CHUTTER A LITERARY WALK – WESSEX WRITERS [Event]
A guided walk with Chairman and Academic Director of the Thomas Hardy Society, Mark Damon Chutter, through Dorchester and Fordington to explore the world of architect, writer and poet Thomas Hardy

West Stafford History Weekend [News]
Kate Hardy at Talbothays Lodge

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

Walk & Talk: Hardy and Religion [Event]
Dorchester's Charismatic Church Leaders and their Impact on Hardy

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

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.

Hardy’s Puddletown [Event]
An exploration of Weatherbury

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

Tess, a feminist vision of Thomas Hardy's classic novel [Event]
Tess uses the original text combined with the physical language of circus, allowing the performers to retell the well-known story of power, loss and endurance through a feminist lens.

Max Gate, Hardy's House [Event]
Max Gate, Hardy's House - Visit Thomas Hardy's House

Thomas Hardy and Tess at Sturminster Newton Literary Festival 2023 [Event]
Featuring 'The Second Mrs Clare' by Michael Langridge - sequel to 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'

Thomas Hardy Society Birthday Weekend 2021 [News]
Celebrating Hardy's 181st Birthday!

The Hand of Ethelberta Walk [Event]
A Walk around Wareham exploring the Anglebury featured in Hardy's novels

Hardy and his Relationships [Event]
Hardy and his Relationships Walk with Mark Damon Chutter. Meet at the Town Pump, South Street, Dorchester. Free of charge

Tess's Folk Songs - A Musical Evening with James Findlay and Jerry Bird ***THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT*** [Event]
A Hardy Birthday Weekend Event ***THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT***

A Walk Around Upwey [Event]
Free Walk with short rest breaks and poetry readings

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

MARCH FOR DORCH! [Event]
Join us for a peaceful protest walk for STAND: Save The Area North of Dorchester.

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

150th Anniversary of The Hand of Ethelberta [News]
A Comedy in Chapters

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 in Salisbury - the Salisbury Literary Festival [Event]
A walk around Hardy's Salisbury, led by THS members Pat Withers and Brenda Parry as part of the Salisbury Literary Festival.

Beyond Egdon [Page]
Beyond Egdon Dorset - Thomas Hardy Country

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

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

The Real Woman Behind Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Event]
An Online Talk with Rose Wallis, Edwina Grosvenor and Angelique Richardson

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

Wessex Tales Chinese E-book [News]
Translation by Rongyue Liu

Postcards [Page]
A Postcard of your visit to Hardy Country

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

The 2022 Thomas Hardy Society Birthday Weekend [Event]
A Jubilee Weekend Walk, Lecture, Supper and Evening Performance

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 

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".

Fordington Vicarage [Page]
St. Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, was given Salisbury Field by his royal uncle, William the Conqueror, in the 11th century. Fordington vicarage was built in 1222 and demolished in 1971 to make way for social housing.

A Modern Hardy Pilgrimage by Nancy Powell [News]
As published in The Belting Zodiac

DORCHESTER HERITAGE OPEN DAY [Event]
DORCHESTER HERITAGE OPEN DAY - Mary Channing and Martha Brown Walk - Dorchester Old and New Talk and Walk with Steve Wallis - Free Guided Tours - Free Exhibitions and much more!

Outer Casterbridge: Hardy and History [Event]
A Festival of Archaeology Walk led by Mark Chutter

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

Hanging, Punishment and Justice in the Works of Thomas Hardy [Event]
A Lecture by Mark Chutter

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

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

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.

Madding Crowd [Event]
Come and join us for a fun and informal discussion group. Each week, we will read a section of Thomas Hardy's novel, Far from the Madding Crowd, discussing our thoughts about the text.

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.

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

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

A Casterbridge Tale by Mike Langridge [News]
Discussion of new crime novel at The Sturminster Newton Literary Festival

THS Birthday Weekend Sunday Service at Stinsford [Event]
Delivered by THS Chairman Rev. Canon Richard Franklin

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

Thomas Hardy: A Beginner's Guide [Page]
Thomas Hardy: A Beginner's Guide

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

Famous Biographer Visits Wey Valley Academy in Weymouth [News]
The Biographer and writer Paula Byrne visited Wey Valley to talk to a Year 10 History class about her research for her latest published book.

Thomas Hardy Lecture Series [Event]
Free Lectures Hosted by Mirthy Online Community

Hardy Perennials by Brenda Sharp [Page]
An original dedication

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

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

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

In Praise [Page]
An Original Poem by JB. Stobbart

Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy [News]
A Brand New Sky Arts Documentary for September

Roman Casterbridge [Event]
The 1st day of "Hardy Week" - For THS Conference Ticket holders Only

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

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.

THS Conference: Sunday 26th July [Event]
Bookable events taking place on Sunday during "Thomas Hardy Week"

Thomas Hardy Society Birthday Weekend [Event]
Thomas Hardy Society Birthday Weekend

Hardy's Women - Double Bill [Event]
Paula Byrne followed by Caroline Butler & Dave Townsend of the Mellstock Band

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

Timeline [Page]
Timeline

Going The Rounds 2025 - Church Performance [Event]
SOLD OUT! Thursday's performance of "Going The Rounds" will be church-based with no walking

Christmas at Athelhampton [Event]
Come and have a guided tour of all of the Hardy connections with this Tudor building. There will be a tour and walk followed by an afternoon tea. Meet at Athelhampton at 12 noon on Saturday 21 December.

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

Dorchester Walking Festival 2023 [Event]
Including Two Walks led by THS Chairman Mark Chutter

Friends Beyond - Barnes, Moule and Hardy [Event]
A Lecture by Mark Chutter

Thomas Hardy and the May Day Festival by Tracy Hayes [Page]
The first day of May marks the onset of warm weather and fertility in Nature, celebrated in festivals such as the Cerealia, involving club-walking and dancing around a beribboned Maypole.

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

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

When I set out for Lyonnesse [Event]
When I set out for Lyonnesse, One hundred and fifty years ago. A celebration of Thomas Hardy’s first visit to Cornwall in March 1870

Summer Lodge and The Acorn Inn [News]
Hospitality Discount for THS Members

Walks [Page]
A selection of Dorset walks following Thomas Hardy

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

Tess - A New Musical Adaptation [Event]
A musical dramatization of Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles for Soprano & Piano.

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

Thomas Hardy in Words & Music - a special performance at Stinsford Church [News]
Thomas Hardy in his own words: poetry, novels, and the music - A Beautiful Thread, with Anton Lesser and Orchestra of the Swan

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

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

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

Fordington Vicarage Receives Blue Plaque [News]
Celebrating Hardy's Great Friends the Moule Family

Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend 2023 [Event]
Hardy, Dorchester and World War I

Thomas Hardy: Wessex Love Songs [Event]
Music in Country Churches - Minchinhampton

Hardy, Powys: Time and Place - A Joint Study Day [Event]
Thomas Hardy and the Powys Family

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

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

Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend 2026 [Event]
Celebrate with a weekend of Hardy-related activities

THS Conference Tuesday 28th July 2026 [Event]
Bookable events on the 4th day of "Thomas Hardy Week"

Unveililng of New Hardy Memorial Stone [Event]
Unveiling of New Hardy Memorial Stone by Claire Tomalin and Wreath-Laying Ceremony in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey Saturday 18th May with Professor Claire Tomalin.

Interview With Gertrude Bugler Becomes Available! [News]
Filmed in 1990 and now digitally remastered.

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

Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend 2025 [News]
Celebrating 185 years of Hardy

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

A Beautiful Thread: Thomas Hardy in Words and Music [Event]
A Beautiful Thread celebrates Thomas Hardy in his own words: poetry, novels, and the music he loved so much With Anton Lesser and Orchestra of the Swan

THS Conference Wednesday 29th July 2026 [Event]
Bookable events on the 5th day of "Thomas Hardy Week"

On the Cusp of Change [Event]
Ann Davidson with Newbury Dramatic Society - WESSEX AND HARDY: on the cusp of change. The essence of Hardy’s loves and passions, his regrets and melancholy is captured here in a skilfully written new play by Ann Davidson

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

The Thomas Hardy Archive [News]
The largest collection of Hardy material at the Dorset History Centre

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.

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

Hidden Treasures on BBC2 [News]
Newly conserved Thomas Hardy sundial and Cerne Abbas Giant to feature on new series of BBC’s Hidden Treasures

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

Thomas Hardy - 'Born Bookworm'? by Dr Jonathan Memel ***THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT*** [Event]
The 2021 Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend Lecture ***THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT***

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

The End of Casterbridge? [News]
One of the most distinctive aspects of Dorchester is the sharp cut off between town and country on the northern side.

[CANCELLED] Darkest Wessex: Hardy and the Gothic Short Story [Event]
A Hardy Country Series Lecture by Dr Tracy Hayes

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

THS London Lecture 2021 - Professor Mark Ford [Event]
Professor Mark Ford - 'Four Poems About London by Hardy'

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

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

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

THS Conference: Monday 27th July 2026 [Event]
Bookable events on the 3rd day of "Thomas Hardy Week"

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.

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

The Hand of Ethelberta Weekend [News]
A weekend to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Hardy's Fifth Novel.

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

All about Jude [News]
A successful Study Day discussing Jude The Obscure

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

Harvest Home with the Distracted Preacher [Event]
A Harvest Festival event at St Michael's Church, Owermoigne

Dorset Opera Festival: Under the Greenwood Tree [Event]
To celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2024, Dorset Opera has commissioned an opera based on Thomas Hardy’s enchanting tale,  Under The Greenwood Tree.

Hardy and Architecture Study Day [Event]
Discover how Thomas Hardy was inspired by his love of Architecture

Writers' Workshop with the Bards of Dorchester and Dorset [Event]
Inspired by Hardy: Writing Place, Memory and Voice

Hardy and Shakespeare by Tracy Hayes [Page]
Thomas Hardy's relationship with Shakespeare began at a relatively early age. At 13, while attending Isaac Last's school, he had already read all of Shakespeare's tragedies

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’.

The Hand of Ethelberta Study Day [Event]
Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of A Comedy in Chapters

Unveiling the new Hardy Memorial Stone at Westminster Abbey [News]
On Saturday 18th May the new Hardy Memorial stone was unveiled at Westminster Abbey, with a dedication by Professor Claire Tomalin

Christmas in Mellstock [Event]
A weekend of Music and Song from the West Country as immortalised in the Poems and Novels of Thomas Hardy

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

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.

Far from the Madding Crowd - UK Tour [News]
Conn Artists present a new stage adaptation of “Far from the Madding Crowd” for a National UK Tour in spring 2025

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

A Beautiful Thread - A Review [News]
Commemorating Thomas Hardy's Birthday

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

Wessex at MUTT - Everything Dog [News]
A new shop in Brewery Square, Dorchester

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

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

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

Life [Page]
Thomas Hardy

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

The New Adventures of Mr Prickle-back [News]
Carrying on Florence Dugdale Hardy's legacy

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

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

A Casterbridge Chronicle [News]
Hardy and the Romans in Casterbridge

Dorchester Water Meadows [News]
The original guide to sustainable living

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

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

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

THS Human Shows Centenary Competition [News]
Winning Entries

A Thomas Hardy Christmas Quiz! [News]
Hardy 100 Years Ago - by Rod Drew

Hardy and Two First World War Poets [News]
An article by JoAnna Stephens Mink

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

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

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

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

FAQ [Page]
Frequently Asked Questions about Thomas Hardy

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?

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

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

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

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