Talks

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The Funny Thing about Tolkien

The Funny Thing about Tolkien

Saturday 12th April from 2pm
Join us to celebrate our new exhibition, Magic of Middle Earth, with a talk by former professor at Oxford and Harvard Dr Thomas Shippey.
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Thomas Hardy: Justice of Peace

Thomas Hardy: Justice of Peace

Saturday 31st May 2025 from 2pm
Join Mark Damon Chutter, Chairman and Academic Director of the Thomas Hardy Society to find out more about Hardy's Justice of the Peace role.
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Thomas Hardy: The Novels, The Novelist and Dorchester.

Thomas Hardy: The Novels, The Novelist and Dorchester.

Saturday 2nd August 2025 from 2pm
Join Alban O'Brien for this evocative talk which will take you on a Journey through Hardy's Dorchester and his novels.
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Drawing You, Heavy With Sleep: Celebrating Sylvia Townsend Warner

Drawing You, Heavy With Sleep: Celebrating Sylvia Townsend Warner

Saturday, 27th September 2025 from 2pm
Find out more about the life and work of the musicologist and LGBTQ + pioneer Sylvia Townsend Warner(1893-1978) through this exciting interactive talk.