THS Literary Weekend in Sussex
Fri 31 Oct
|The Depot
Visits and lectures exploring the links between Thomas Hardy and The Bloomsbury Group
Time & Location
31 Oct 2025, 12:00 – 12:30
The Depot, Pinwell Rd, Lewes BN7 2JS, UK
Guests
About the event
THS Literary Weekend in Sussex
The Thomas Hardy Society are excited to announce a weekend of visits and lectures exploring the links between Thomas Hardy and The Bloomsbury Group. The weekend will be based in lecture facilities at ‘The Depot’ Lewes, East Sussex.
Highlights will include visits to Virginia Woolf’s Sussex home, Monk’s House at Rodmell, and Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant’s retreat, Charleston Farmhouse at Firle.
Speakers will include Rachel Worth, Emerita Professor at The Arts University Bournemouth who will explore Victorian and Bloomsbury dress and Mark Damon Chutter, Chair of The Thomas Hardy Society, who will lecture on the topic: Virginia Woolf: The Dreadnought Hoax.
There will also be an exploration of Virginia Woolf’s tribute to Thomas Hardy written shortly after his death in 1928 and also her diary entry written after her visit to see Thomas and Emma Hardy at Max Gate.
Cost: £160 per person to…
Tickets
THS Literary Weekend
Ticket includes all lectures, transport to visits and entry to Monk’s House, Charleston Farmhouse and Charleston galleries at Firle and Lewes
£160.00
+£4.00 ticket service fee
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