ARNOLD BENNETT SOCIETY CONFERENCE
SATURDAY 11th June 2011
North Staffordshire Medical Institute Conference Centre -
Hartshill Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 7NY
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The Days Programme
8.45 9.30 a.m. Registration
9.30 9.40 a.m. Introduction Morag Jones (Chairman AB Society)
9.40 10.45 a.m. Fiona Tomkinson (Yeditepe University, Istanbul)
Denrys Aesthetic Education: from The Card to The Regent
Alan Pedley (Editor Arnold Bennett Society Newsletter)
Done up to the knocker, technically, right through
Peter Preston (Nottingham University)
The Card and English Comedy
10.45 11.15 a.m. Coffee/Tea
11.15 11.55 pm. John Shapcott (Keele University)
Hes a rare un, no mistake: Introducing The Card
Jean Stewart (Design Historian)
The Card: A World of Interiors.
12.05 12.45 pm Tim OSullivan (De Montfort University)
He was the most admired type in the bustling industrial
Provinces: The production and reception of The Card
(Dir. Neame 1952)
Derek Tatton (Raymond Williams Foundation)
A B and The Card in Adult Education then and now
12.45 1.45 p.m. Lunch
1.45 2.25 p.m. John Davies (Journalist)
Rebounding like a football. What did Bennett know about
the game.
Malcolm Henson (Henson Editorial Services)
Association Football and The Card: Fact v Fiction
2.30 3.10 p.m John Ross (AB enthusiast)
Counting the Cards: Arnold Bennetts Use of the Card Motif
in the Novel
Fred Hughes (Local Historian)
H K Hales: The Real Card
3.10 3.50 p.m. Ray Johnson (Staffordshire University)
What a Card! And no mistake
3.50 4.15 p.m. Tea/Coffee
4.15 5.00 p.m. Questions & General Discussion Closing remarks