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BOOKING FORM

ARNOLD BENNETT SOCIETY – CONFERENCE

SATURDAY 11^th June 2011

North Staffordshire Medical Institute Conference Centre -

Hartshill Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 7NY

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Please complete and return the Booking Form (and cheque) by post to: 

Carol Gorton, 4 Field End Close, Trentham.

Stoke on Trent, ST4 8DA 01782 641337

The Day’s 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)

                                                Denry’s 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)

                                                “He’s a rare ’un, no mistake”: Introducing The Card

                                                Jean Stewart (Design Historian)

                                                “The Card”: A World of Interiors.

12.05 – 12.45 pm                   Tim O’Sullivan (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 Bennett’s 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