The study and appreciation of the life, works and times of Arnold Bennett
It is with sadness we announce the death of society member Tim Gray. Tim had been a member since 2009 and one of our Trustees for a number of years. Tim will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Our condolences to Jennifer and the family. A full obituary will be in a newsletter.
Read Article >>It is with regret and sadness that we report the recent death of our Vice President Jacques Eldin. Jacques was Arnold Bennett’s son-in-law. Jacques leaves his son – our President Denis Eldin – and his daughter Monique and her family. The funeral will take place on Thursday 17 June.You will find the details on this […]
Read Article >>It is with sadness that we announce the death of ABS member Mary Bennett. Mary was a long-standing member of the society. A full obituary will appear in the next edition of the newsletter. Mary was a teacher and also wrote poetry. This was the last poem we received from Mary in March 2020. ISOLATION […]
Read Article >>Thanks to everyone who attended AB’s Birthday Commemoration on 27th May 2021 It was especially nice chat to some of you over a coffee at The Quarter in Piccadilly. The unveiling of the statue in 2017. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=10155326546929814&ref=watch_permalink
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Read Article >>Dame Margaret Drabble joins us at the Slightly Foxed table as we celebrate her life in writing. From taking up her pen in the 1960s as a young mother alone in her kitchen to feeling part of a movement with Nell Dunn, Margaret Forster and Edna O’Brien, to editing The Oxford Companion to English Literature […]
Read Article >>Backlisted Podcast featuring Riceyman Steps – https://www.backlisted.fm/ Congratulations on winning the Podcast of the Year Award 2019
Read Article >>I have a short personal essay called “Growing Up with Clayhanger” in this beautiful new book published by the Letter Press Project Jonathan Taylor http://letterpressproject.co.uk/the-resource-archive/2019-10-31/the-dream-i-held-in-my-hands?
Read Article >>Colin Fisher’s Blog April 16, 2019 Enthralling – not interminable For over two years I used Arnold Bennett’s self-help book Literary Taste to find out if, a century after the book’s publication, it was possible to create my own literary taste. To carry on the experiment, I will now read the books reviewed by Arnold […]
Read Article >>Digital Addiction Getting You Down? Try an Analog Cure By Cal Newport. New York Times April 8, 2019 . . . Mr. Bennett is not a name that typically comes to mind when seeking advice about our current high-tech moment. But he should be. In 1905, Mr. Bennett stepped away from his traditional genres to produce […]
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