Letter from new Chair: Professor Ray Johnson MBE
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It’s Gone Dark over Bill’s Mother’s-2020 Book Prize Winner
Article Written:‘I am pleased as Punch that my book won” So said Lisa Blower when interviewed by Jenny Amphlett on winning the Arnold Bennett 2020 Book Prize. and a cheque for £500. Click on the link to read the whole article. Lisa
Read Article >>Arnold Bennett Society AGM 28 November 2020
Article Written:Arnold Bennett Society Minutes of the Annual General Meeting and Book Award 2020 Held by Zoom at 2.00pm on Saturday 28 November 2020 TAKING PART BY ZOOM Rod Boroughs Jim Bryant Fiona Cole Christine Conlin Carole Cregan John Davies Maire Davies Denis Eldin Alastair Gilchrist Carol Gorton Richard Gorton Jenny Graveson Richard Grieve Ruth […]
Read Article >>Bennett of the Five Towns Compilation DVD
Article Written:Available from Barewall Art Gallery https://www.barewall.co.uk/collections/art-gift-shop and from Staffordshire Film Archive https://www.filmarchive.org.uk/products/bennett-of-the-five-towns £10 – free postage It is also free to view on YouTube – click here to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvo0aZCNTc&feature=youtu.be Or search: “BENNETT OF THE FIVE TOWNS Compilation” “Bennett of the Five Towns” is an insight into Arnold Bennett’s relationship with the Potteries and his writing […]
Read Article >>Arnold Bennett’s Burslem (Bursley) YouTube video
Article Written:ARNOLD BENNETT’S BURSLEM – Heritage Open Days Virtual Tour Our thanks to Trentham Heritage for allowing us to become a guest on their page during the Heritage Open Days last month. We had a total of 371 hits to date. You can now watch again with this link. https://youtu.be/DnQDIb-seRI These are some key buildings and […]
Read Article >>Arnold Bennett’s Burslem – YouTube video now available.
Article Written:ARNOLD BENNETT’S BURSLEM – Heritage Open Days Virtual Tour Our thanks to Trentham Heritage for allowing us to become a guest on their page during the Heritage Open Days last month. We had a total of 371 hits to date. You can now watch again with this link. https://youtu.be/DnQDIb-seRI These are some key buildings and […]
Read Article >>Beautiful Bursley – Update 14 January 2021
Article Written:Update 14 January 2021 Replacement plaques on Bursley Trail There are two current projects highlighting the cultural heritage of Burslem – Arnold Bennett’s ‘Bursley’. Burslem is known as the ‘Mother Town’ in Stoke-on-Trent because of its primacy in the history of the pottery industry. It is home to some of the city’s architectural gems, such […]
Read Article >>New Bennett plaque in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Article Written:A new plaque has been installed on the recently renovated old Orme Boys School, Newcastle-under-Lyme – Bennett’s ‘Oldcastle Middle School’ in Clayhanger – by the Newcastle-under-Lyme Civic Society. The remainder of the more recent school buildings have been demolished and replaced with student flats and apartments. Photo credits Ray Johnson A previous plaque made […]
Read Article >>Staffordshire Day 1 May 2020
Article Written:The Distinctively Staffordshire video went live on Youtube today – Staffordshire Day. Arnold’s in there – obviously. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJFz3TSiAEQ
Read Article >>Video Programmes for home viewing
Article Written:Video programmes available to Arnold Bennett Society members for free download. In these stressful times I’m making available some Bennett-related archive-based video programmes as free downloads for personal viewing at home. These sidelights on Bennett were originally put together for various presentations, for capturing interviews – and also for fund-raising as DVDs to be able […]
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