The study and appreciation of the life, works and times of Arnold Bennett
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 >>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 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 […]
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 >>Arnold Bennett Society Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at Swan Bank, Methodist Rooms Saturday 19 October 2019 at 2pm Charity Registration Number 1140053 Apologies for absence: Roger & Wendy Statham, Jenny Graveson, David & Judith Pugsley, Maire & John Davies, Jerry Park, Richard Gorton, Jean Monares, Margaret Barrett, Clive Osborne, Prof James Bryant, […]
Read Article >>Paris: Monday, February 29th Last night seemed to be one of the bitterest we have had in the present cold spell; yet I noticed a number of people sitting out quite unconcernedly on the terrasses of the cafes on the Grand Boulevard. Some cafes had thick mats spread over the terrasse, and one had a […]
Read Article >>The Reading Group will be discussing Whom God Hath Joined via Zoom on Thursday 28 January. To join the discussion please email arnoldbennettscty@btinternet.com to obtain the link. Previous discussion have included Buried Alive. You can watch one film version with Gracie Fields and Monty Wooley below. For more details on the Reading Group, please contact Carol Ann […]
Read Article >>Thanks to Paul Williams, Chairman of Stoke-on-Trent’s Cultural Destinations Partnership for the use of his photograph. Alice reading #TheCard out loud to Arnold, whilst Alex is trying to show him what’s on at #PMAG
Read Article >>Backlisted Podcast featuring Riceyman Steps – https://www.backlisted.fm/ Congratulations on winning the Podcast of the Year Award 2019
Read Article >>The Grade 11 listed Victorian terrace was built in 1879 on instructions of the Bennett family. It is on the market for £245.000.
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