Thomas Hardy: Synopsis Anyone fortunate enough to have heard the music of the Dorset folk group, ‘The Yetties’ would have been instantly transported into the world of Dorset poet and novelist, Thomas Hardy. For the Yetties made recordings of Hardys favourite music: using his own fiddle and other musical instruments...
Thomas Hardy: Behind the Mask
Thomas Hardy: Synopsis I feel I have a particular affinity for the Dorset poet and novelist Thomas Hardy, in that my own ‘Norman’ ancestors lived at Fordington, Dorchester and were baptised by the Reverend Henry Moule whose son, Horace was Hardy’s dearest friend. However, the fact that Hardy was such...
Thomas Hardy at Max Gate: The Latter Years
Thomas Hardy at Max Gate: Synopsis ‘Max Gate’ is a large house on the outskirts Dorchester which Dorset poet and novelist Thomas Hardy designed himself, and being an intensely private person, he surrounded it with a thick screen of trees. In this house, Hardy continued to write his novels including...
Thomas Hardy: Bockhampton and Beyond
Thomas Hardy: Synopsis Devotees of Thomas Hardy, not only in his native county of Dorset but worldwide, are fortunate in that the cottage in which he was born and grew up still exists, and is lovingly maintained by the National Trust.‘Hardy’s Cottage’ is set in an idyllic landscape of forest...