Please scroll down for recordings of our most recent talks which include Carolyn Melbourne from The DH Lawrence Birthplace Museum showing some very special items from their collection, and Alan Wilson on Linwood and Newton, two unsung local musical heroes, and his podcast recording of a selection of their music. You can find an archive of recordings of our monthly meetings and the recent poetry day on our Soundcloud page.
The D. H. Lawrence Society Programme 2020 - 2021
Meetings will be held online for the foreseeable future. When we can meet in person, meetings will be held in the lounge at St. Mary’s Church, Church Street, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3BS. Once we are back in Eastwood, we will still use the powers of technology to welcome members who can't attend in person.
2021 - 2021
Our new programme will be coming soon. Meetings will start in October, following the September festival. Zoom links to our online meetings will be sent out to members. Please email Brenda Sumner for more information.
Previous Meetings
Wednesday 14th July 2021 7pm
AGM followed by a short presentation by David Amos, entitled, ‘Mine-Craft the Prequel: The Photographic Story of East Midlands Coal – The Rev FW Cobb collection of photographs around Eastwood c 1907 – 1917’
Click here to watch David's talk on our YouTube channel
Wednesday 9th June 2021 7pm
Professor Keith Alldritt FLSL
‘Lawrence in Mecklenburgh Square’
Wednesday 12th May 2021 7pm
This talk was not recorded
Dudley Nichols
'The Burrows Family’
Dudley Nichols, a nephew of Louie Burrows, looks at the relationship between Lawrence and her family and his depiction of them in The Rainbow. In preparation for this illustrated talk Dudley has examined some of Louie’s recollections from the period 1905 to 1912 as well as drawing on evidence from Lawrence’s published letters to Louie.
Malcolm Gray: 'Love and Loss in 'Look! We Have Come Through!''
Isobel Dixon: 'Love and fear in: 'Birds, Beasts and Flowers''
Malcolm Pittock: 'Wild Common, Virgin Youth, Piano'
Bob Hayward: 'Living with his Love of Nature to the end'
Wednesday 14th April 2021 7pm
Malcolm Gray
‘Education, Education, Education: Lawrence and how we learn’
Click here to read Malcolm Gray's paper
Wednesday 10th March 2021 7pm
Carolyn Melbourne- Museum and Collections Officer
‘The Magic of Objects; behind the scenes of the D.H.Lawrence Birthplace Museum’
Click here to watch Carolyn's talk on our YouTube channel
Wednesday 10th February 2021 7pm
Wednesday 13th January 2021 7pm
Dr Fiona Fleming
‘D. H. Lawrence and Hardy’
Following her introduction last June on the early lives and careers of DH Lawrence and Thomas Hardy, (click here) Fiona Fleming will be talking about how the rural environment they grew up in inspired their stories and moulded their ideas. For those of you wanting to do some prep reading, here are a few suggestions of texts Fiona will be referring to in her talk: Lawrence's "Love Among the Haystacks" to be compared with Hardy's chapters "The Hollow amid the Ferns" and "The Storm – The Two Together" in Far From the Madding Crowd.
11th - 13th December 2020
Christmas Celebrations with the Haggs Farm Preservation Society
Our podcast of readings and music is available until February 2nd 2021.
Wednesday 9th December 2020 7pm
Holly Laird
JDHLS 2020 Preview - a special number on DH Lawrence's poetry introduced by the guest editor, Holly Laird
Wednesday 11th November 2020 7pm
Postponed AGM followed by poetry discussion
Wednesday 14th October 2020 7pm
Dr Catherine Brown
'D. H. Lawrence and the sense of scale'
Saturday 12th September 2020
The DH Lawrence Festival
Visit our Soundcloud page to listen to all of these talks
David Game: 'DH Lawrence and Australia'
Paul Eggert: ‘Birds, beasts and flowers’
Malcolm Pittock: 'Lawrence's Jessie poems'
Interview with Clive Leivers, president of the Haggs Farm Preservation Society who talks about his own life and a forthcoming publication of his new book, a collection of Jessie Chambers' writing
Judith Ruderman The Lawrence Birthday Lecture ‘A life of illness and resilience: Reflections on Lawrence’s letters in a time of pandemic’
Wednesday 8th July 2020
- 'The Country of My Heart' podcast by Alan Wilson
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- Coffee and chat via zoom at 8 pm
June 2020
Fiona Fleming
- Links between Lawrence and Thomas Hardy
- This talk was recorded as Fiona couldn't be with us in person
Wednesday 10th June 2020 7.15pm
- A reading of DH Lawrence's poem, Piano followed by discussion
- Bring one of your favourite Lawrence poems in case we have time for additional discussion
Wednesday 11th March 2020 7pm
Dr. Hilary Hillier
'Lawrence’s use of dialect: a few readings and reflections'
Read more
Wednesday 12th February 2020 7pm
Tony Rice
'Aaron Sisson's Longest Journey'
Wednesday 8th January 2020
Prof. Terry Gifford
'Trees and Gardens in Aaron's Rod'
2019
Saturday 7th December
Advent and Christmas with D. H. Lawrence
- A Concert of readings, poems and music connected with Lawrence. To be held in St Mary’s Church, Eastwood at 3pm, followed by a reception in the Church Lounge.
Wednesday 13th November
Paul Filmer
- “Lawrence and Realism: Recollections of Maurice Magnus and Representations of Mr May”
Wednesday 9th October
Adam Lang
- ‘“Back to Sardinia”
Saturday 7th September
The D. H. Lawrence Birthday Lecture
Annabel Abbs
- “Frieda Lawrence: The Real Lady Chatterley”, interview by Annalise Grice
- (To be held at Eastwood Hall Conference Centre, Mansfield Road, Eastwood, NG16 3SS at 7pm)