News and Events

The Fellowship's programme of events, 2008-09

Autumn Walk 2008
Birthday Walk 2009
Study Day
Autumn Walk 2009

NEWS

Edward Thomas at Steep, 1914.

New DVD

Edward Thomas 90th Anniversary Walk and Tribute (DVD/PAL, approximately 75 minutes)

On a warm sunny day in April 2007, members and friends of the Edward Thomas Fellowship met at Steep in Hampshire to retrace the steps of the poet, visiting the Red House, the Bee House, Shoulder of Mutton Hill, the Mill, Berryfield and Yew Tree Cottage, and stopping along the way to hear readings from poems and letters. In the afternoon, a large assembly in the church was treated to further readings from moving letters written during the First World War, up until the time of Edward Thomas ’s untimely death.

A DVD recording this event is available for £16.00 (inclusive of post and packing) from David Jeffery, 27,Woodbury Avenue, Petersfield, Hants, GU32 2ED. Cheques payable to 'David Jeffery'.

Notecards reissued

The second set of our attractive and popular notecards has been reprinted and is now available again at £4.00 per set. Each poem by Edward Thomas is illustrated by a specially commissioned wood engraving by a separate leading artist.

CD of Helen Thomas

The Edward Thomas Fellowship has issued a CD of the 1965 recording of Helen Thomas talking about her husband Edward and reading 18 of his poems. It is available in the UK for £8.00 (cheques payable to 'The Edward Thomas Fellowship') inclusive of postage and packing. Order from Chris Brown, 43 Stonehouse Road, Liphook, Hamphsire, GU30 7DD (telephone 01428 - 722 875). Overseas customers who do not have a UK bank account can buy the CD for US $15.00 from Pamela Blevins (cheques payable to her) at 5333 N. 26th Street, Arlington, VA 22207, USA.

Autumn Walk:
Sunday 28th September 2008

This year's Autumn Walk will be in the High Beech area of Epping Forest. It will be led by Stephen Davidson (a great grandson of Edward Thomas) and the historian Professor David Stevenson. Everyone is welcome, but prior booking is necesary. Important information about public transport will be provided with acknowledgement of your booked place(s). Please contact Anne Harvey by telephone (0208 - 997 6443) or email before 1st September.

We shall assemble at Loughton Station at 10.00 am for a 10.30 start. There will be a coffee break at 12.00 in the Foresters Arms public house. Light lunches can be purchased from kiosks at High Beech, where we expect to arrive at approximately 1.30 pm. The walk will end at around 3.30 pm at the Church of the Holy Innocents, High Beech (now spelt "Beach"), where there will be a talk on Edward Thomas, Essex and the First World War, followed by some readings, and finally tea.

The Edward Thomas Birthday Walk:
Sunday 1st March 2009

Each year, on the Sunday nearest to Edward Thomas's birthday (3rd March), the Fellowship organises a walk in the countryside near his home at Steep, near Petersfield in Hampshire. This event is the main gathering of the Fellowship. The walk is followed by tea, the annual general meeting of the Fellowship and a Birthday Tribute of readings selected from Edward Thomas's writings. There is no charge for this event
and non-members are welcome to attend it

Full details of the next Birthday Walk will be available on this web-page from late January 2009.

Study Day:
Saturday 16th May 2009

This event, organised in association with the Ivor Gurney Society, will be held in Gloucester. It will include talks by Richard Emeny and Richard Carder, as well as a recital of English Song by the soprano April Frederick.

Full details will be available on this web-page from late January 2009.

Autumn Walk:
Sunday 27th September 2009

This walk will take place in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, and will celebrate In Pursuit of Spring. Full details will be available on this web-page from late January 2009.