Events

A talk with Richard Holmes Keats House: London, England Thursday 15 October  •  6:30 PM – 8 PM Overview Join Richard Holmes for a journey through Tennyson’s first forty years. Perhaps you still remember the thundering rhythms of the ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’, written in 1854. Tennyson had become Poet Laureate, published his long… Read More »Events

A song cycle sung in the ancient Celtic language of Cornish based on Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem, The Lady of Shalott, is going to have its London premiere at The Cockpit in Marylebone as part of the Tête à Tête Opera Festival this September. Arlodhes a Shalott, composed by Matthew Thomason and featuring a translation… Read More »Events

 THE TENNYSON SOCIETY                 Patron: Lord Tennyson President: Professor David Stocker THE ANNUAL TENNYSON MEMORIAL SERVICE will take place on SUNDAY 2nd AUGUST 2026 at 3.00 pm at ST MARGARET’S CHURCH, SOMERSBY Service led by Revd Dr Peter Green, Dean of Chapel, Bishop University, Lincoln Address by Professor Heather Hughes ‘Tennyson and the Motor Car’ Followed… Read More »Events

The new series of Tennyson Talks via Zoom will commence on 1 October 2026. We will have six new enlightening talks. If you are interested in attending any of these, please email Val Purton.

TENNYSON 2026: ECOLOGY, LANDSCAPE, ENVIRONMENT 14th – 17th July 2026 at Lincoln Bishop University, UK Tuesday 14th July 2026 Delegates’ arrival & registration 11:00 -12:00 noon:  Publications Board 15:00 – 16:00  Tennyson Society AGM 18:00: Supper on campus 19:15: Keynote Speaker 1 (Professor Erik Gray) – chaired by Professor Linda Hughes Lecture Theatre, Hardy Building… Read More »Events

The 2025 annual wreath-laying ceremony held at Westminster Abbey was a success. The Tennyson Society would like to thank Marion Sherwood, who has organised this event for many years.

12 July 2025

Saturday 21st June at 3pm (after the AGM at 2pm) in the Robert Hardy Building, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln. Professor Caroline Arscott of the Courtauld Institute will be speaking on ‘Illustrations of Idylls of the King: Edward Burne-Jones and “Merlin and Vivien”‘.  All welcome. This lecture will also be live-streamed. Please contact vpurton@hotmail.co.uk for Zoom… Read More »Events

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ‘Tennyson 2026: Environment, Ecology, Landscape’ At Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln Tuesday 14 July to Friday 17th July 2026  Keynote Speakers: Dinah Birch, Clare Pettitt, Lindsay Wells

On 12 October 2024, The Tennyson Society had a successful wreath-laying ceremony for the anniversary of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s death. Many thanks to all who attended.

Friday 16th May until Monday 19th May 2025 Dear Tennyson Society Member, ‘The Tennysons in Lincolnshire’ Next year’s annual Tennyson Weekend is to be from Friday 16th May until Monday 19th May 2025. The venue is the Lincoln Hotel, Eastgate, Lincoln, LN2 1PN. Telephone: 01522 520348. The website is: www.thelincolnhotel.com and email is: conference@thelincolnhotel.com Cost… Read More »Events

Dear Tennyson Society Member I am pleased to confirm that the Tennyson Society’s annual wreath laying ceremony will take place at Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, on Saturday 12 October 2024 at 12 noon. Following the recent sad death of the Society’s President, Lord Cormack, the proposed visit to the House of Lords to commemorate the… Read More »Events

For those who could not attend Lord Cormack’s funeral service in Lincoln Cathedral in March, there will be the opportunity to pay your respects to the Tennyson Society’s President at his Memorial Service in London on: Monday 18 November 2024, 12 noon, at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster For more information, see here

The play will take place 18 May 2024