“I went by the Druid stone / That broods in the garden white and lone,” begins the poem “The Shadow on the Stone” by renowned British author Thomas Hardy (published 1917). The author of classics like ...

Thomas Hardy and his beloved English countryside. | Frederick Hollyer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images (Hardy); James Osmond/The Image Bank via Getty Images (scenery); Justin Dodd (illustration) Hardy was ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's poems, which he prized far above the novels which made him famous and rich, and his ambition to be ranked alongside Shelley and Byron.

The largest collection of objects ever displayed belonging to the novelist Thomas Hardy have gone on show. Dorset Museum, Poole Museum, the Salisbury Museum, and Wiltshire Museum are each exploring a ...

Thomas Hardy was inspired by places throughout his native Dorset With the release of the latest film adaptation of Far from the Madding Crowd, the locations that inspired its famous writer will once ...

The Thomas Hardy Journal is published each autumn. Over the past three decades, it has become an important force in international Hardy scholarship. While it continues to update members on Society ...

Thomas Hardy’s second wife felt their marriage was a “genuine love match”, letters reveal. Florence Dugdale, a children’s author and teacher who was 39 years his junior, described him as “one of the ...

Newly discovered letters show how Thomas Hardy's second wife, Florence, 38 years his junior, was overjoyed at her marriage despite continued ridicule from the press about the age difference. At the ...

Plans to build thousands of homes to meet government targets will 'wipe out' Thomas Hardy's Wessex landscape and turn it into a 'concrete jungle', campaigners have said. Developers have unveiled ...

With the release of the latest film adaptation of Far from the Madding Crowd, the locations that inspired its famous writer will once again be seen on the big screen. Carey Mulligan, Matthias ...