Joomla! site syndication http://forstercountry.org.uk 2010-09-06T13:15:25+01:00 http://forstercountry.org.uk http://forstercountry.org.uk/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-08-12T20:11:54+01:00 http://forstercountry.org.uk http://forstercountry.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=33 Events have been organized by the Friends of the Forster Country and Stevenage Borough Council to celebrate the centenary of the publication of Howards End.Saturday 16th October Day-school entitled E M Forster and Cambridge to take place from 10am in Daneshill House, Stevenage. Adrian Barlow, a distinguished scholar and Forster enthusiast, will trace the development of Forster’s thought and work as novelist, essayist and broadcaster with a focus on Howards End and The Longest Journey. Dr Barlow will address the following questions, among others: What is the secret of the enduring popularity of Forster’s work? How significant was Cambridge in shaping Forster’s literary and liberal imagination? Cost of attending is £45 and booking needs to be made through the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ. Telephone 01223 746223 / 01223 746212 www.ice.cam.ac.uk (http://www.ice.cam.ac.uksunday/)Sunday 17th Guided walk following a route E M Forster took as a boy. Meet at the War Memorial on Bowling Green, Old Stevenage at 11am.Monday 18th A showing of the film Howards End at 7.45pm in the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, to be introduced by Barry Norman. Tickets available from the Box Office. Telephone 01438 363200Tuesday 19th Stevenage Museum Lunch and Listen series lunchtime talk 12.30-1.30 Margaret Ashby - Connecting with Howards End. text/html 2010-08-15T20:57:11+01:00 http://forstercountry.org.uk http://forstercountry.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=131 Nicely timed to highlight our centenary celebrations, the magazine Hertforshire Life had an article on E. M. Forster. It started -- I was brought up as a boy in a district which I still think the loveliest in England…hedges full of clematis, primroses, bluebells, dog roses and nuts.’These were E M Forster’s nostalgic sentiments in 1946, broadcast on radio when participating in the first campaign to save the countryside around his old childhood home from development. To read the full article, visit http://hertfordshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/e-m-forster-a-tranquil-hertfordshire-life-23978/ (http://hertfordshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/e-m-forster-a-tranquil-hertfordshire-life-23978/)