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Sorry to jump on here Patrick, but this is out, with the article about your research into Hugh Walpole's bout with Wee Willie Davis!
DM us, or 'chat', with an address, & we'll send you a free copy.
Thanks again - great research!
DM us, or 'chat', with an address, & we'll send you a free copy.
Thanks again - great research!
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Sorry to jump on here Patrick, but this is out, with the article about your research into Hugh Walpole's bout with Wee Willie Davis!
DM us, or 'chat', with an address, & we'll send you a free copy.
Thanks again - great research!
DM us, or 'chat', with an address, & we'll send you a free copy.
Thanks again - great research!
The latest issue of 'The Hugh Walpole Review', Vol. 6, Number 2, Autumn 2025.
October 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The latest issue of 'The Hugh Walpole Review', Vol. 6, Number 2, Autumn 2025.
Coming soon
'Gifts for My Friends and Other Stories'
from those nice people at The Hugh Walpole Society
& Grayswood Press.
'Gifts for My Friends and Other Stories'
from those nice people at The Hugh Walpole Society
& Grayswood Press.
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Coming soon
'Gifts for My Friends and Other Stories'
from those nice people at The Hugh Walpole Society
& Grayswood Press.
'Gifts for My Friends and Other Stories'
from those nice people at The Hugh Walpole Society
& Grayswood Press.
Here.
October 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Here.
The significance to Hugh Walpole of the places mentioned above is best elucidated in the article, ‘Hugh Walpole at Durham School’, in the Spring 2025 issue of the Hugh Walpole Review.
May 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The significance to Hugh Walpole of the places mentioned above is best elucidated in the article, ‘Hugh Walpole at Durham School’, in the Spring 2025 issue of the Hugh Walpole Review.
The original manuscript for Hugh Walpole’s 1936 novel ‘A Prayer for My Son’ has been unearthed in Australia, where it was part of a private collection.
Here are some pictures of the limited signed edition of the novel, as published by Macmillan
Here are some pictures of the limited signed edition of the novel, as published by Macmillan
April 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The original manuscript for Hugh Walpole’s 1936 novel ‘A Prayer for My Son’ has been unearthed in Australia, where it was part of a private collection.
Here are some pictures of the limited signed edition of the novel, as published by Macmillan
Here are some pictures of the limited signed edition of the novel, as published by Macmillan
Out now, the latest issue of The Hugh Walpole Review.
90 pages of essays and articles on the author, his life and works, plus anecdotes and letters as part of the regular 'Walpoliana' section.
90 pages of essays and articles on the author, his life and works, plus anecdotes and letters as part of the regular 'Walpoliana' section.
March 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Out now, the latest issue of The Hugh Walpole Review.
90 pages of essays and articles on the author, his life and works, plus anecdotes and letters as part of the regular 'Walpoliana' section.
90 pages of essays and articles on the author, his life and works, plus anecdotes and letters as part of the regular 'Walpoliana' section.
In 1941, in the midst of a #WorldWar, & prior to his own premature death, Hugh Walpole foresaw a Socialist future: an end to vast personal fortunes; a redistribution of wealth; equal access to a public school standard of education; equal access to the arts; & a return to Christian values.
December 31, 2024 at 9:24 PM
In 1941, in the midst of a #WorldWar, & prior to his own premature death, Hugh Walpole foresaw a Socialist future: an end to vast personal fortunes; a redistribution of wealth; equal access to a public school standard of education; equal access to the arts; & a return to Christian values.
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Joining the Hugh Walpole Society brings two packed review journals a year, with articles covering Walpole’s life and works, his literary milieu, and some forays into the #Gothic
Not only that, In 2025 there are trips to #EpsomCollege in March, & #DurhamSchool in May.
hughwalpole.org
Joining the Hugh Walpole Society brings two packed review journals a year, with articles covering Walpole’s life and works, his literary milieu, and some forays into the #Gothic
Not only that, In 2025 there are trips to #EpsomCollege in March, & #DurhamSchool in May.
hughwalpole.org
December 19, 2024 at 10:45 AM
SIGN UP NOW!
Joining the Hugh Walpole Society brings two packed review journals a year, with articles covering Walpole’s life and works, his literary milieu, and some forays into the #Gothic
Not only that, In 2025 there are trips to #EpsomCollege in March, & #DurhamSchool in May.
hughwalpole.org
Joining the Hugh Walpole Society brings two packed review journals a year, with articles covering Walpole’s life and works, his literary milieu, and some forays into the #Gothic
Not only that, In 2025 there are trips to #EpsomCollege in March, & #DurhamSchool in May.
hughwalpole.org
Writers Frank Swinnerton and Charles Morgan both deplored Hugh Walpole’s literary excursions into the uncanny, complaining of his 'wild excursions into the macabre'.
And yet, it as a writer of stories which chime with an expanded #Gothic aesthetic, that Hugh Walpole has appeared again in print.
And yet, it as a writer of stories which chime with an expanded #Gothic aesthetic, that Hugh Walpole has appeared again in print.
December 16, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Writers Frank Swinnerton and Charles Morgan both deplored Hugh Walpole’s literary excursions into the uncanny, complaining of his 'wild excursions into the macabre'.
And yet, it as a writer of stories which chime with an expanded #Gothic aesthetic, that Hugh Walpole has appeared again in print.
And yet, it as a writer of stories which chime with an expanded #Gothic aesthetic, that Hugh Walpole has appeared again in print.
Some of the books written about Hugh Walpole.
December 16, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Some of the books written about Hugh Walpole.
Rex Whistler's illustrations for the dust-jacket and title-page of Hugh Walpole's 'Four Fantastic Tales' (1932).
December 16, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Rex Whistler's illustrations for the dust-jacket and title-page of Hugh Walpole's 'Four Fantastic Tales' (1932).
In 2023 the Hugh Walpole Society published 'Red Amber and Other Stories', a volume of Hugh Walpole's uncollected short stories.
December 16, 2024 at 9:48 PM
In 2023 the Hugh Walpole Society published 'Red Amber and Other Stories', a volume of Hugh Walpole's uncollected short stories.