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Romney Society Diary of Lectures & Visits

Hayley 2020 : a Fitzwilliam Museum conference

Alex Kidson is contributing a fascinating talk about the friendship between Romney and Hayley, in which he explores a number of the works which arose from their relationship. If you’d like to know more, please email conference organiser, Dr Lisa Gee: lg579@cam.ac.uk.

Running online on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th November 2020, and convened to mark the bicentenary of his death, Hayley2020 is the first ever conference dedicated to writer, scholar and amateur doctor William Hayley (1745-1820).

Hugely influential in his time, Hayley is now mostly remembered for persuading William Blake to move to the Sussex coast, commissioning illustrations and prints from him and driving him to distraction. But there is much more to the man who wrote (in verse) a runaway bestseller advising young women on how to attract and keep a husband, refused the poet laureateship for political reasons, and was the first person to publish an English translation of a long extract from Dante’s Inferno.
All are welcome.

Book now at tickets.museums.cam.ac.uk/hayley2020. There’s no charge, but donations to the Fitzwilliam Museum are welcome.
More information at hayley.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/conference
Pre-recorded material will be available on a password-protected site to view from Thursday 5 November.

Rachel Sinfield
Head of Communications and Engagement The Fitzwilliam Museum
Email rcs26@cam.ac.uk Mobile 07778593836
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

The Lecture Series: 2020
Usually 11.00 for 11.30 at the Crooklands hotel, Nr Kendal but all currently cancelled due to Corona Virus restrictions.
please enter in your diaries... £9 on the door if not pre booked.

Notice of 2020 AGM postponement

Postponement of lecture 3rd April 2020
Please note that due to the ongoing problems surrounding the coronavirus outbreak, the AGM and lecture planned for 3rd April at Crooklands Hotel, Kendal have been postponed.
It is hoped to announce new dates in due course. Members who have paid in advance for the final lecture will receive a one lecture credit against the 20/21 programme or, on request, a cash refund.

Peter Fisher
Hon. Secretary 13th March 2020

April 3rd 2020
AGM starting at 11.00AM followed by a talk at 11.30AM given by Adam Busiakiewicz on the artistic interests of the 2nd Earl of Warwick esspecially in connection with John Westbrooke Chandler.
The remaining lectures planned for 2020 onwards will be submitted at a later date.