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The Bard of Eastwood

By Linda Tancs

It’s an auspicious year in Eastwood, England, the hometown of writer D.H. Lawrence.  Not only are they celebrating the centenary of the author’s semi-autobiographical novel Sons and Lovers, but 2013 also marks the 10th anniversary of the annual D.H. Lawrence Festival.  In conjunction with the D.H. Lawrence Heritage Centre, the events on tap through 21 September include a series of lectures, exhibitions and guided walks, like the Blue Line Trail.  The one-hour walk takes in sights like the library where a young D.H. would read, the chapel where his family worshipped and the pub renamed the Moon and Stars in his breakthrough novel.  Join the D.H. Lawrence Society today for their special birthday lecture on Lawrence as a philosophical novelist.