Attendees can join a group dinner afterwards at 6.15pm. On Sunday, June 1, the celebrations continue with a 10am birthday service at St Michael’s Church, Stinsford, followed by wreath-laying and ...

In “Hardy Women,” biographer Paula Byrne explores how women — many of them — influenced the author of “Jude the Obscure” and “Tess of the d’Urbervilles.” ...

She said: 'Thomas Hardy told us that he used to walk past our mother each day when she was milking. ... 54 years later I still get paid for it, despite retiring from acting immediately afterwards; ...