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The Walpole Chronicles
A Hugh Walpole Literary Christmas
Upon the evening of Christmas Eve, when the earth was snow-lit, and the street-lamps sparkled with crystals, and the rime on the doorsteps crackled beneath…
‘The Tarn’ – A Creepy Tale From Hugh Walpole For Halloween
Since it’s nearly Halloween what better time to celebrate the darker side of Hugh Walpole’s writing. Reading some of the many macabre books and short…
Hugh Walpole Stories Brought To Life On Stage
Whilst Hugh Walpole was a prolific novelist, he also wrote a number of theatrical plays, playwrights adapted his novels for the stage and he played…
Hugh Is A Guest At The Society Of Old Friends
The Society of Old Friends is a society formed at the turn of the 20th Century comprising of a small group of booksellers and publishers…
Hugh’s Visit To The Chartres Cathedral
At the beginning of April 1912 Hugh spent a fortnight with Percy Anderson in the South of France, then drove over to Cannes to visit…
The Discovery Of Hugh Walpole’s Rabbits
On my visit to the Lake District in 2019, one morning I visited the museum in Keswick, where on display was one of Hugh Walpole’s…
Hugh Walpole And The Piccadilly Circus
Whilst Hugh Walpole is best known for his championing of the Cumbrian countryside through the Herries Chronicles series, his time as a writer also saw…
My Introduction To Hugh Walpole
I first discovered the work of Hugh Walpole in an Oxfam charity shop in Temple Fortune, North London back in November 2011. I distinctly remember…
A Little Piece Of Heaven On Catbells…
In 1926 Hugh Walpole made the Lake District his home, finding his ‘Cottage and a Cow’ in Brackenburn, Manesty Park, Keswick. He described his home as “a little piece of heaven on Catbells”…