The Laurence Sterne Trust
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The Laurence Sterne Trust at Shandy Hall - charity, museum, gallery and gardens. Former home of Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) vicar of Coxwold & author of Tristram Shandy. Shandy Hall, Coxwold, York www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk
Laurence Sterne's letters to Eliza Draper, who died on this day 3rd August 1778 #OTD #OnThisDay #ElizaDraper #LaurenceSterne
Jim Wald@citizenwald.bsky.social · 5mo ago18 March 1768: death of Laurence Sterne in London, age 54 letters to the object of his literary-romantic devotion, Eliza Draper (2nd ed. 1775). Modern readers find in #Sterne what he saw in Eliza: “a mind so congenial with his own, so enlightened, so refined, and so tender"
Sarah, our intern from UPenn this summer, is writing some lovely posts on the Shandy Hall moth blog. See the latest one here, inspired by the mezzotints of Sarah Gillespie www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/moth/sarah-g...
Sarah Gillespie's Mezzotint Moths - The Laurence Sterne Trust
Sarah Gillespie's mezzotint moths
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where would you least expect to see Laurence Sterne? Outside the gents in a bar in Aberystwyth would be high on my list
Latest Little Free Library literary pickups: Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game (1979) by William Kennedy The Emigrants (1996) by W.G. Sebald The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy, Gentleman (1767) by Laurence Sterne You Can’t Go Home Again (1940) by Thomas Wolfe
The introduction to Laurence Sterne and his Readers in Early Soviet Russia: The Secret Order of Shandeans (OUP, 2026) is free to read until 19 August. If you’re interested in book history or Soviet culture, I hope you’ll take a look. Please share with anyone who might enjoy it! + Photos of readers!
Unveiling my new #bookhistory tat ahead of speaking at the #sharpies tomorrow. #BH4ever @sharpweb.org
Shandy Hall: The Laurence Sterne Trust have had 12 donations in the last 30 days, thanks to supporters using #easyfundraising when making online purchases. Please help,every donation counts. On your first donation easyfundraising will give them a bonus £2: join.easyfundraising.org.uk/shandyhallth...
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A Cock and Bull Story, (Michael Winterbottom's film of an attempt at filming Tristram Shandy) showing on BBC 3 this Wed 1st July 2026 9pm
A green thought in a green shade - Shandy Hall gardens. A good time to visit just before #summersolstice. www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/gardens/ #woodland #forestbathing #trees #plants #birdsong #wildlife
Choose 30 books that you’ve read that have been adapted for film and/or television. #Booksky #BookChallenge 20/30 📚💙 📚🖋
National Garden Scheme opening 6.30 - 8pm tonight! Friday 12th June 2026 6.30-8pm #Plants for sale. #opengardens Shandy Hall, Coxwold
One blot on Laurence Sterne's biography: he had a hand in enclosing common land at Sutton. This beautifully re- purposed #18thC #protest song might stir us to make amends. #Enclosure #wildlife #folksong
Serena Ralston@serenaralston.bsky.social · 2mo agoWatch this about how #BristolAirport’s proposed further expansion will harm the ancient Felton Common, and how you can help protect it for people, wildlife and future generations youtu.be/cW0U-A76nEM?... @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
A one-day class with visiting artist Jeff Rathermel before BABE. Discover the meditative art of suminagashi (floating ink) in this hands-on workshop. Learn how to create beautiful marbled patterns on water and transfer them onto paper using simple, accessible techniques. cfpr.uwe.ac.uk/courses/cpd/
As Kabe Wilson prepares to unveil his Honourmastic portrait of #LaurenceSterne in Cambridge tomorrow panoramajournal.org/event/global... we see him here preparing his #exhibition at Shandy Hall - on now! laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/
Zack is right, this list feels suspiciously like "100 good novels you were probably assigned if you took any Lit classes" instead of the actual *best*, BUT, if it gets more people to read my boy Tristram Shandy then it's served it purpose. I was not expecting to see it here, much less so high up
The 100 best novels of all time
The top 100 novels of all time published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?
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Zack Handlen@zhandlen.bsky.social · 3mo agoI’ve read 40 of these. It’s a perfectly fine list, albeit one without quite enough weirdness to be interesting.
This 👇 is the ‼️ ONLY 😤 slop book summary 📖 I recognize 🙅♀️ (found in a 1940 copy of tristram shandy)
Still only May, and already our roses are doing this. We have over 100 #roses at Shandy Hall. www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/gardens/ This is one I planted : Olivia Rose Austin, from David Austin Roses.
Now's a good time to visit the Wild Garden at Shandy Hall laurencesternetrust.org.uk/what-is-shan... Sunshine, shade, flowers, birdsong. Plants & books for sale, house tours today and Monday #gardens #wildlife @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk
New Shandy Shop sign. Printed by Inc-Dot, frame by York Rose Framing, frame painted by Chris. Thanks to all, please support #ShandyHall and come to buy #plants, #books and more.
The print quality of images is very good, which is a huge relief.
Until May 22 the introduction to my book on Sterne and his Soviet readers is available open-access on Oxford Academic!
"When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion, or, in other words, when his hobby-horse grows headstrong, farewell cool reason and fair discretion!" – Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman #books #literature @academic.oup.com
793 The Secret Order of Shandeans: Laurence Sterne in Early Sovi…
The 1920s were a tumultuous time for Russia, as the nation careened from the aftermath of revolution to the death of Lenin, the establishment of the Soviet Union, a…
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Really looking forward to this celebration of Judith Hawley: wickedly erudite and witty scholar of the #18thcentury. @royalholloway.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...
A Celebration of the Career and Scholarship of Judith Hawley
Satirists, Bluestockings, and Gin: A Celebration of the Career and Scholarship of Judith Hawley
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A little late for the book launch, but the copies of my book have finally arrived. 10 years in the making (with all sorts of digressions along the way)!
