Study Day, London:

‘Charles Lutwidge Dodgson:
a man of many talents.’

Saturday 17 January 2026: 11am to 4pm.

Civil Service Club, Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HJ

We won’t be visiting Westminster Abbey on this day but we will be having a study day devoted to Charles Dodgson.

The illustrated talks are:

• Mark Davies on Charles Dodgson’s Pre-Raphaelite associates and photography, in London, Oxford, and elsewhere.
• ‘On Being a Great-Great Niece of Lewis Carroll’: Caroline Luke in conversation with Brian Sibley.
• Judith van den Berg on Dodgson’s amusing and perceptive observations during his trip to Russia in 1867, and what we see there now.

The first talk will commence at 11.30, and there will be plenty of time to talk to the speakers and to other LCS members throughout the day.

Tickets (including lunch and refreshments) £20 (or £35 for non-members, including one year’s digital membership).  This is an in-person meeting.  You can not join online (but we will try to record the talks).

You can book here:

https://www.trybooking.com/uk/FTNM

For any questions – and to let us know of any food allergies or particular needs – please contact Steve at secretary@lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk

Lewis Carroll and Stammering

Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT

On the 5th of September (7-9 pm) at the Art Workers’ Guild, two speakers will inform those attending about the debilitating effects of stammering, and how it affected Lewis Carroll’s life.

The talks will begin with Vivien Grant-Jones, Speech and Language Therapist from the City Literary Institute in Holborn. Vivien will define what stammering is, its causation, and current methods used in treatment – with special reference to the psychological aspects of the disorder.

This will be followed by retired Speech and Language Therapist and Lewis Carroll Society Committee Member, Sarah Stanfield who will outline how stammering impacted the Dodgsons, what Victorian treatments were available and how his stammering impacted Lewis Carroll’s personal and professional life.

Bodleian Weston Library,
Broad Street, Oxford

10.45 Looking for Alice;
11.30 The Lindseth Lewis Carroll Collection at Christ Church;
12.15 Alice & the Gramophone Discovery.

4.15 pm at The Independent Café, 85-87 St Aldate’s: an informal tea-time social. What is the use of Alice’s Day without pastries & conversations?

PLUS:

Sunday 6 July: 11am & 2pm: Alice in Waterland walks

https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/about-us/alices-day-1

Learn more about this exciting news – Christ Church website article

‘Looking for Alice’ ox sculpture

As reported in Bandersnatch 196, the Society’s ‘Looking for Alice’ ox scuplture will be unveiled in Oxford’s Westgate Shopping Centre on Monday 27 January. The ceremony will commence at 11am, and everyone is welcome. More details will be emailed to members in early January.

THE LEWIS CARROLL SOCIETY

55th Annual General Meeting 2024
to be held online via Zoom on

Friday 15 November at 6.30 pm

Members are invited to attend the Society’s virtual AGM 2024 to receive the annual reports for the past year and to elect Officers and Committee Members for the year ahead.
Please Note: As only paid-up members can vote at the meeting it is essential for members to register to attend and (this is important) to receive the necessary Zoom link for the event. Do this by emailing the Secretary, in advance, at
secretary@lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk
Anyone wishing to stand for election to the Committee, including the posts of Chair,
Secretary and Treasurer, are also invited to contact the Secretary (on the same address) to
express an interest before the meeting. It has been an exciting and productive year but, going
forward, new ideas and energy are needed to sustain the momentum. So, if you think you
have something to offer, please let us know.

And, following the AGM business (circa 7.00 pm), we will be embarking on a…

A QUEST for the JABBERWOCK

Brian Sibley leads an expedition in search of the frabjous story of how a Stanza of so-called Anglo-Saxon Poetry, a Monster from the Tulgey Wood and a Beamish Boy with a Vorpal Blade helped ‘Jabberwocky’ become Lewis Carroll’s most celebrated poem. There will be ‘pictures and conversations’; but BEWARE! there may also be some whiffling and burbling!

Non-members wishing to attend should register in advance to receive the Zoom link (secretary@lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk)

ALICE’S DAY Oxford on Saturday 6 July 2024

FABULOUS MONSTERS & CURIOUS CREATURES

10.45am The Oxford Dodo – real and imagined Mark Carnall, Manager, Life
Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, examines the evidence
11.30am Alice’s Adventures under Water Lenny de Rooy, author and Alice
expert, reveals the sources of inspiration for her humorous book of the same title
12.15pm Quest for The Jabberwock Brian Sibley, LCS Chair and writer, explains
how an Anglo-Saxon Stanza grew and became Carroll’s most celebrated poem
Lecture Theatre, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG
(01865-277094; www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/weston) Admission is free

Sunday 7 July 2024
11am Alice’s Pictures, Parks & Pleasure Walk visit artsfestivaloxford.org/events/
2pm Walk to the Treacle Well at Binsey booking at http://oxfordwaterwalks.co.uk

THE LEWIS CARROLL SOCIETY
54th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Friday 24 November 2023 5pm (GMT) on Zoom only

Please register for the AGM ( secretary@lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk )