University of Durham, 12-14 September 2008
The Ford Society enjoyed a productive, varied and fascinating conference in Durham. Thanks are due to Jason Harding for organising this event, and to the English Department and the University too for their support. The Annual Ford Madox Ford Lecture was given by Philip Horne, on Henry James, Ford and the English Review. The Keynote Lecture, by Martin Stannard, dealt with the subject of editing Ford. Other papers offered new insights on Ford’s editorial relationships, the English Review and modernism, and Ford’s biography and editing. Poetry readings and an excellent conference dinner provided entertainment in the evenings, and our location, almost next to the cathedral itself, was an added bonus. Jason is going to provide a more detailed write-up of the event once he has caught up with the deadlines the conference took him away from, but I should like to re-iterate my thanks to him here, and to all those who took part and contributed to the success of the event.
Sara Haslam