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During WW1, TSE and his father played correspondence chess — a game played by post, with usually just 1-3 moves sent per letter, which in this case had to cross the Atlantic between St Louis and London.
This is the pocket chess set used by Henry during the long-distance matches.
‘Littler’s Murder in the Cathedral takes an already beautiful text and then knocks it out of the park...’ — Theatre Weekly ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘David Suchet is spellbinding’ — The Standard ⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Murder in the Cathedral’ transfers to @TheatreRBath, 10–21 November.
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Murder in the Cathedral: David Suchet is spellbinding - Evening Standard - goo.gl/alerts/bQaNJx #GoogleAlerts
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"Murder in the Cathedral is beautiful. (T.S. Eliot writes good verse, who knew?) It’s wonderfully lyrical and the imagery is evocative..."
Murder in the Cathedral at St John the Divine Church via @@theatre_weekly theatreweekly.com/review-mur…
Autumn lines from Burnt Norton.
'Moving without pressure, over the dead leaves,
In the autumn heat, through the vibrant air'
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'The typewriter makes for lucidity, but I am not sure that it encourages subtlety.'
TSE to his Harvard friend, Conrad Aiken, 1916.
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“Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning”
'Little Gidding' by T.S. Eliot first published on this day 15 October 1942, in the New English Weekly.
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Marianne Moore’s mother, Mary Warner Moore, had passed away a year prior to this grief-stricken letter. For nearly 60 years, Moore and her mother had lived in an incredibly close, sheltered intimacy.
#mariannemoore #elizabethbishop #poetry #julietstevenson
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We are thrilled to announce that #NinaHoss will be reading Louise Glück for @deadpoets_live @WiltonMusicHall on 28 November.
Nina is a renowned German actress best known for her performance in Todd Field's feature film TÁR, playing opposite Cate Blanchett.
#OnThisDay in 1922, Eliot’s literary journal, The Criterion, was born.
The first number featured contributions by Dostoevsky, May Sinclair and the editor himself, with ‘The Waste Land’.
Read this first number: bit.ly/4hOSm8A
#tseliot #thecriterion #thewasteland
A playful self portrait drawn by T. S. Eliot in a letter to his godson, Tom Faber.
The full letter describes Eliot’s journey to Montreal and Boston, his rooms at Eliot House, Harvard — and the abundance of ice cream.
#OTD
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'The first one is definitely much too horrible to be possible to print...'
📆 #OnThisDay in 1934
A letter from T. S. Eliot to Dylan Thomas who had submitted stories for publication in the Criterion.
#tseliot #dylanthomas #thelettersoftseliot #literaryarchives
'I may have expressed for them their own illusion of being disillusioned, but that did not form part of my intention.'
TSE on The Waste Land.
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We’re delighted to announce the T. S. Eliot Prize 2026 Shortlist!
Our judges have chosen ten exciting collections that present voices of ‘linguistic disruption, personal reflection’ and ‘humorous lyricism’. Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/
A cabinet card portrait of T. S. Eliot, aged about 3, holding Toby the dog, c.1891.
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'Does anything kill as petty worries do?'
TSE to Harvard friend and fellow poet Conrad Aiken #onthisday in 1914.
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'... Life is always turned toward creation; the present only, keeps the past alive.'
#tseliot #literature #creation #poetry
'The only wisdom we can hope to acquire
Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.'
Happy Birthday TSE🎈
Born in St Louis, Missouri on 26 September 1888
📷Valerie Eliot
#tseliot #birthdays #poets #bornonthisday
Published 100 years ago in the TLS, T. S. Eliot's essay 'Lancelot Andrewes' explored the intellectual rigour and prose mastery of the 17th-century Bishop of Winchester.
Read the essay: bit.ly/46j8R7I
#tseliot #lancelotandrewes #prose #onthisday
