Maurice with Diarmuid Hester
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E. M. Forster in Cambridge. The cultural historian Diarmuid Hester joins Henry to explore the streets and colleges of Cambridge before escaping to the greenwood to discuss Maurice by E. M. Forster, his novel of same-sex love that remained unpublished throughout his lifetime. Diarmuid and Henry visit King’s College, where Forster lived both as an undergraduate and an honorary fellow and they visit Madingley Hall and Madingley Dell.   2021 was the 50th anniversary of the first, posthumous publication of Maurice in 1971.   Maurice by E. M. Forster (Penguin Classics edition) https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60370/maurice-by-ed--steven-d-levitt-em-forster/9780141441139   Maurice by E. M. Forster, read by Ben Whishaw (Audible audiobook) https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Maurice-Audiobook/B08CVRKWYH https://apple.co/3LNOqEF   Diarmuid Hester https://www.diarmuidhester.com/   Nothing Ever Just Disappears by Diarmuid Hester https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/445054/nothing-ever-just-disappears-by-hester-diarmuid/9780241528457 https://apple.co/3RgFU20   King’s College Archive https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/archive-centre/e-m-forster-and-king-s   Madingley Hall https://www.madingleyhall.co.uk/   Adrian Barlow’s article about Madingley Dell http://adrianbarlowsblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-threat-to-madingley-dell.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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