Join us to share and enjoy the writings of Rudyard Kipling

Enjoy the Librarian’s Verse of the Week here. Relive past gems on the society’s Facebook page.

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Bateman’s & Burwash day-out 2024
“The Finest Story in the World”: A Clerk’s Tale. A talk given by Prof. Jan Montefiore to the Kipling Society on 27 November 2024

Do you recognise these lines?

‘All right. You two play it again,’ said Beetle, who, in a gray skirt and a wig of chestnut sausage-curls, set slantwise above a pair of spectacles mended with an old boot-lace, represented the Widow Twankey. He waved one leg in time to the hammered refrain, and the banjos grew louder.


Source of the quote & more of them

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Here is what is happening in the society over the next 12 months… Mike Kipling (Secretary)

DECEMBER Thu 12thZoom Poetry Readings: hosted by Professor Jan Montefiore 8pm
JANUARY Wed 1stKipling Journal KJ400 published
JANUARYNewsletter
FEBRUARY Wed 5thMeeting + Zoom: Andy Williamson – “Kipling and Brown’s Hotel”
MARCH 1stPoetry Competition “The Sea” opens
MARCHNewsletter
APRIL Wed 23rdMeeting on Zoom only: TBA
MAY Thu 1stKipling Journal KJ401 published. Poetry Competition closes.
MAY 16th – 18thALS AGM Weekend – Hosted by the Kipling Society in Brighton
JUNENewsletter
JULYMeeting: AGM + Talk: 4.30 for 5pm
AUGUSTNewsletter
SEPTEMBER Mon 1stKipling Journal KJ402 published
SEPTEMBERMeeting on Zoom only: TBA
OCTOBERNewsletter
NOVEMBER
Meetings: The Army & Navy Club, London, 5.30 for 6pm (Zoom 6pm)

Join the society and entertain us with your Kipling readings and songs. Here a long-time member and ex-Chairman shares a reading. More…

If you happen to be anywhere near Washington D.C. in December WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA proudly present JUNGLE BOOK

Thanks to Shelley Friedman & Virginia Phillips


The Kipling Journal has been the magazine of the society since its foundation in 1927. It is currently published three times a year under the editorship of Professor Jan Montefiore. It is available to all members online and sent by post to members who have chosen that option as well.

The Kipling Society is a charity whose object is the advancement of public education by the promotion of the study and appreciation of the life and works of Rudyard Kipling.

The Journal is open to submissions, of any length between 500 and 5000 words, from students, scholars, professional academics, and Kipling enthusiasts. All articles are peer reviewed. Copyright of material published in the Kipling Journal remains with the author.