Newsletters

June 2026 Newsletter This provides details of future events including the AGM on Wednesday 1 July, after which Dr Paolo D’Indinosante, University of Rome, will speak on ‘Kipling in/and Italy: Representations, Readings, Rewrites’. This meeting will be held at the Army & Navy Club, London, and by Zoom. Also the next members’ reading evening on Wednesday 10 June at 8.00pm (by Zoom), and a final opportunity to sign up for the Haileybury visit on Saturday 11 July.

Read about a newly-discovered amusing Kipling family alphabet poem, our 2027 centenary programme, the writing and reception of ‘The White Seal’, Percy Grainger’s settings, Edmonia Hill’s grave and even the holy grail!

Newsletters are sent by e-mail to members four weeks before each Society meeting, with details of that meeting and other events, reports on past events, and articles on subjects large and small. Past newsletters are available below, each with an item of particular interest highlighted.

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