The Laurence Sterne Trust

The Colonizers of Yorkshire - The Laurence Sterne Trust Each summer, the mothscape over Yorkshire shifts in subtle ways. Some of these changes are down to better luck or keener eyes, but others hint at something larger: the quiet, ongoing reshaping of our ...

Climate change and the mothscape: another informative blog from Shandy Hall's intern from @upenn.edu bit.ly/45bNBRy #moths #climatechange #nature @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @haggewoods.bsky.social‬ @gettoknownature.bsky.social‬ @nature.com

New prints have arrived at Glen Baxter's Shandy Hall exhibition. Ends 14th Sept - not to be missed! @yorkshirepost.bsky.social @yorkshiredays.bsky.social‬ @gazetteherald.bsky.social‬ @yorkpress.bsky.social‬ @newyorker.com‬ @cartoonart.bsky.social‬ @artukdotorg.bsky.social @openculture.bsky.social

The Laurence Sterne Conference 'Terraqueous Globe: Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne' from 5-7 Nov 2025 in the School of the Arts Library. Registration deadline 1/09/25, proposal deadline 15/08/25.

We are delighted to be co-hosting the Laurence Sterne Conference this year from 5th - 7th November 2025 at @sotauol.bsky.social🌍
Deadline for registration: 1st September
Deadline for proposals: 15th August
Find out more and how to register: bit.ly/SterneConference25
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Leaflet advertising Shandy Hall

Shandy Hall new flyer - do come and visit! www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk #ShandyHall #LaurenceSterne #TristramShandy

Glamour in the Dark: Two Newcomers Arrive at Shandy Hall - The Laurence Sterne Trust When I moved to Shandy Hall for my summer internship, I imagined something quiet, bookish, maybe a few dusky moths fluttering lazily around old lamps. What I didn’t expect was to be flung headfirst in...

Our new UPenn intern meets two new and glamorous visitors to Shandy Hall #gardens #moths #wildlife #insects @haggewoods.bsky.social‬ @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #ShandyHall www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/moth/glamour...

Glen Baxter signing books at Shandy Hall exhibition

Glen Baxter signing books at Shandy Hall exhibition of his original drawings and prints. Exhibition continues today and till 14 Sept in Shandy Hall opening hours

Glen Baxter has arrived! Meet him tomorrow, 1pm at Shandy Hall for the opening of 'Glen Baxter - Prints and Drawings' Signed books to buy too @yorkshiredays.bsky.social @yorkgin.bsky.social @theartnewspaper.bsky.social‬ @stephenclift.bsky.social @tonyfoth.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk‬

An Outbreak of Surrealism at Shandy Hall - The Laurence Sterne Trust Exhibition of prints and drawings by Glen Baxter at Shandy Hall

Glen Baxter exhibition opens July 5th 1pm Shandy Hall. All welcome. @northyorkmoors.org.uk‬ @yorkshiredays.bsky.social @gazetteherald.bsky.social‬ @yorkpress.bsky.social‬ @newyorker.com ‬ @visitingnorthyorks.bsky.social
@internationaltimes.bsky.social‬ www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/an-out...

Celebrating #JaneAusten250 - and the Glen Baxter exhibition starting July 5th at Shandy Hall! www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/an-out... #cartoons

How I wish I could get to Shandy Hall for this outbreak of surrealism!
Since it's Jane Austen's 250th birthday this year, let's not forget about this banger of Glenn Baxter's:

Opens July 5th 1pm Shandy Hall www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/an-out... @northyorkmoors.org.uk‬ @yorkshiredays.bsky.social‬ @gazetteherald.bsky.social‬ @yorkpress.bsky.social‬ @newyorker.com‬ @visitingnorthyorks.bsky.social@cartoonart.bsky.social‬ @internationaltimes.bsky.social‬ @bbc

Big new project on Sterne's marbled page: #books #marbling #laurencesterne #tristramshandy
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Six of the best Yorkshire villages Yorkshire has many picture-perfect villages, often steeped in history and a joy to visit: here are our writer’s top spots

#Coxwold (and #ShandyHall) feature in 'Six of the best' Yorkshire villages here. Shandy Hall is open for tours today at 11.30am and 2.30pm. Garden open till 4.30pm
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/six-o...

📚 Most read in The Shandean this week:
'The Life of Books in Tristram Shandy' by Judith Hawley
Read it online: bit.ly/Books-Shandean
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Thank you, it was a most beautiful summer evening :)

Shandy Hall open for tours this weekend@ £10 House and garden, Garden only, £4.

Shandy Hall barn garden June evening

Pink rose Shandy Hall gardens

Shandy Hall Gardens open in the evening this Friday 13th June 6.30 - 8pm for @ngsopengardens.bsky.social www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/nation...

An Outbreak of Surrealism at Shandy Hall - The Laurence Sterne Trust Exhibition of prints and drawings by Glen Baxter at Shandy Hall

'Police investigate an outbreak of surrealism at Shandy Hall' Glen Baxter exhibition from July 5th. All welcome at the opening at 1pm (With apologies - I cannot get this picture to display correctly. Please follow the link for more details)
www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/an-out...

National Gardens Scheme - evening opening Friday 16th May 6.30-8pm - The Laurence Sterne Trust National Gardens Scheme - evening opening Friday 16th May with moth release

Shandy Hall gardens welcomes visitors for the National Gardens Scheme this Friday evening. £5, children free @ngsopengardens.bsky.social #opengardens #moths www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/nation...

On Thurs 8th May Shandy Hall gardens are promoting Wildlife Gardening with @yorkswildlife.bsky.social. The total area covered by gardens in this country exceeds that of nature reserves. Even with a tiny plot it's easy to get started and apply for a YWT Award - we could achieve a lot!

Lime and Lilac Shandy Hall Gardens

We are awash with apple blossom and the lilac is about to burst - a great time to visit #ShandyHall #gardens and buy some lovely #plants, and #books in our big sale

Thank you. Do visit if you are ever up this way! www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/gardens/

Wildlife gardening award

Shandy Hall Gardens now have a Gold award for Wildlife gardening. We encourage everyone to apply for an award whatever the size of your garden. Gardens in the UK cover a greater area than that of all the nature reserves. Think what we could achieve! @yorkswildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #gardening

GLEN BAXTER exhibition opens Shandy Hall
5th July 2025 1 pm. Rare chance to meet #GlenBaxter, enjoy his unique #humour and buy his books and drawings. Save the date! @LBU_BA_graphics @cartoonnetwork #cartoons #ShandyHall #art #exhibitions #drawing

Shandy Hall reopens at 11am Thursday May 1st with a GRAND BOOK SALE. The Gallery and the Shandy Shop are filled with generous donations to raise funds. Includes books on art, literature, clocks, antiques, Folio Society volumes and many other subjects. www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/grand-...

A photo of the 1938 Penguin Illustrated Classics edition of A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne. The cover art is a wood engraving by Gwen Raverat.

"And having a frisky English spaniel on one side of my chair, and a French valet, with as much hilarity in his countenance as ever nature painted in one, on the other, I was satisfied to my heart's content with my empire."

No mood to write Penny Boxall looks to Tristram Shandy author Laurence Sterne for inspiration on dealing with writer's block.

Penny Boxall writes about the very beginnings of writing her debut novel while living and working at Shandy Hall. #ShandyHall #LaurenceSterne www.rlf.org.uk/posts/no-moo...

I'm very much enjoying the Lent book "A Sterne Lent" by @cswift1.bsky.social.
A quote from today:
"...in the scheme of the universe, we have but a few days. How we live sanely, faithfully and creatively with this truth is perhaps the greatest test of who we are." #CofEpeeps

A pioneering artist opens his sketchbook in Coxwold in 1717 and looks north towards Sutton Bank. gwallter.com/art/francis-...

The chancel of St. Michael’s Church, Coxwold, North Yorkshire…with its fantastically shaped communion rail, colourful reredos and stunning monuments - see below for photos of the monument visible here on the left, which is particularly impressive…