Hampshire Days, and Other Adventures – The W.H. Hudson Story
18 March 2024
7pm - 9pm to Time
A life-size oil painting of a grey-whiskered Victorian gentleman clutching field glasses hangs above the fireplace in the main meeting room at RSPB headquarters at Sandy. His name is W.H. Hudson (1841-1922), a one-time celebrated author and naturalist. The painting is based on a photograph taken in the New Forest, which was one of Hudson’s favourite haunts, described vividly in his 1903 book Hampshire Days. Hudson wrote the book at River Cottage, on the River Itchen, the keys to which were given him by Sir Edward Grey, who was soon to become Foreign Secretary. Grey was one of the many prominent figures of the era who loved Hudson’s writing, and the man himself.