George Borrow Society

George Borrow Society Bulletin: Contents

George Borrow Bulletin nº 1 (Spring 1991)

  • Collie, Michael, The 1989 George Borrow Conference: Recollections of the Organizer.
  • Fenwick, Gillian, The Inspired Word: Desk-Top Publishing the Proceedings of the George Borrow Conference..
  • Howsam, Leslie, The 1990 Mundford Caucus Meeting.
  • Fraser, Angus, Books from Borrow’s Shelves, Part 1.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Horam, Coram, Dago — An Echo from Lavengro.
  • Allderidge, Patricia, Isopel Berner’s mother and the story of ‘Crazy Kate’ in Cowper’s The Task.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 2 (Autumn 1991)

  • Burleigh, Richard, The Norwich Conference.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, Exhibition on George Borrow to mark the creation of the George Borrow Society at Wensum Lodge, Norwich, on 6 July 1991
  • Fraser, Angus, Books from Borrow’s Shelves, Part 2.
  • Bean, Thomas, Knapp and a Botcher.
  • Fraser, Angus, A Grandson of John Borrow.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 3 (Spring 1992)

  • Pattinson, Gordon, ‘Croeso y Gymru. Random Jottings from Llangollen'.
  • Fraser, Angus, The Daneman’s Skull.
  • Godfrey, Howard, ‘Do you ever do anything in the way of striopachas?’
  • Ridler, Ann M., Editorial note on The Zincali with reference to sexual terminology in Borrow’s Gypsy vocabulary.
  • Fenwick, Gillian, George Borrow and Leslie Stephen: An Encounter.
  • Turner, Derrick, Why I like George Borrow.
  • Fraser, Angus, John Borrow’s Soldier Son.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, ‘Now, Jenny, lay down the towel, and pump for your life’. A bit of light relief.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 4 (Autumn 1992)

  • Allderidge, Patricia, A weekend in ‘Wild Wales’ (Meeting at Llangollen, July 1992).
  • Powell, J. Enoch, Address to the George Borrow Society, Llangollen Town Hall, 18 July 1992.
  • Powell, J. Enoch, George Borrow and W.H. Hudson.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Ruth Pitter on Borrow.
  • Fenwick, Gillian, An annotated checklist of references to Borrow in Virginia Woolf’s writings.
  • Hancock, Ian, (A)voiding ordure, a note
  • Fraser, Angus, Mary Borrow’s First Husband, Part 1.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 5 (Spring 1993)

  • Howsam, Leslie, The Toronto Colloquia on the George Borrow Text.
  • Fraser, Angus, Mary Borrow’s First Husband, Part 2.
  • Fiske, Ron, Walter Dexter paintings from the Borrow House Museum?
  • Godfrey, Howard, Notes and a Query.
  • Mount, David, Two queries.
  • Burleigh, Richard, Review of Cheap Bibles, Nineteenth Century Publishing and the British and Foreign Bible Society, by Leslie Howsam.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 6 (Autumn 1993)

  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, Madrid ’93.
  • Burleigh, Richard, Report presented at the General Business Meeting in Madrid, 3 June 1993.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow House, a note.
  • Fraser, Angus, The Borrow-Hasfeld Correspondence.
  • Shepheard, Richard, A Home Grown Heroine.
  • Pritchard, Terry, Across the Plynlimmon watershed: the walk from Machynlleth to Ponterwyd.
  • Fraser, Angus, Deliberate mistakes in Welsh, a response.
  • Fraser, Angus, Jessopp’s Story, a response.
  • Fraser, Angus, Responses to queries in Bulletin5.
  • Fraser, Angus, Knapp’s suppressed evidence, a response.
  • Godfrey, Howard, Further Notes on Wild Wales.
  • Mount, David, Of Pints and Pugilism.
  • Watkins, Paul, ‘To George Borrow of Blessed Memory’, a note.
  • Thornburgh, Richard and Burleigh, Richard, British and Foreign Bible Society Specimen Pages.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 7 (Spring 1994)

  • Powell, Madeline, George Borrow in Oulton.
  • Chandler, David, William Taylor of Norwich, Part 1.
  • Shepheard, Richard, A Trip Down Dingle Lane.
  • Fraser, Angus, George Borrow as a Character in Fiction.
  • Watkins, Paul, An Echo from Luarca.
  • Mount, David, ‘England..., so kind and bountiful’? George Borrow on the French prison, and the cross Rev. Arthur Brown.
  • Reading, James, The Death of George Borrow.
  • Burleigh, Richard, Review of Sir John Bowring 1792-1872, Aspects of His Life and Career.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 8 (Autumn 1994)

  • Shepheard, Richard, ‘Your face is not much altered, brother’.
  • Stanley, Phyllis, Naming the Train.
  • Chandler, David, William Taylor of Norwich, Part 2.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Onus Probandi (More on The Dingle).
  • Fraser, Angus, On the Fringes of the George Borrow Canon.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, W.H. Hudson and George Borrow.
  • Watkins, Paul, George Borrow’s Tomb — Past and Present.
  • Fiske, Ron, Whitwell Elwin tells James Hooper about George Borrow.
  • Bean, Thomas, Reviews of Spain, A Literary Companion, by James Burns, and Between Hopes and Memories; A Spanish Journey, by Michael Jacobs.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 9 (Spring 1995)

  • Sharman, M., The George Borrow Society Weekend, July 1994.
  • Chandler, David, William Taylor of Norwich. Part 3.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow, the Palgraves and the Worships.
  • Godfrey, Howard, The Welsh Potosi Mine.
  • Mount, David, Borrow and the ‘pallid indoor student‘: a proposed encounter in June-July 1995.
  • Shepheard, Richard, A Fallen Nobleman.
  • Watkins, Paul, A Borrovian Adventure on Staines Station.
  • Mackler, Allen, Celebrated Trials.
  • Watkins, Caroline, Celebrated Trials in the West End? a note.
  • Fraser, Angus, A Note on Gladstone.
  • Fraser, Angus, A query on Keysler.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Ghosts of the Broads, a note.
  • Burleigh, Richard, Review of An Old Radical and His Brood, A Portrait of Sir John Bowring and his Family, by George Battle.
  • Forsdick, Charles, Reviews of Le Grand Dehors, by Michel Le Bris, and L ‘Esprit nomade, by Kenneth White.
  • Bassnett, Susan, Review of Proceedings of the 1993 George Borrow Conference.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 10 (Autumn 1995)

  • Watkins, Paul, Reflections on Bala, July 1995.
  • Fraser, Angus, More Books from Borrow’s Shelves.
  • Fielder, Tony, Borrow House Restored.
  • Shepheard, Richard, The Case for the Crow Inn.
  • Chandler, David, Borrow and Hunter.
  • Vaughan, Adrian, Samuel Morton Peto and his impact on East Anglia.
  • Jones, Mervyn, Joseph Priestley, a note.
  • Hitchcock, Richard, ‘A small tattered book of knight-errantry’, a note.
  • Various authors, Responses to notes and queries in Bulletin 9.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Borrows in Edinburgh, 1813–14, a note.
  • Freer, Michael, Borrow the Non-observer, a note.
  • Mount, David, More on Borrow’s Tomb, a note.
  • Owen, Ifor, Bala in Borrow’s Day — a summary report.
  • Bean, Thomas, Borrow at Bala — Report on the conference held July 1995.
  • Davies, John, Wales in the 1850s — summary report.
  • Sampson, Anthony and Fraser, Angus, Borrow, John Sampson and Welsh Gypsies — summary report.
  • Edwards, Owen Dudley, Borrow and Celticism - Scotland, Ireland, Wales - summary report.
  • Walters, Gwyn, Tourists in Wales up to and including Borrow - summary report.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 11 (Spring 1996)

  • Ridler, Ann M., The Man Who Outsold Dickens. Note on a one-day Study School on the East Anglian Writer, George Borrow.
  • Burleigh, Richard, Richard Ford Bicentenary Celebration, 20 April 1996.
  • Fraser, Angus, The Parallel Universe of Borrow’s Gypsies.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Another Suffolk Girl.
  • Chandler, David, Borrow at Evora: a biblical mise en scène.
  • Mount, David, Borrow and the ‘pallid indoor student’ revisited.
  • Watkins, Paul and Watkins, Claire, The ‘Old Oak’ Goes to School.
  • Stanley, Phyllis, William Taylor’s Bathing Place, a note.
  • Thorp, D. J., A Note on Mumpers.
  • Fiske, Ron, A small tattered book of knight-errantry — a speculative note.
  • Shepheard, Richard, A Fallen Nobleman, a response.
  • Bunn, Ivan, More on Ghosts from the Broads, a note.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, Child Impressions of a Swardeston Lady, a newscutting.
  • Mount, David, Bibliographical Killings, an occasional series.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 12 (Autumn 1996)

  • Ridler, Ann M., William Taylor and his Circle. Note on a one-day Conference at the British Centre for Literary Translation, UEA, Norwich.
  • Chandler, David, William Taylor of Norwich, Part 4.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Syntax or Scissors.
  • Watkins, Paul, Ghostly Shades of George Borrow.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The earliest illustration of a work by Borrow?
  • Stanley, Phyllis, Census Information about the Borrows, a note.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Great Liverpool Affair, a query.
  • Fraser, Angus, ‘Rustic in locution‘? Response to a query from R. Shepheard.
  •  Shepheard, Richard, Gypsies, Mumpers and Thrippers, a response to D.J. Thorp.
  • Gamble, Richard, My First Encounter with the Writings of George Borrow.
  • Ridler, Ann M., ‘A beautiful old town is Saint James’, report on the Society’s meeting at Santiago de Compostela, September, 1996.
  • Fraser, Angus, Benedict Mol, treasure-digger of Saint James.
  • Ortiz Armengol, Pedro, Borrow in Galicia.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 13 (Spring 1997)

  • Fraser, Angus, George Borrow, Literary Lion.
  • Chandler, David, A ‘flitting glimpse’ of George Borrow and Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Marriage.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Thrippers Lane to Castle Hill.
  • Shepheard, Richard, The Evangelical Minister of the Town of ‘M’.
  • Fraser, Angus and Jones, Mervyn, The Great Liverpool Affair, a response.
  • Burleigh, Richard, Borrow and Trelawney: Fellow Unconventionalists, a note.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow at the Polling Booth, a note.
  • Fraser, Angus, Benedict Mol Lives! a note.
  • Watkins, Paul, Those Were The Days.
  • Fraser, Angus, Review of The Scholar Gypsy, by Anthony Sampson.
  • Ortiz Armengol, Pedro, Review of Intolerancia y libertad en la España contemporánea by Juan B. Vilar.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 14 (Autumn 1997)

  • Jones, Mervyn, Borrow and Horses.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Thrippers Lane to Castle Hill.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow’s Manuscript Autobiographies.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow’s Source for Colonel Blood, a note.
  • Bean, Thomas, One last look at the Great Liverpool affair, a note.
  • Nuttall, David, Borrow and Bury St Edmunds (1), a note.
  • Ridler, Ann M., ‘Cold is the snow on Snowdons brow’ — Borrow plagiarized!
  • Rogerson, Ian, A Review of Francis Hindes Groome’s article on Gypsies in Chambers’s Encyclopaedia.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow as a source for James Joyce.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow as a source for Vita Sackville-West and Violet Trefusis.
  • Nuttall, David, George Borrow in Cornwall: The George Borrow Society Week-end at Liskeard,  July 1997.
  • Cann, Kathleen, Following Borrow to Bodmin Moor.
  • Payton, Philip, The Cornish Identity.
  • Gendall, Jan, George Borrow and Cornish Traditions.
  • Gendall, Dick, The Cornish Language with Special Reference to George Borrow.
  • Kabell, Inge, George Borrow’s friend John Hasfeld.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 15 (Spring 1998)

  • Chandler, David, Borrow’s Robinson Crusoe.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Fellow Poets — Borrow and John Clare.
  • Jones, Mervyn, Borrow and Horses (II).
  • Fraser, Angus, Lucy Brightwell.
  • Shepheard, Richard, The Crow Inn — A Researcher’s Omission, an appreciation and response to Mervyn Jones.
  • Lauridsen, Hanne and Kabell, Inge, George Borrow and Denmark, a note.
  • Kabell, Inge, George Borrow and Hasfeld, a note.
  • Fraser, Angus, Nikolai Ivanovich Grech, a note.
  • Campos Calvo-Sotelo, Juan, Borrow and shipwrecks, a query.
  • Nuttall, David, Borrow and Bury St Edmunds (2), being some notes on the Borrows’ Circle of Friends in Bury St Edmunds.
  • Gordon, J., ‘Promiscuous Hospitality‘, a query.
  • Hyde, George, Borrow and D.H. Lawrence.
  • Skillman, Mike, Young Borrow in Edinburgh, an exploration.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Review of George Borrow and Denmark, by Inge Kabell & Hanne Lauridsen.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 16 (Autumn 1998)

  • Kabell, Inge, The Wild Hills of Wales. The George Borrow Weekend in the Ceiriog Valley, July 1998.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Cambrian Archaeological Association Weekend — “George Borrow’s Other Visits to Wild Wales”, 2-4 October 1998.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow’s Political Views (Part I): Introductory.
  • Missler, Peter, ‘The most considerable of them all’: Rey Romero, Borrow’s bookseller in Santiago.
  • Stanley, Phyllis, Mary Borrow’s Account Book (The Yarmouth Years).
  • Watkins, Paul, Will the real Hopping Ned please stand up, a note.
  • Ridler, Ann M., An early reader of The Bible in Spain (Catherine Sinclair).
  • Fraser, Angus, Three postscripts, a note.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow and Dogs, a note.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Some notes on George Borrow from Thomas Hake and Arthur Compton Rickett’s The Life and Letters of Theodore Watts-Dunton.
  • Nuttall, David, Borrow and Bury St Edmunds (3), a note.
  • Skillman, Mike, Borrow in Wiltshire.
  • Kabell, Inge, Some Additional Notes on John Hasfeld.
  • Campos Calvo-Sotelo, Juan, Borrow and shipwrecks, a further note.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 17 (Spring 1999)

  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow’s Political Views (Part 2): Domestic Politics.
  • Missler, Peter, Of Truth, Mistrust and Treasure-hunts.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, A.S. Hartrick and Wild Wales: a Post-Impressionist’s view of Borrow?
  • Lauridsen, Hanne and Kabell, Inge, Translating 'Kong Christian' — with special emphasis on George Borrow’s three English versions of this Danish song/poem.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Peer and Pauper [on Lord William Hervey].
  • Fraser, Angus, Thomas and Ann Borrow’s account book, a note.
  • Fraser, Angus, Mission aborted, a note.
  • Skillman, Mike, Dee Cottage — becoming a place of pilgrimage?, a note.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 18 (Autumn 1999)

  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow’s Political Views (Part 3): Ireland.
  • Todd, Alan, The School in Clonmel.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Peer and Pauper (2) [on Isopel Berners].
  • Missler, Peter, The bandit of Castellana, a note.
  • Mencher, Barrie, Armenian letters: a reply to Angus Fraser’s query.
  • Hopkins, Simon, Armenian letters: a reply to Angus Fraser’s query.
  • Skillman, Mike, The Railway Hotel, Holyhead, a note.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, Leslie Stephen and George Borrow, a note.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, Borrow in Richmond Park, a query.
  • Mount, David, George Borrow and his Circle in Bury St Edmunds: The George Borrow Society Weekend XX4 July 1999.
  • Nuttall, David, The Harveys.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow and the Hakes.
  • Jones, T. Hughie, The Two Vagabonds — Donne and Borrow.
  • Mount, David, The George Borrow Society Weekend, July 1999 (2).

George Borrow Bulletin nº 19 (Spring 2000)

  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow’s Political Views (Part 4): Foreign and Imperial Affairs.
  • Chandler, David, The 1996 UEA Conference Papers: A Brief History and Location Guide.
  • Ridler, Ann M., George Borrow and William Taylor; a Fireside Conversation.
  • Chandler, David, Lavengro’s portrayal of William Taylor’s Opinions.
  • Missler, Peter, Passion of a Gypsy Luke.
  • Mencher, Barrie, Borrow and the Jews.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A reminder of the fountain at Evora.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow, Don Quixote and the native of Padrón, an acrobatic note.
  • Fiske, Ron, A relic of ‘Lamplighter’, a note.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, Borrow and Herkomer’s Gypsies, a note.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Some marginal notes on Borrow’s Faustus.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 20 (Autumn 2000)

  • Campos Calvo-Sotelo, J. and Missler, Peter, Antonio da Traba, el Valiente de Finisterre.
  • Fraser, Angus, Taylor, Borrow, and Beowulf.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, Wild Wales: Letters from A.S. Hartrick to Hallam Murray.
  • Fraser, Angus, William Taylor on Suicide and Religion, a note.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow and the Jews, a note.
  • Todd, Alan, A meal of salmon, a note.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow and Paine the Pirate, a query (with a reply from Colin Tooke).
  • Chandler, David, Borrow’s Faustus: Further notes.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A small addition to Borrovian Bibliography, a note.
  • Fraser, Angus, Reviews of Borrow, George, Wildes Wales; Lavengro, le maître des mots; and Le Gentleman tzigane.
  • Stanley, Phyllis, Borrow and His Family in Great Yarmouth: The George Borrow Society Weekend, May 2000.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow in Great Yarmouth.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 21 (Spring 2001)

  • Fraser, Angus, Whitwell Elwin on Borrow.
  • Fiske, Ron, James Hooper interviews Miss Elizabeth Jay.
  • Missler, Peter, Benedict Mol – the fabrication of a treasure hunt.
  • Mencher, Barrie, A note on Taylor, Borrow and Beowulf.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Two early Borrovians: James Thomson (B.V.) and Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Another book from Borrow’s shelves?
  • Halliday, C., A Welsh settle.
  • Fraser, Angus, Hopping Ned and Biting Giles.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow in recent bibliographies.
  • Fraser, Angus, Online Borrow.
  • Nuttall, David, Berwicked, Borrowed and Bewildered.
  • Fraser, Angus, 'Northward, northward still!' The West Norfolks’ march to Edinburgh.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Down the long avenue of the years–a closer look at chapter 6 of Lavengro.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 22 (Autumn 2001)

  • Shepheard, Richard, Lavengro, the Boxer.
  • Missler, Peter, Benedict Mol – the fabrication of a treasure hunt.
  • Ridler, Ann M., ‘Harald Harfagr’.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, Testing Borrow’s truthfulness: from the Quakers to the Bohemians.
  • Chandler, David, Borrow and Taylor on Language and Human Diversity.
  • Dakyns, Andrew, George Borrow and the Manx Poet T.E. Brown. 
  • Campos Calvo-Sotelo, Juan, El Valiente de Finisterre gets closer to H.M.S.Victory.
  • Maxwell, Ian, An Address on George Borrow (Introduced by Angus Fraser).
  • Acton, Thomas, Review of Now shoon the Romano Gillie – Traditional Verse in the High and Low Speech of the Gypsies of Britain, by T. Coughlan.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The George Borrow Society Weekend at Ponterwyd, 6-8 July 2001, a report.
  • Olliff, Hugh, Ponterwyd, Hafod and the Real John Greaves.
  • Walker, R.F., George Borrow in Cardiganshire.
  • Rowlands, Wil, Illustrating Wild Wales.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 23 (Spring 2002)

  • Various authors, Obituaries and memories of Sir Angus Fraser.
  • Chandler, David, Borrow and Napoleon: A New Reading of the Hythe Skulls Episode.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Lavengro, the Boxer.
  • Missler, Peter, Benedict Mol – the fabrication of a treasure hunt.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, Testing Borrow’s truthfulness: from the Quakers to the Bohemians.
  • Innes, Shelley, George Borrow: a letter to Charles Darwin.
  • Stanley, Phyllis, Conviviality in Llangollen, 1854? – some further notes on Mrs Borrow’s household account book.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A question of nomenclature: a note on the name Petulengro, compiled by the editor from correspondence with Angus Fraser.
  • Knox-Mawer, June, Review of George Borrow: The Dingle Chapters, by Shepheard, R. and Mencher, M.B.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Review of Jem Mace and Bob Fitzsimmons in Memoriam by McInnes, P.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 24 (Autumn 2002)

  • Shepheard, Richard, The Forgotten Hero: A Lost Pugilist from Lavengro.
  • Ridler, Ann M., 'Eulenspiegel walking about Spain in the Nineteenth Century': George Borrow, John Hasfeld and Till Eulenspiegel.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Pugilists from Lavengro, some notes.
  • Watkins, Claire, Chirk Castle, A Comparative Tour, a note.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Report on the Meeting of the Borrow Society in Seville, October 2002.
  • Skillman, Mike, A Seville Diary, October 2002.
  • Ridler, Ann M., George Borrow in Seville, Granada and Córdoba.
  • Hitchcock, Richard, Richard Ford in Sevilla.
  • Missler, Peter, A Most Extra-ordinary Man: The Amazing Long March of the Carlist General Miguel Gomez.
  • Campos Calvo-Sotelo, Juan, The Loss of the Great Liverpool.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 25 (Spring 2003)

  • Chandler, David, Writing against Rome: Anti-Catholicism and the Shaping of Borrow’s Work.
  • Fraser, Angus, Borrow and the Kerrisons.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Dui Palor: Gypsy Boxers and Gypsy Brothers.
  • Kabell, Inge, The Editorial Practices of George Borrow’s first Biographer – An Example.
  • Missler, Peter, A Gallegan Source for The Bible in Spain.
  • Missler, Peter, An Inn-keeper’s Untruth.
  • Gómez Alfaro, Antonio, The Earliest Known Publication in Spanish of Borrow’s The Zincali.
  • Lawrence, Edwin, How I Came to Know of George Borrow.
  • Eaton, Kent, The Awakening of Protestant interest in Spain as a Mission Field. Part 1.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 26 (Summer 2003)

  • Ridler, Ann M., The Bicentenary, Retrospect and Prospect.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, Norfolk Man Translates a Dream, or: George Borrow’s “Gweledigaethau”.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The George Borrow Bicentenary Weekend at Dereham, Norfolk.
  • Floate, Sharon, Borrow’s Gypsies after The Romany Rye.
  • Mencher, Barrie, Meeting George Borrow.
  • Giménez, Antonio, Lavengro, a sequel to The Bible in Spain.
  • Bean, Thomas, After The Bible: Richard Ford and Borrow’s ‘Autobiography’.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow’s Norfolk.
  • Chapman, Raymond, ‘The Quiet, Unpretending, Church of England’: George Borrow’s View of Religion.
  • Burleigh, Richard, 'To the Immortal Memory of George Borrow'.
  • Missler, Peter, Any Time for Medicine. Toast to ‘Borrovians the World Over’.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 27 (Autumn 2003)

  • Fraser, Angus and Chandler, David, Reinventing Borrow: The history of a reputations.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Gypsy half-brothers and Romany names and trades.
  • Eaton, Kent, The Awakening of Protestant interest in Spain as a Mission Field. Part 2.
  • Davis, Chuck, George Borrow and Sir Winston Churchill.
  • Fiske, Ron, The ruined lodge at Drayton, a hitherto little known Borrow reference.
  • Fiske, Ron, An extract from the sale of Dawson Turner’s library in May and June 1859.
  • Fairweather, Clive, References to Borrow in a Suffolk Diary.
  • Gooch, Michael and Gooch, Sheila, Mathew Mattocks, a query and an ingenious solution.
  • Missler, Peter, The road to San Roque.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Portraits of Roger Kerrison.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 28 (Spring 2004)

  • Fraser, Angus, Baron Taylor and Judah Lib, Two displaced persons.
  • Murphy, Martin, Borrow, Blanco and the Bible.
  • Missler, Peter, Rey Romero’s Testaments.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow’s interest in Dutch, Part 1.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow and Welsh drovers.
  • Mencher, Barrie, A postscript to our note on ‘George Borrow and Winston Churchill’.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Further thoughts on Mary Borrow.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A Russian study of Borrow.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 29 (Autumn 2004)

  • Chandler, David, Lindley Williams Hubbell, Borrovian.
  • Williams Hubbell, Lindley, George Borrow.
  • Missler, Peter, The Case of the Underpriced Testaments.
  • Kabell, Inge, George Borrow and Finland (1).
  • Ridler, Ann M., Some unexpected references to Borrow.
  • Wooderson, Peter, George Borrow and bees.
  • Shepheard, Richard, “Live and let live”: a miniature of Coke of Norfolk.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Censorship and The Sleeping Bard.
  • Mackler, Allen, Matthew Mattocks
  • Segers, Guy, Till Eulenspiegel.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Another Borrovian: George Borrow and Arthur Ransome.
  • Hentges, John, Before joining the Hoole Road.
  • Randall, Ian, Review of Good News for the World, by Roger Steer.
  • Clarke, Anthony, Review of Richard Ford 1796-1858: Hispanophile, Connoisseur and Critic, by Ian Robertson.
  • Burton, Dennis, The George Borrow Society’s visit to the Isle of Man.
  • Moughton, Chris, Glen Dhoo.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Mary Borrow’s account book and the family’s visit to the Isle of Man in 1855.
  • Dakyns, Andrew, Schooldays of George H. Borrow and James M. Wilson).

George Borrow Bulletin nº 30 (Spring 2005)

  • Barrett, Kenneth, The Jornada George Borrow: a George Borrow day held on 17 February 2005.
  • Shepheard, Richard, A Coat of Green: George Borrow and Horncastle Horsefair.
  • Missler, Peter, A Partial Judgement.
  • Kabell, Inge, George Borrow and Finland.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Lost Borroviana, some notes from various sources.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Some letters of James Hooper to the Eastern Daily Press in 1903.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Another distinguished Borrovian: Theodore Roosevelt.
  • Raywid, Brian, Review of Gypsy Jib: a Romany Dictionary, by James Hayward.
  • Murphy, Martin, Review of ¡Cosas de los Ingleses! La España vivida y soñada en la correspondencia entre George Borrow y Richard Ford, by Antonio Giménez Cruz.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 31 (Autumn 2005)

  • Burleigh, Richard, Gordon Pattinson - an appreciation.
  • Shepheard, Richard, A Coat of Green: George Borrow and Horncastle Horsefair.
  • Kabell, Inge, George Borrow and Finland.
  • Murphy, Martin, The Hamaxobii and their mobile homes.
  • Alfaro, Antonio Gómez, Some positive and negative views of Borrow’s works from nineteenth-century travellers to Spain.
  • Hitchcock, Richard, John Walker, George Borrow and Gypsies in Spain.
  • Arnold, Guy, Borrow in Fiction, An Unnamed Reference by Hugh Seton Merriman.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A note on the Borrow family tree from information provided by Chella Venturas.
  • Robertson, Ian, Wry Aspersions in the Rye.
  • Ridler, Ann M., An Early Review of Wild Wales.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow at Ruthin, North Wales.
  • Dakyns, Andrew, The George Borrow Society’s Weekend Meeting at Llangollen, September 2005.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, Gweledigaethau Uffernol: George Borrow, Goronwy Owen and the Vision of Hell (the third Fraser Memorial Lecture).
  • Price, David, George on the Net.
  • Roberts, Dewi, Reflections and Peregrinations, after-dinner thoughts.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 32 (Spring 2006)

  • Chandler, David, Borrow’s Tailless Foxes and his Myth of Independence.
  • Mencher, Barrie, Letter to the Editor.
  • Mencher, Barrie, George Borrow: Novelist.
  • Missler, Peter, Gypsy Luke Project: Preliminary Results.
  • Fraser, Angus and Shepheard, Richard, Captain Borrow, ‘The Friend of Townshend’ with an Introduction and Notes by Richard Shepheard.
  • Forsdick, Charles, Kenneth White, Reader of George Borrow.
  • Alonso, A., Borrow and Bembibre.
  • Missler, Peter, Borrow and G.M. Trevelyan.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow and the South-Sea Islanders, with an additional note on ‘far Iolchos and Spain’ (with assistance from Martin Murphy).
  • McCann, Timothy J., Edward Heron-Allen and George Borrow’s Beer Jug.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Dedicated to Borrow.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow in Verse, courtesy of David Price.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Exactly where did Borrow meet Jasper Petulengro? - a note compiled from information sent by Phyllis Stanley.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Doing Different: A Word from Norfolk.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 33 (Autumn 2006)

  • Barrett, Kenneth, George Borrow’s mission from the Bible Society to distribute a Bible without notes in the Spain of 1836–1840.
  • Missler, Peter, Manuscrit trouvé à Pétersbourg (Part 1).
  • De Castro, David Fernández, The Blind Beggar Woman of Manzanares, translated by Peter Missler.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Return of Owners of Land, 1873: Borrow Holdings, from information contributed by Gwyn Thomas.
  • Weavers, Dave, Borrow’s last journey.
  • Ridler, Ann M., More lost Borroviana, by Ann M. Ridler.
  • Barrett, Kenneth, The Multiple Presentation of George Borrow in Recent Works on Spain.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Report on the Society’s Visit to St Petersburg, July 2006.
  • Kleiner, Yuri, A Whistle on a Farmer’s Field: An Echo from St Petersburg?
  • Pang, Tatiana, George Borrow and the Manchu translation of the New Testament.
  • Rusakov, Alexander, Borrow, Gypsies, St Petersburg.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 34 (Spring 2007)

  • Missler, Peter, Manuscrit trouvé à Pétersbourg (Part 2).
  • Rawbone, Michael, Owlglass in Peking: Father Hyacinth Bichurin.
  • Kabell, Inge, John Bowring’s Memoirs and their History, with Special Reference to a Chapter on Denmark.
  • Brown, Iain Gordon, George Borrow and Sir Walter Scott: Two Heads Compared by the Phrenologists.
  • Murphy, Martin, The First Ride.
  • Missler, Peter, The First Spanish Translation of The Bible in Spain.
  • Murphy, Martin, Review of The Invention of Spain. Cultural Relations between Britain and Spain, 17XX1870, by David Howarth.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Report on the George Borrow Society Weekend at St Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden, North Wales, 29 September – 2 October 2006.
  • Peltier, Jacqueline, Two English Eccentrics: George Borrow and John Cowper Powys.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, 'Is it possible that I am under the roof of an author?'—Borrow’s treatment of the creative sensibility in Lavengro
  • Ridler, Ann M., The texts in Borrow’s texts; or, Borrow the Borrower.
  • Murphy, Martin, Shorsha Borrow’s Tipperary Experience (the Fourth Fraser Memorial Lecture).
  • Hentges, John, Old Lavengro, A Borrovian Toast.
  • Hentges, John, A Tailpiece: She asked me about Dickens.... I told her about Borrow.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 35 (Autumn 2007)

  • Missler, Peter, The Father of the Novel and the Mother of the Waters.
  • De Castro, David Fernández, Almaraz: The Relics of the Wolf, translated by Peter Missler.
  • Missler, Peter, Appendix to the above: The Bridge at Almaraz.
  • Moore, Norrette, Borrow as Muse, His Impact on Paul Nash.
  • Hentges, John, ...And In the Right Corner We Have...? (The Continuing Saga of .................. John Greaves of Ponterwyd).
  • Fiske, Ron, George Borrow’s Musings at Earlham, by Ron Fiske.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A note on the George Borrow Society’s Weekend at Southwold, September 2007.
  • Stanley, Phyllis, Mrs Borrow’s Account Book: The Borrows’ Lodgings in Yarmouth.
  • Arnold, Guy, The Elusive George Borrow (the fifth Fraser Memorial Lecture).
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Bitter End: Borrow’s Lost Job Opportunity and its Impact on The Romany Rye.
  • Barrett, Kenneth, Toast to Borrovians the world over.
  • Mount, David, Exhibition of Borroviana to mark the meeting at Southwold of the George Borrow Society, September 2007.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 36 (Spring 2008)

  • De Castro, David Fernández, Badajoz: in search of Borrow’s Gypsies, translated by Peter Missler.
  • Adiego, Ignasi-Xavier, When George Borrow met Spanish Romani.
  • Missler, Peter, Gypsy Luke Project (2)—Further Results.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Another early Borrovian! Franz Liszt and The Gipsy in Music.
  • Savage, Roger, Three Glorious Johns.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, A Friendship made in Oulton: Borrow and Edward FitzGerald.
  • Burton, Dennis, The Rings of Saturnand George Borrow.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A Postscript to ‘The Bitter End’, on Borrow’s failed attempt to become a magistrate.
  • Bunn, Ivan, George Borrow and the Oulton Parish ’Vestry’.
  • Bunn, Ivan, A Further Postscript on Borrow and Peto...........
  • Bunn, Ivan, The Piano Forte.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Borrows at Shrewsbury and Borrow’s Second Tour of Wales.
  • O’Reilly, CuChullaine, .............. Another musical Borrovian.
  • Bean, Thomas, A review of The Travel Journals of Robert Hyde Greg of Quarry Bank Mill: Travels in Scotland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, and the Ottoman Empire, 1814XX, ed. Beryl and Allen Freer.
  • Chandler, David, A review of Gypsies and the British Imagination, 180XX1930, by Deborah Epstein Nord.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Borrows at Shrewsbury and Borrow’s Second Tour of Wales (map).

George Borrow Bulletin nº 37 (Autumn 2008)

  • Activities of the Executive Committee.
  • Exhibition at Cemmaes and Borrow Walks.
  • Celebrating Richard Ford.
  • Membership of the Society.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Restoration of Borrow’s Grave, a note from the Editor.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, 'Wherever I chance to be at the time': Defining Bohemia with George Borrow and George Augustus Sala
  • Ridler, Ann M., Fresh light on Borrow in London in 1830.
  • Bean , Thomas, A further note on the Ford Gypsy Luke.
  • Hentges, John, A further note on ‘Three Glorious Johns’
  • Ridler, Ann M., Experience, observation and imagination—an editorial reflection.
  • Barrett, Kenneth, George Borrow at Tregaron, some bibliographical notes.
  • Book reviews.
  • Publications.
  • Seen in the press.
  • Talks on Borrow.
  • Borrow on-line.
  • Missler, Peter, A new George Borrow Studies website.
  • Borrow on stage.
  • George Borrow as portraitist (23): Answer to query in Bulletin 36.
  • George Borrow as portraitist (24).
  • Kirkup, James, Gypsies on the Road, a translation.
  • Report and Proceedings of The George Borrow Society’s Meeting at Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Tuesday, 30 September—Friday, 3 October 2008.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Report.
  • Ahern, Michael, Borrow in Clonmel.
  • Kerrigan , Colm, ‘Old and crazy’: The ship that bore the Borrows to Ireland.
  • Murphy , Martin, Romancing the Romancer: Borrow and W. G. Dowsley. 
  • Ridler, Ann M., More than just ‘a speech spoken’: Borrow’s interest in Irish literature and history.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Croppies lie down—two versions compared.
  • List of participants.
  • Bulletins, binders and Proceedings; George Borrow Society flyers.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 38 (Spring 2009)

  • Hyde, George, Armenian Lessons with George Borrow.
  • Missler, Peter, Lost in Lugo.
  • Ivory, Philip, George Borrow and Pushkin: Borrow’s translation of Pushkin’s ‘The Talisman’.
  • Fraser, Angus and Missler, Peter and Ridler, Ann M., Presentation copies of Borrow’s books, by the late Sir Angus Fraser, with additional notes.
  • Cann, Kathleen and Ridler, Ann M., Eve deceived by a baboon, a query arising from correspondence.
  • Fraser, Angus, Frederick Ganning, a note.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Italian or English? A query on Borrow’s reading.
  • Hentges, John, The re-building of London Bridge, a note.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, Lady Eleanor Smith and Lavengro, a note.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, Information please: Who is the author of ‘In Borrow’s Country’? a query.
  • Keeton, Simon R., Spanish Shadows, a note.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The sad fate of Lady Bowring, a note.
  • Ridler, Ann M. and Fraser, Angus, A note on Borrow’s grave.
  • Chandler, David, Book review: The Oxford English Literary History, Volume 8.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 39 (Autumn 2009)

  • Chandler, David, ‘Incidents on my journey’: The Influence of Sir Richard Phillips.
  • Shepheard, Richard, The Unresolved: Borrow’s Gypsies.
  • Keeton, Simon R., Lavengro and the Evil Chance, a note.
  • Chandler, David, Borrow Downgraded at the Bodleian, a note.
  • Todd, Alan, Borrow and Pushkin, a response to the note in Bulletin 38.
  • Fiske, Ron, Frederick Charles Ganning, a response to the note in Bulletin 38.
  • Ridler, Ann M. and Fiske, Ron and Missler, Peter and Stanley, Phyllis, Mutiny on the Bounty: a response to Angus Fraser’s query in Bulletin 38.
  • Henderson, Peter, New light on George Borrow’s brother, John.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Two Borrovian mysteries: (i) Up and Down Manxland; (ii) Stone heads at Icolmkill.
  • Shand, Laurence, Spanish Shadows—a response to Simon Keeton’s note in Bulletin 38.
  • Missler, Peter, David versus Goliath.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Proceedings of the George Borrow Society Meeting, London, 25–26 July 2009.
  • Hentges, John, Borrow and Dickens at Greenwich Fair.
  • Bunn, Ivan, New light on George Borrow’s grave.

George Borrow Bulletin nº 40 (Spring 2010)

  • Shepheard, Richard, Soul or Pysche: George Borrow and Peter Williams, Part 1.
  • Kerrigan, Colm, On the Road to Llangollen.
  • Hentges, John, Jerry Abershaw, a myth corrected.
  • Murphy, Martin, Borrow Downgraded at the Bodleian, a response.
  • Keeton, Simon, Taken in the right spirit: Borrow and Lope de Vega’s Ghost Story.
  • Ridler, Ann M. and Lurie, Kedrun, Another Romany Rye.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Letter and spirit: Borrow and Norfolk Expressions.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Report and Proceedings of the George Borrow Society’s meeting held in Salamanca, 15–19 September 2009.
  • Missler, Peter, Setting out for Salamanca: The first leg of George Borrow’s Northern Journey in mid-1837.
  • Alencart, Alfredo Pérez and Glasscock, Timothy, Unamuno: A Reader of Borrow.
  • Barrett, Kenneth, A Scholar and Gypsy about Gypsy Borrow — Walter Starkie’s relationship to the Borrow Gypsy ideal.
  • Murphy, Martin, The English, Irish and Scots Colleges in Valladolid and Salamanca: a Borrovian Perspective.
  • Hitchcock, Richard, A Toast to the Immortal Memory of George Borrow 1803–1881.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 1 (Autumn 2010)

  • Barrett, Kenneth, George Borrow in and on Asturias, 1837.
  • Shepheard, Richard, Soul or Pysche: George Borrow and Peter Williams, Part 2.
  • Missler, Peter, The Merchant of Vigo, a note.
  • Fiske, Ron, Roger Allday Kerrison: His copy of George Borrow’s Romantic Ballads, a note.
  • Keeton, Simon, Under B for Borrow, a note.
  • Floate, Sharon, Jasper Petulengro’s Grave, a note.
  • Hughes, Geraint, Borrow at Chirk Castle, a note.
  • Rawbone, Michael, Borrow’s Romano Lavo-lil in later writings, a note.
  • Price, David, The Poet Parkinson, a note.
  • Price, David, A note on copyright and a new British Newspapers website.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Report and Proceedings of the George Borrow Society’s Meeting held in Debrechen, Hungary, 3–9 October 2010.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow’s journey to Eastern Europe in 1844.
  • Hyde, George, The case of the Hungarian nobleman: Borrow and Hungary.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, Borrow and the Hunyadis.
  • Torok, Zsuzsanna, Roma life in Hungary during the time of George Borrow’s travels.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 2 (Spring 2011)

  • Chandler, David,  “Born to be a great traveller”: Joseph Sell as Borrow’s Imaginary Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (the sixth Fraser Memorial Lecture).
  • Bawden, Charles, George Borrow’s Manchu Translation of the Second Homily.
  • Kerrigan, Colm, Tomas Zumalacarregui and the First Carlist War.
  • Rossi, Anthony, Rossi my excellent friend.
  • Peltier, Jacqueline, Was Bizet’s Carmen a character from Borrow? George Borrow in France, a note.
  • Keeton, Simon R.,  Borrow and Abershaw, a note.
  • Hentges, John,  ‘Joseph Sell’—some further thoughts.
  • Raywid, Brian, Lavengro and Jack Slingsby: the crucial encounter, a note.
  • Burleigh, Richard, A speculation about the Phillips portrait of George Borrow, a note.
  • Parry-Jones, Chas and Moughton, Chris, Borrow on Anglesey (Ynys Mon), a note from information provided by Chas Parry-Jones with additional photographs by Chris Moughton.
  • Venturas, Chella, The Borrow Coat of Arms, a note.
  • Bainbridge, John,  A film about Borrow—The Broken Law, a query.
  • Ridler, Ann M.,  A modest bibliographical surprise: Borrow and Villaseca, a note.
  • Giménez, Antonio, Peter Missler, The Treasure Hunter of Santiago, reviewed.
  • Missler, Peter, Manuel Rivas, Books Burn Badly, reviewed.
  • Burton, Dennis, Peter J. Conradi, At the Bright Hem of God. Radnorshire Pastoral, reviewed.
  • Ridler, Ann M., An important bibliographical discovery, a note from the Editor.
  • Found in the press: Oulton Harvest Home, 1862, and a review of The Sleeping Bard, 1861.
  • Price, David, Borrow On-Line—a Gutenberg update.
  • Skillman, Mike, Crossword.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 3 (Autumn 2011)

  • Chandler, David, ‘For him Borrow fought’: Peter Oliver’s Life and Adventures of Joseph Sell.
  • Missler, Peter, A little new light on the Great Liverpool affair.
  • Kerrigan, Colm, Return to Oradea, or when the kissing had to stop.
  • Fiske, Ron, The Reverend Thomas Howes meets James Philo.
  • Keeton, S. R., Back in time—the Carlist wars and Borrow’s prison.
  • Bean, Thomas, Macaulay buys Borrow.
  • Kerrigan, Colm, Manuel Rivas on George Borrow at ‘World Literature Weekend’.
  • Moore, Norrette, Music Associated With Borrow.
  • Raywid, Brian, Bartley Gorman with Peter Walsh, King of the GypsiesMemoirs of the Undefeated Bare Knuckle Champion of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • Missler, Peter, Conrad Cairns, The First Carlist War: A Military History & Uniform Guide.
  • Kerrigan, Colm, John Hentges, The Borrow Translations Series 1, CD reviewed.
  • Price, David, Borrow On-line—a Gutenberg update.
  • Skillman, Mike, Solution to Crossword in Bulletin 2.2.
  • Shepheard, Richard, A valedictory message.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Report on the weekend.
  • Burton, Dennis, George Borrow and Presteigne.
  • Murphy, Martin, The Seventh Fraser Memorial Lecture: David Jones: Everyman’s Guide to Wild Wales.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, Better Late Than Never: the 1913 Borrow Centenary Celebrations in Norwich.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The first part of Borrow’s second journey to Wales in 1857.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 4 (Spring 2012)

  • Burleigh, Richard, Founder Member Professor Emeritus Michael Collie (1929–2011).
  • Ridler, Ann M., Dennis Burton (1931–2011),  a note from the Editor.
  • George Borrow Society viewing of the National Portrait Gallery’s Borrow portraits and Christmas lunch, 2–3 December 2011.
  • A new plaque to commemorate Borrow in Madrid.
  • Meeting at Salisbury, 13–15 April 2012.
  •  Visit to Gibraltar, 27 September–1 October 2012.
  • Ridler, Ann M., ‘The plague of my heart’: some reflections on the Peter Williams chapters and on the sin against the Holy Ghost.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, 1956: René Fréchet, Louis Aragon and post-war French interest in Borrow, Part 1, René Fréchet.
  • Hyde, George, George Borrow and Victorian translation.
  • Hitchcock, Richard,  Some remarks on the Peter Williams chapters of Lavengro.
  • Missler, Peter, Gypsy Luke Project (3)—further results, a note.
  • Parry-Jones, Chas, More on the White Horse Inn at Pentraeth, Anglesey.
  • Ridler, Ann M.,  An echo in Lavengro of the artists Albrecht Dürer and Joseph Mallord William Turner? A note.
  • More Borrovian Music.
  • John, Jeremy, Jasper Rees, Bred of Heaven, reviewed.
  • Hopkins, Simon, John Hentges, The Borrow Translations, Series 1, CD reviewed.
  • Kerrigan, Colm, Moises Enrique Rodriguez, Under the Flags of Freedom, reviewed.
  • Borrow On-Line.
  • Borrow on the Radio.
  • Hentges, John, A Genius For Friendship—Reminiscences of the late Dennis Burton.
  • The Society’s New Website.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Checklist of Publications on Borrow since the 1981 Centenary.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 5 (Autumn 2012)

  • Venturas, Graciella, The Notable Nineteenth Century Borrows, descendants of the Trethenni.
  • Missler, Peter, Captain George Henry Borrow.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, 1956, René Fréchet, Louis Aragon and post-war French interest in Borrow, Part 2.
  • Sanderson, H. K. St. J., A Voice from the Past, two essays on Borrow.
  • Price, David, The Rev. Francis Cunningham.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A postscript on Ch. 60 of Lavengro.
  • Hentges, John, The man who outsold Dickens?
  • Hentges, John, 58 Jermyn Street.
  • Able, Susan, George Borrow: Does he still haunt the Oulton Estate?
  • Burleigh, Richard, George Borrow in Cornwall.
  • Pritchard, Terry, What was the site of Borrow’s meeting on the Welsh border with Jasper Petulengro?
  • Hopkins, Simon, George Borrow’s Hebrew shekel.
  • Rawbone, Michael, I’m a Romany Rai, CD reviewed.
  • Bainbridge, John, Robert Macfarlane, The Old WaysA Journey on Foot, reviewed.
  • Murphy, Martin, George Borrow, La Biblia en España.  Traducido por Manuel Azaña.  Introducción de Alberto González Troyano, reviewed
  • Skillman, Michael, Tom Fort, The A303 Highway to the Sun, reviewed.
  • Report and Proceedings of The George Borrow Society’s meeting held at Salisbury, Wiltshire, 13–15 April 2012.
  • Rostron, Ann, and Fielder, Tony, Report on the weekend.
  • Skillman, Michael, Borrow in Wiltshire, with a note on mail coaches.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 6 (Spring 2013)

  • Membership of the Society.
  • Recent events.
  • 27 July 2013: Favourite readings: an afternoon with George Borrow.
  • 1–2 November 2013: A Norwich Conference sponsored by the George Borrow Trust.
  • Kerrigan, Colm, A Tale of Two Castles.
  • Missler, Peter, The Great Liverpool Court Case At Last!
  • Chandler, David, ‘Celtic Fielding, Realist of Dreams!’: Edmund Kemper Broadus on Borrow.
  • Notes and Queries.
  • Keeton, Simon, A Passion for Words.
  • Murphy, Martin, H. James Rose, Viaje a la Andalucia inexplorada, reviewed.
  • Kerrigan, Colm, (2) Jimmy Burns, La RojaA Journey through Spanish Football, reviewed.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, Exhibition Review: Bohèmes.
  • Readers Write.
  • Publications.
  • Borrow On-line.
  • Press Cuttings.
  • Borrow Portrayed.
  • A New CD by John Hentges.
  • Report and Proceedings of The George Borrow Society’s visit to Gibraltar, 26 September–1 October 2012.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Report on our visit.
  • Fraser, Angus, A Borrovian walk through Tangier.
  • Heredia, Blanca Krauel and Ridler, Ann M., George Borrow in Tangier.
  • Perera, Jennifer Ballantine, George Borrow and his Vision of Gibraltar.
  • Ridler, Ann M., (5) Borrow in Andalusia and Gibraltar in 1839.
  • Hopkins, Simon, (6) Hebrew and Arabic in George Borrow’s account of Gibraltar and Tangier (The Bible in Spain, Chs 51–57).
  • Back Numbers of Bulletins, Binders and Proceedings.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 7 (Autumn 2013)

  • Membership of the Society.
  • Recent events.
  • Future events.
  • Missler, Peter, Beware of Wentworth Webster (and his Marquis of Santa Coloma).
  • Webster, Wentworth, Appendix: The text of ‘Stray Notes on George Borrow’s Life in Spain’.
  • Laurie, Kedrun, Lavengro Road, London SE27.
  • Moore, Norrette, Anthony Gross: from Mirabete to London Bridge.
  • Mawtus, Mark, Col. Crockett’s Exploits and Adventures in Texas.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Another Forgotten Borrovian, Arthur Garland Jayne.
  • Price, David, The man who buried Borrow.
  • Froiz, Fátima, Calle Jorge Borrow, La Coruña.
  • Barrett, Ken, And a Park at Ferrol in Northern Spain, named after Borrow!
  • Rowlandson, Paul, George Borrow and London Bridge.
  • Kerrigan, Colm, Favourite books about Spain.
  • Hentges, John, The other Galicia—A note on the story of Judah Lib.
  • Hitchcock, Richard, An echo of Borrow in Madrid in 1943.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Borrow Plaque in the Calle Santiago, Madrid.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Michael Erard, Mezzofanti’s Gift: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners.
  • Price, David, Borrow On-Line.
  • Some welcome publicity for the Bulletin.
  • Bainbridge, John, Footloose with George Borrow: A new on-line  booklet.
  • The Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Day.
  • Press Cuttings.
  • The George Borrow Trust Essay Competition.
  • Amendment.
  • Borrow Portrayed.
  • Back Numbers of Bulletins, Binders and Proceedings.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 8 (Spring 2014)

  • Membership of the Society; obituary; recent events.
  • Meeting of the Executive Committee, 1 November 2013.
  • Biennial General Meeting of the George Borrow Society, 2 November 2013.
  • Hentges, John, A chance encounter: the incredible adventures of Ambrose Gwinnett.
  • Hentges, John, A word on Douglas Jerrold (1803–1857).
  • Mawtus, Mark, Headlong and Crotchet: The case for Thomas Love Peacock being the serio-comic author.
  • Barrett, Ken and Missler, Peter, A tale of woe: Borrow’s proxy encounter with the young man of Colunga.
  • Mount, David,  Alan Hunter’s The Norwich Poems: a Borrow-related item.
  • Mawtus, Mark, Other Thumblerig references.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow’s ‘Songs of Scandinavia’ and Prior’s Ancient Danish Ballads.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Another Borrow illustration from Look and Learn.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Yarmouth bridge disaster of 1845.
  • García, Richard, Borrow and the Royal Air Force.
  • Rossi, Anthony, Lavengro and d’Eterville: Strangers’ Hall or Luckett’s Court?
  • Rawbone, Michael, Gypsy Music.
  • Gurney, Trish, Antonia Fraser, Perilous QuestionThe Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832.
  • Missler, Peter, Juan Manuel Quero Moreno, Educación integral y de vanguardia.
  • Publications.
  • Press Cuttings.
  • Borrow On-line.
  • The George Borrow Trust Essay Competition 2015.
  • The Lavengro Press.
  • Borrow Portrayed.
  • Back Numbers of Bulletins, Binders and Proceedings.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 9 (Autumn 2014)

  • Membership.
  • Future events.
  • Recent events.
  • Meeting of the Executive Committee, 1 November 2013.
  • Biennial General Meeting of the George Borrow Society, 2 November 2013.
  • Stokes, Charity Scott, Lavengro at Newnham.
  • Chandler, David, Carnival and Lent: G. K. Chesterton and Borrow on Selling Novels to Survive.
  • Farrant, Ann, George Borrow and Amelia Opie.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A Genealogical Conundrum: Some afterthoughts on the people Borrow met in Cornwall.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Mysterious Stately.
  • Bean, Tom, Reflections on Borrow and on El Greco’s The Burial of the Conde de Orgaz.
  • The Church of England cat.
  • Price, David,  The Gypsy’s Parson, by the Rev. George Hall.
  •  A postscript on D’Eterville from Norwich and Norfolk Notes & Queries, 1902.
  • Hyde, George, Artemis Cooper, Paddy Leigh Fermoran adventure.
  • Raywid, Brian,  Yaron Matras, I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies.
  • Raywid, Brian, Katharine Quarmby, No Place to Call Home: Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies and Travellers.
  • Publications.
  • Press Cuttings.
  • Readers Write: Anglo-Saxon Interlude; An Appendix on Ambrose Gwinnett.
  • Editorial Error and Query.
  • Fiske, Ron, The Pounds in Borrows Pocket.
  • The George Borrow Trust; Essay Competition Reminder.
  • Friends of Norman Cross; Borrow Portrayed.
  • Report and Proceedings of the George Borrow Society’s Meeting held at Peterborough, 11–13 April 2014.
  • Fielder, Tony, Report on the weekend.
  • Nuttall, David and Floate, Sharon, The 1811 Overture: Being an Account of George Borrow, John Clare, Various Gypsies & a Great Deal of Straw Plait in This Year of the Napoleonic Wars.
  • Hyde, George, Borrowing A Snake.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, Borrow, Romany Gypsies And The Third Reich.
  • Fielder, Tony, To Borrovians the World Over, A Toast.
  • Back Numbers of Bulletins, Binders and Proceedings.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 10 (Spring 2015)

  • Membership of the Society.
  • Recent events.
  • Lannon, Tim, Christmas lunch, 6 December 2014.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A brief trip to Istanbul.
  • Future events.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Romantic Borrow and the Mind’s Eye.
  • Clements, Paul, Richard Hayward’s love of Lavengro.
  • Murphy, Martin, ‘What say you, Sir Watkin?’
  • Mawtus, Mark, Borrow and The Sleeping Bard.
  • Skillman, Michael, Real People in Wild Wales.
  • Skillman, Michael, More Real People in Wild Wales: Borrow’s Welsh-speaking Guide.
  • Skillman, Michael, And Finally—the Church of England Cat—Out of the Bag?
  • Keeton, Simon, What’s in a Name?.
  • Hentges, John, Night Stirrings in Putney.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Heroic Borrow?
  • Pattinson, Graham, Sad News about the Church of England Cat.
  • Rossi, Anthony, Lavengro and D’Eterville — Continued!
  • Fiske, Ron, Boxing Harry.
  • Moore, Norrette, More on the Tenants at Penquite.
  • Hankinson, Sophia, Ann Farrant, Amelia Opie: The Quaker Celebrity.
  • Murphy, Martin, Jenny Uglow, In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon’s Wars1793–1815.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, Sarah Houghton-Walker, Representations of the Gypsy in the Romantic Period.
  • Publications.
  • News cuttings.
  • The George Borrow Trust.
  • The Lavengro Press.
  • Borrow Portrayed.
  • Back Numbers of Bulletins, Binders and Proceedings.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 11 (Autumn 2015)

  • Membership of the Society; Obituary.
  • Visit to Portugal 1XX18 April 2015, see report on pp. 51 ff.
  • Gurney, Trish,  Visit to Llangollen 27 June 2015, a report.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The John Clare Festival at Helpston, Northamptonshire, 11 July 2015, a report.
  • Biennial General Meeting, 24 October 2015.
  • Christmas lunch, 6 December 2015.
  • Visit to Anglesey, Wales, 13–15 May 2016.
  • The George Borrow Society's 25th anniversary, 2016.
  • Keeton, Simon, Borrow and the Bible in Lavengro.
  • Peters, Timothy, Wild Wales and Wild Claims? A note.
  • Ridler, Ann M.,  William Mackay and his acquaintance with George Borrow, a note.
  • Hitchcock, Richard,  A note in defence of Michael Scot.
  • Gough, Steve, George Borrow out loud, a note.
  • Skillman, Kate,  Our A5 adventure, a note.
  • Ridler, Ann M.,  Wrestling Jacob: Borrow and the Methodists, a note.
  • Mawrus, Mark, Jeremiah Grant, Highwayman, and Sergeant Bagg, a query.
  • Publications.
  • The Lavengro Press.
  • Press Cuttings.
  • Ridler, Ann M.,  Ivan A. W. Bunn, George BorrowOulton and Beyond, reviewed.
  • Borrow On-Line.
  • A New Mobile Phone App.
  • Borrow at Auction.
  • Borrow First Editions for Sale.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow Dreaming. 
  • Visit by the George Borrow Society to Lisbon and Evora 13–18 April 2015.
  • Skillman, Mike, A report.
  • Hopkins, Simon, The Jews of Borrow's Portugal.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A magic lantern show in fairyland, ending Chapter 6 of The Bible in Spain.
  • Missler, Peter, A Rubik's Cube on the Road, or From Lisbon to Madrid by way of Évora, Badajoz and Wonderland.
  • Back Numbers of Bulletins, Binders and Proceedings.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 12 (Spring 2016)

  • Membership of the Society.
  • Biennial General Meeting held on 25 October 2015.
  • Meeting of the Executive Committee held on 25 October 2015.
  • Christmas lunch held on 5 December 2015.
  • Meeting on Anglesey, May 2016.
  • Joint meeting with the John Clare Society, October 2016.
  • Ridler, Ann M., ‘I have the advantage of not being a Welshman’: George Borrow’s interest in Anglesey’s poets.
  • Keeton, Simon, The Erl-king.
  • Missler, Peter, A Tale of Two Brothers.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Beckford and Borrow: Some Curious Fore-echoes.
  • Hentges, John, The Milman Street Dream.
  • Caizergues, Pierre; Peltier, Jacqueline, Pierre Caizergues, ‘George Borrow: A picturesque European’.
  • Ridler, Ann M., A Possible Precursor of Borrow’s Lord Whitefeather?
  • Skillman, Mike, Real People in Wild Wales.
  • Abrahams, Mandi, A post-script.
  • Gurney, Patricia, Charlotte Bronte reads Borrow.
  • Murphy, Martin, Travellers in Spain.
  • Laurie, Kedrun; Ridler Ann M., In Borrow’s Country — a mystery article.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 13 (Autumn 2016)

  • Membership of the Society; Obituaries.
  • Membership Issues.
  • Recent events (including a report on our visit to Epping).
  • Future events.
  • Activities of the Executive Committee.
  • von Kaenel-Flatt, Jessica, The Heath and the Drawing-Room: Representation and Reality in George Borrow’s Lavengro and The Romany Rye.
  • Rawbone, Michael, Bottom’s Dream: Arno Schmidt and George Borrow.
  • Keeton, Simon, A View from the Castle: Borrow and his Victorian peers via the photographs of Francis Frith.
  • Keeton, Simon,  Edinburgh’s bickers.
  • Ridler, Ann M.,  George Borrow at Sheringham, Norfolk.
  • Ridler, Ann M.,  Borrow and Dickens.
  • Skillman, Mike, Places Mentioned in Wild Wales: Pengwern Hall, Llangollen.
  • Publications.
  • Newscuttings.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Another Visitor to Anglesey.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Lavengro Press.
  • The George Borrow Trust.
  • Borrow Dreaming.
  • Chas Parry-Jones and the Penmynydd Road.
  • Report on the George Borrow Society’s visit to Anglesey on 13–15 May 2016.
  • Fielder, Tony, The Anglesey Weekend.
  • Grove-White, Robin, Anglesey in the 1850s.
  • Wilkins-Jones, Clive, The Tenth Fraser Memorial Lecture: Translating a Dream: George Borrow’s Vision of Ellis Wynne’s Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc (The Sleeping Bard).

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 14 (Spring 2017)

  • Membership of the Society; Obituary.
  • Christmas lunch on 3 December 2016 at the Hereford Arms, South Kensington.
  • Establishment of the Society's Twitter Account @georgeborrowsoc.
  • Proposed visit to North Norfolk in October 2017.
  • Keeton, Simon, Borrow's Turkish Jester—a personal interpretation.
  • Addendum: The Turkish Jester reviewed in 1834.
  • Price, David, George Borrow's son-in-law: Notes towards a Biography of William MacOubrey, Part 1.
  • Fiske, Ron, By-paths in Dereham history.
  • Bean, Tom, The Murray 1843 and 1844 Colonial and Home/Home and Colonial Editions of The Bible in Spain.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow in Albania.
  •  Jones, Myfanwy Bennett, Borrow and the Miller: George Borrow ym Mro'r Arwydd (in the district of the Arwydd), Ionawr—January, 1985.
  • Skillman, Mike, The clergyman of M—.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow and the Masons.
  • Friends of the George Borrow Society, How I came to be drawn to Borrow.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 15 (Autumn 2017)

  • Membership of the Society.
  • Obituary: Liz Clough.
  • Obituary: Richard Burleigh.
  • Recent events.
  • Future events.
  • Keeton, Simon, Dafydd’s Girls.
  • Price, David, George Borrow’s Son-in-law: Notes towards a Biography of William MacOubrey, Part 2.
  • Gosling, Martin, Jefferey Farnol and Shades of Borrow.
  • Skillman, Mike, Borrow’s Dingle.
  • Skillman, Mike, Borrow’s Gypsies and Christianity.
  • Bouchard, Brian, John (Jack) Cooper, The Fighting Gypsy: Bare-Knuckle Fighting on Epsom Downs.
  • Keeton, Simon, Ben Brain—an apology.
  • Ridler, Ann M., By-paths in Dereham History, a postscript.
  • Russell, Jonathan, To Walk like Borrow.
  • Gosling, Martin, Odds and Ends, some notes on commemoration of Borrow’s name.
  • Kerrigan, Colm, Murillo Paintings, Real or Imaginary? Borrow in Palencia.
  • Ridler, Ann M., The Peter Williams Welsh Bible.
  • Rawbone, Michael, Treading the Dance.
  • Murphy, Martin, George Borrow in Tipperary 1815–1816, by Colm Kerrigan.

George Borrow Bulletin 2nd Series nº 16 (Spring 2018)

  • Membership of the Society: obituary.
  • Future events.
  • Fiske, Ron, North Walsham and the Fight ‘par excellence’.
  • Pattinson, Graham, In the tracks of Borrow around Llangollen in 2018 (Part 1).
  • Skillman, Mike, Peter Williams, the preacher of Lavengro.
  • Bean, Tom, Robert Cooke.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Borrow and the Planet Jupiter.
  • Mawtus, Mark, The Gypsy marriages of the ‘noble and numerous family of Tolstoy’.
  • Notes from the Friends of the George Borrow Society Facebook page.
  • Missler, Peter, Captain George Henry Borrow.
  • Barrett, Richard, A note on the Baptist chapel near Ruthin.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Our member John Bainbridge and the Bow Street Society.
  • Murphy, Martin, Manuel Serrano Vélez, El discreto heterodoxo: Luis de Usoz and La librería secreta de Luis de Usoz, 1805–1865.
  • Keeton, Simon, Ken Barrett, ed., George Borrow en España: Reacción, Religión y Reencuentro.
  • Spotted on the Internet.
  • The Lavengro Press.
  • Crossword.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Indexes to the Bulletin.
  • Borrow Dreaming.
  • Ridler, Ann M., Food for Thought—Problems of biography.
  • Fielder, Tony, Report on the George Borrow Society’s Visit to King’s Lynn 13–15 October 2017.
  • Hentges, John, Lines to Six-Foot-Three—His own Hero?
  • Clive Wilkins-Jones, Smoking Sheets and Biting Bed-Bugs? Borrow and Hotels.
  • Nuttall, David, A Toast to Borrow.
  • Report on the Biennial General Meeting of the George Borrow Society held on 14 October 2017.
  • Report of the Meeting of the Executive Committee held on 14 October 2017.
  • The First Page of Borrow’s Norfolk Diaries, 1856–1857.

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