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Category Archives: Conferences
Pinfold Redux: Muriel Spark Centenary
Articles are appearing in advance of the centenary of novelist Muriel Spark which will be observed next Thursday (1 February). Scottish novelist Allan Massie has written an article in the i Newspaper in which he recalls her career and his … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Conferences, Letters, Newspapers, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Allan Massie, iNewspaper, Martin Stannard, Muriel Spark, Patricia Waugh, The Tablet, Universoty of Glasgow
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Waugh Collector Named Chair of Huntington
The Huntington Library has named Loren Rothschild chair of its Board of Trustees. In its Press Release announcing the appointment, the Huntington provides this description of Mr Rothschild’s career: Los Angeles business executive and a rare book collector, Loren Rothschild … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Collections, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh
Tagged Huntington Library, Loren Rothschild
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Russian Article on Waugh Available Online
Waugh scholar Irina Kabanova has written an article entitled “Evelyn Waugh and the USA”. This was published in December 2016 in the Russian language journal Literatura Dvukh Amerik (Literature of the Two Americas). It is now available online at this … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Edmund Campion, Helena, Research, The Loved One
Tagged Irina Kabanova, Literature of the Two Americas
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Muriel Spark Centenary to be Observed Next Year
Next year on 1st February will be the centenary of novelist Muriel Spark’s birth. The papers are beginning to build up publicity for the event. Last week The National (Scotland) and The Times both ran articles mentioning the centenary. Both articles … Continue reading
Evelyn Waugh’s Birthday 28 October 2003
Today is the 114th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s birthday. This has been announced in several news sites that track this sort of thing. Perhaps not coincidently, the Guardian has chosen this date to report that Waugh’s grandson, Alexander, will announce … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Edward de Vere, Guardian, Shakespeare, Westminster Abbey
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Huntington Waugh Conference Reviewed
Veteran Waugh scholar Robert Murray Davis has written an assessment of the recent Evelyn Waugh Conference at the Huntington Library in Pasadena, California. This is posted on the University of Leicester’s internet site: The symposium can’t be compared to previous … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences
Tagged Huntington Library, Robert Murray Davis
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Waugh and Solitude
In an article on the weblog PanAm Post, Alejandro Jenkins declares the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez to be overrated. One reason for this is the underdeveloped characters: The idea behind Hundred Years of Solitude (to create a saga-esque … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Conferences, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Castle Howard, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Natalia Sanmartin Fennolera, PanAm Post, The American Conservative, Yorkshire Post
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Powell Society Papers Include Two about Waugh
The Anthony Powell Society has recently published the Proceedings of its 2016 Conference in York. There are two papers in this collection that relate directly to the writings of Evelyn Waugh. The titles and abstracts of these papers are set forth … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Vile Bodies
Tagged Anthony Powell Society, Castle Howard, Henry Green, Proceedings of York Conference 2016
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Waugh Conference at Gerald Brenan House in Malaga
The Gerald Brenan House in Malaga, Spain, has announced a one-day conference on Evelyn Waugh to take place a week from today on Friday 23 June. According to the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia, the conference will start with a showing of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Carlos Villar Flor, Gerald Brenan House, La Vanguardia, Malaga
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