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Category Archives: Academia
Alexander Waugh to Chair Panel at Literary Leicester Festival
A panel has been announced for the Literary Leicester Festival on the subject “Remembering Alexander Chancellor (1940-2017).” He was editor and contributor to several journals, including most notably The Spectator. The panel will he chaired by Alexander Waugh, his son-in-law … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Festivals, Humo(u)r
Tagged Alexander Chancellor, Literary Leicester Festival, University of Leicester
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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
University of Leicester Seeks Research Manager for CWW Project
The University of Leicester has advertised for applicants to fill its position of Research Project Officer for its ongoing project to edit and publish (through OUP) the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. This is a part time position (approx. 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Research
Tagged employment opportunity, University of Leicester
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Campion Hall Takes Part in Complete Works Edition
The October issue of Campion News, the newsletter of Campion Hall, Oxford, has announced its participation in the OUP’s Complete Works of Waugh project: The recognised authority on Edmund Campion, Professor Gerard Kilroy, Senior Research Fellow at the Hall, is … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Complete Works, Edmund Campion, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Campion Hall Oxford, Gerard Kilroy
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Henry Green’s Dead White Goose
The New York Review of Books’ revival of the works of Henry Green is nearing its completion later this month. They will publish Nothing and Doting next week followed by the reissuance of Concluding by New Directions on 31 October. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers
Tagged Henry Green, Michael Gorra, Ne York Review of Books, The Paris Review
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Another Lygon and More Bridesheads
The Daily Mail has an article about a recently pubished diary kept by two early women undergraduates at St Hugh’s College, Oxford: Dorothy Hammonds and Margaret Mowll. Their diary starts in 1905 and describes the restricted lives of the Oxford … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Theater
Tagged Daily Mail, Independent Theatre Adelaide, Lygon family, St Hugh's College, Tom Stoppard Arcadia, University of Louisiana Lafayette
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London in the Slump
A new book has been published about London in the 1930s. This is entitled Playboys and Mayfair Men and is written by Angus McLaren, Professor Emeritus at University of Victoria. The book focuses on a sensational jewel robbery at the … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Black Mischief, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Angus McLaren, Bookriot, Clay Andres, Shelter Island Reporter
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Waugh and the Magnet
Blogger George Simmers has recently posted on his weblog Great War Fiction a report of his visit to an exhibit of volumes from Philip Larkin’s personal library. This was at the University of Hull where Larkin served at the Librarian. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Events, Lancing
Tagged George Simmers, Great War Fiction, Head's House, Philip Larkin, The Magnet
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New Hollinghurst Novel Reviewed in Guardian
The Guardian reviewed Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel earlier this week. The review is by Alex Preston and opens with a link to a Waugh novel: Alan Hollinghurst’s sixth novel, The Sparsholt Affair, opens in Oxford during the second world war … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, Oxford, The Loved One
Tagged Alan Hollinghurst, Alex Preston, Guardian, Luke O'Neill, Mark Voger, NJ.com, University Times
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At Hertford College with ‘Waugh’s Enemies’ and Friends
The following account was written by Milena Borden who attended the lecture in Oxford earlier this week. Many thanks to Milena for her report: The title of the Monday afternoon discussion in the Dining Hall of Hertford College was as … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Lectures, Oxford
Tagged Hertford College, Milena Borden
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