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Category Archives: Complete Works
Bodleian Acquires Ducker Archives
Oxford’s Bodleian Library has announced the acquisition of the ledger books of the bespoke shoemakers Ducker and Son located for many years on The Turl. See earlier post. The acquisition was made at auction with the the financial support of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Collections, Complete Works, Events, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Bodleian Library, Ducker & Son, Financial Times
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Waugh Conference Details Announced
Details have been announced of the Evelyn Waugh conference to be held at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California in the spring. Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector will take place on May 5 & 6 (Fri. & Sat.) to … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Complete Works, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh Society, Events
Tagged Huntington Library
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Waugh Topic of Lecture and Preview
This month will see Waugh’s biographer Martin Stannard lecture in Oxford and the BBC’s film of Decline and Fall previewed in Cardiff: Campion Hall in Oxford will host a lecture by Prof Martin Stannard entitled “No Abiding City: Evelyn Waugh and America”. Stannard, … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Edmund Campion, Oxford, Television, The Loved One, Wales
Tagged Anthony Burgess Society, BBC, Campion Hall, Martin Stannard
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Jesuit Journal Reviews Eade Biography
The current issue of America magazine, the journal of the Jesuit order in the US, reviews Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh. The review is by David Leigh and is not a favorable one: Any biographer of Evelyn Waugh (1903–66) … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Catholicism, Complete Works, Newspapers
Tagged America: The Jesuit Review, David Leigh, Philip Eade
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Waugh Biography Reviewed in the US Press
Reviews have appeared in two US newspapers of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade, published earlier this month in the US. In the Wall Street Journal, the book is reviewed by British novelist and journalist Allan Massie. (If … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Allan Massie, Micah Mattix, Philip Eade, Wall Street Journal, Washington Free Beacon
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Quick Delivery of A Little Order
A blogger living in London (blogging as Dickon Edwards) has posted an experience of brick and mortar booksellers becoming more competitive with their online counterparts: There are many reasons to buy books from bookshops rather than Amazon, but one is … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Diaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Letters, London, The Holy Places, When the Going Was Good
Tagged A Little Order, Dickon Edwards, Donat Gallagher
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David Bradshaw (1955-2016) R.I.P.
The death has been announced of Professor David Bradshaw of Worcester College, University of Oxford. He was Professor of English Literature and author of The Hidden Huxley (1994). He edited and wrote the introduction to several novels, including the Penguin Modern Classics 2001 edition of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Oxford
Tagged David Bradshaw
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Eade Biography Reviewed in Antipodes
The new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade is reviewed by Mark McGinness in the Sydney Morning Herald. After summarizing Waugh’s life as reflected in Eade’s book McGinness concludes: Waugh’s work has and will endure. Leicester University and Oxford University … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Complete Works, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic Herald, Mark McGinness, Philip Eade, Sydney Morning Herald
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Waugh Event in Taunton
Brendon Books in Taunton will host an appearance of Philip Eade and Alexander Waugh in the Fall. The subject will be the life of Evelyn Waugh. Eade is the author of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh and Alexander Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Biographies, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Events, Lectures
Tagged Brendon Books, Philip Eade
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Biography Reviewed in Waugh’s Old Neighborhoods
The new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade has been reviewed in the Camden Review, which is an arts and entertainment section carried in local North London papers, including the Camden New Journal and the Islington Tribune. The review … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Complete Works, Hampstead, London, Newspapers
Tagged Camden New Journal, Gerald Isaaman, Islington Tribune, Liz Dexter, Philip Eade
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