Category Archives: Exhibits

Mother’s Day (US) Roundup

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–A post on the website thinkinghousewife.com has this cite for its Mother’s Day offering: IN HIS unfinished autobiography A Little Learning, the British author Evelyn Waugh remembered fondly his own mother: “My mother was small, neat, reticent and, until her last decade, very active. She … Continue reading →

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Easter Week Roundup

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

British journalist Eleanor Doughty, well known to our readers, has made a revisit to Castle Howard. What she finds is described in an article in the Times newspaper. Here is an excerpt: There is nowhere on earth like Castle Howard. … Continue reading →

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Rex Whistler Anniversary Commemorated

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

Next month will mark the 80th anniversary of the death of Rex Whistler on 18 July 1944. He died in France as part of the invasion force following D-Day. The Salisbury Museum has mounted a special exhibition of his work … Continue reading →

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Rhode Island Library Commemorates Waugh’s 1949 American Visit

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

The St Thomas More Library of the Portsmouth Abbey School in Rhode Island has mounted an exhibit commemorating Waugh’s visit to the school 75 years ago in March 1949. This was part of his lecture tour of Roman Catholic schools … Continue reading →

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