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Category Archives: Edmund Campion
Bank Holiday Roundup
—Country Life has posted the second part of their interesting and informative essay on the building and decoration of Campion Hall at Oxford. The first installment was described in an earlier post. Here’s an excerpt relating to Waugh’s contribution to … Continue reading
Book Launch in Oxford for “Handful” and “Campion”
Lincoln College, Oxford has announced an event for early next month. It is entitled “From Despair to Faith: Evelyn Waugh’s A Handful of Dust and Edmund Campion“. Here are the details: You are warmly invited to a discussion, with Clare … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Complete Works, Edmund Campion, Oxford
Tagged Gerard Kilroy, Henry Woudhuysen, Lincoln College
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Christie’s Online Sale of Waugh Presentation Copies
Christie’s has issued a catalogue for the sale of several Waugh editions from the collection of William S Reese. Here’s the general description: The themes of Part Three of The Private Collection of William S. Reese include fine art, Yale … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Edmund Campion, Items for Sale
Tagged Christie's, Christopher Sykes, John Betjeman
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Early April Roundup
–In the Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen has reviewed Daisy Dunn’s previously mentioned new book Not Far from Brideshead. The review is entitled “The Greats [sic] and the good at Oxford.” Here’s an excerpt: …Dunn writes with intelligence and verve, but … Continue reading
Septimus Waugh: Reminiscence
The Tablet’s latest issue has a reminiscence of the late Septimus Waugh. This appears in the “Word from the Cloister” column and is based on an interview of Jimmy Burns, journalist and member of The Tablet’s board. He was a … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Diaries, Edmund Campion, Interviews, Newspapers, Waugh Family, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Jimmy Burns, Septimus Waugh, The Tablet, Tom Burns
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Roundup: From Party Going to Boredom
–A recent issue of Financial Times contains a “Weekend Essay” on the return of the party, to London and New York at least. This is by Alex Bilmes who is editor of Esquire. After reminiscing about how party going shut … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Edmund Campion, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, Work Suspended
Tagged Craig Brown, Daily Mail, Financial Times, Madeleine Kearns, Mail on Sunday, National Catholic Register, The Spectator
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Campion Hall Lecture on YouTube
Prof. Gerard Kilroy’s 9 September 2021 lecture on “Edmund Campion and Waugh’s Household of the Faith”at Campion Hall, Oxford is available on YouTube at this link. The illustrated lecture was presented at Campion Hall, Oxford before a live audience and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Edmund Campion
Tagged YouTube
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Oxford Campion Event (More)
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh has issued an invitation to recently announced book launch at Campion Hall in Oxford. See earlier post dated 26 July. This clarifies that the book to be launched is the OUP Complete Works edition … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Edmund Campion, Events, Oxford
Tagged Campion Hall, Gerard Kilroy
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Upcoming Waugh Events
–This Thursday, 29 July will effectively be “Waugh Night” on BBC Four. This will start with the 2008 Ecosse/Miramax film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. BBC was one of several co-producers of the film and has redeployed it several times. Oddly, … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Edmund Campion, Events, Interviews, Oxford
Tagged Amazon Prime, BBC, Campion Hall. Gerard Kilroy
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