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Category Archives: Lectures
Spring Equinox Roundup
–The religious-philosophical website First Things has posted an article by George Weigel about conspiracy theories from within the Vatican hierarchy. This opens with an allusion to a seldom-mentioned Waugh character who has suddenly become relevant in the present international environment: … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged First Things, Gresham College, New Yorker, Paula Byrne, Radio Spada, The Spectator
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Modernism’s Centenary Marked: Essay and Lecture
There have been several stories in the papers recently about the major events in the history of modern literature that occurred in 1922. A recent article by John Self in The Critic magazine does an excellent job of bringing them … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, A Little Learning, Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, John Self, Modernism, T S Eliot Society, The Critic, The Waste Land, University of Leicester
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Midwinter Events
Here are some upcoming events that may be of interest to our readers: –ITV has started a 3-episode documentary series called “Keeping up with the aristocrats” which began airing yesterday. It will follow the lives of four aristocratic families who … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Discussions, Lectures, Television Programs
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Gresham College, ITV, Newsday, Renishaw Hall, Sitwell Family
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Post-Thanksgiving Roundup
–10 December will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Christopher Hitchens. This is commemorated in the Financial Times by an article entitled “The World Christopher Hitchens Left Behind”. This is by Janan Ganash who might have used as … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Helena, Lectures, Newspapers, Oxford, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Herald, Christopher Hitchens, Financial Times, Irish Times, New Statesman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Quadrant
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UChicago Course re Waugh Travel Writing
The University of Chicago’s school of continuing education has announced an 8-week course relating to the travel writing of Evelyn Waugh. This will be a weekly session of lectures each Wednesday in January-February. The lecturer is educator and literary critic … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Lectures, Non-fiction
Tagged Bruce Gans, Travel Writing, University of Chicago
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Annual Waugh Lecture (More)
As noted in a previous post, the annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture was delivered at Lancing College earlier this week. The talk was given by Jeremy Tomlinson, a former master of the house where Waugh lived as a student. It was … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Diaries, Helena, Lancing, Lectures
Tagged Jeremy Tomlinson
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Waugh-Themed Academic Papers
–On Tuesday, 20 April 2021, Yuexi Liu, Assistant Professor of English at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University will make a presentation on the subject: “Narrating Difficult Histories: (Inter)Wartime Border Crossing in Hemingway, Waugh, and Isherwood.” Here’s a summary from the notice: The … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh Society, Film, Lectures, Vile Bodies
Tagged Cara L Lewis, Yuexi Liu
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Annual Waugh Lecture: A Housemaster’s Report
Lancing College has announced the details of this year’s annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture to be held by Zoom Webinar on Thursday, 22 April at 1930-2030 London time: 2021 marks the centenary of Evelyn Waugh leaving Lancing and 50 years since tonight’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Lancing, Lectures
Tagged Jeremy Tomlinson
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Labor Day Roundup
–Sebastian Payne writing in the Financial Times describes a non-boring dinner party of his own contrivance. The venue will be Riley’s Fish Shack at Tynemouth on the northeast coast of England and the chef will be Adam Riley, apparently owner … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Lectures, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Durham University, Financial Times, Irish Times, Oxford University Press, The Tablet
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Cecil Beaton Exhibit @ NPG (More)
–The curator of the National Potrait Gallery’s Cecil Beaton exhibit (Robin Muir) has posted several photos (some with his comments) of the exhibit. There is one on Instagram showing Henry Lamb’s portraits of Evelyn Waugh and Cecil Beaton hanging next … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Lectures, London, Newspapers, Photographs, Portraits
Tagged Cecil Beaton, National Portrait Gallery, Robin Muir, Vogue
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