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Category Archives: Lectures
Evelyn Waugh at the Hay Festival
An article in Vanity Fair describes an event at this year’s Literary Festival in Hay-on-Wye that featured a reading from a work of Evelyn Waugh. So far as appeared from the schedule, there were no events in which a Waugh … Continue reading
Naomi Milthorpe on Waugh
Naomi Milthorpe, author of Evelyn Waugh’s Satire (now available as an ebook as well as hardback), will appear later this week at the University of Tasmania’s Humanities Showcase. Her topics will be archives, literary objects and Evelyn Waugh. Also on the program … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Lectures
Tagged Humanities Showcase, Naomi Milthorpe, University of Tasmania
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Brideshead Actress Dies in France
Actress Stéphane Audran who played Cara in the 1981 Granada TV production of Brideshead Revisited has died in France at the age of 85. She was married at one time to new wave film director Claude Chabrol and at another, … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, London, Newspapers
Tagged Brunel University London, Country Houses, Daily Express, Shakespeare, Spear's magazine, Stephane Audran, Vogue, weddings
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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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Waugh and his Enemies: Hugh Trevor-Roper
In advance of the lecture (“Waugh’s Enemies”) scheduled for next Monday, 25 September at Hertford College, Oxford, the University of Leicester has posted a brief article about what will surely be one of the topics. This is by Milena Borden … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Lectures, Letters, Oxford, World War II
Tagged Hugh Trevor-Roper, Milena Borden
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Powell Lecture to be Given by Alexander Waugh
The annual lecture of the Anthony Powell Society will be given this December by Alexander Waugh at the Travellers Club in Pall Mall, London. Here’s a copy of the AP Society’s announcement: Anthony Powell Lecture Wavian Reactions to Anthony Powell to be … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Lectures, London
Tagged annual lecture, Anthony Powell Society, Travellers' Club
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Waugh and the Q & A
Humorist Craig Brown writing in the Daily Mail makes a case for the elimination of the Q&A following any vocal presentation by an author. He is particularly bothered by the typical literary festival as a waste of time. In the article, … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Interviews, Lectures, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Craig Brown, Daily Mail
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