Category Archives: Lectures

Paula Byrne to Lecture at Oxfordshire Museum

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Literary biographer Paula Byrne will lecture at the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock on the subject of her book Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead (2009). The lecture, sponsored by the Woodstock Literature Society, is scheduled for Saturday, 24 October … Continue reading →

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Alexander Waugh to Speak on Combe Florey

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The University of Leicester has announced a lecture by Alexander Waugh on Evelyn Waugh’s views on the English country house, with particular reference to his own house, Combe Florey, in Somerset. The talk is open to the public (ÂŁ3 admission) … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s 1949 Minnesota Lecture

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

A newspaper article describing Waugh’s 1949 lecture at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been reprinted in full in the latest issue of Writing in the Margins (Spring 2015), the journal of the University’s English Department. This was … Continue reading →

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Lecture by Dr. Lisa Colletta at the American University of Rome, “Travelers, Exile, and Expats: British Novelists in Hollywood”

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

On November 13 at 7:00 p.m., at the American University of Rome, Dr. Lisa Colletta will give her inaugural lecture as a full professor at AUR. Based upon her 2013 book exploring the same subject, her lecture “Travelers, Exile, and … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Dead Meet Up, London, Nov. 26th: “The Loved One” and the Reality of Embalming

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

There is nothing new under the sun. Except, perhaps, this: On Wed., Nov. 26th, at Barts Pathology Museum in London, Dead Meet (“Dating and Networking for Death Professionals”), is holding its Inaugural Dead Meet Up, a networking event at which … Continue reading →

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Lancing College 2014 Evelyn Waugh Lecture

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Sir Peter Bazalgette, Chair of Arts Council England and President of the Royal Television Society, was the guest speaker at the 2014 Evelyn Waugh Lecture at Lancing College on May 1. This year’s lecture, entitled “The Drain Brain,” focused on … Continue reading →

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Public lecture on EW by Alexander Waugh: Durham University, March 19, 7 p.m.

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Alexander Waugh, grandson of Evelyn and son of Auberon, will give a public lecture, A Word or Two About Evelyn Waugh, at 7 p.m. tomorrow, March 19, at Durham University. Additional details at the link above. Audio recordings of past … Continue reading →

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Selina Hastings’s Evelyn Waugh republished

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Evelyn Waugh, the highly regarded 1995 biography by Selina Hastings, is being republished in the UK this month by Capuchin Classics, with publication in the US later this year. Several author lectures and books signings have been scheduled to coincide … Continue reading →

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Lancing College remembers Brideshead Revisited

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

A report by Sussex Living magazine on the 2013 Evelyn Waugh Lecture at Lancing College.

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Lancing College 2013 Evelyn Waugh Lecture announced

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Lancing College, the school which Evelyn Waugh attended between 1917 and 1921, has announced that the 2013 Evelyn Waugh Lecture will be given on April 18th by Anthony Andrews, the actor who played Sebastian Flyte in the celebrated Granada Television adaptation … Continue reading →

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