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Category Archives: Oxford
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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First Complete Works Volumes Published
The first four volumes of Evelyn Waugh’s Complete Works have been published by Oxford University Press. Alexander Waugh is interviewed on BBC Radio 4 in yesterday’s edition of World at One in connection with this event. The interview is by … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Alexander Waugh, Complete Works, Diaries, Interviews, Newspapers, Oxford, Radio Programs, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC Radio 4, David Sexton, Evening Standard, Luke Jones, World at One
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Oxford Mail Surveys Complete Works
The Oxford Mail has published a feature length article on the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. The project will launch next month with the publication of four volumes, including Precious Waughs, the first of 12 volumes of “personal writings.” These … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Oxford Mail, Oxford University Press
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Handful, Oxford and North End Road
Author Gill Hornby in her Daily Mail column takes up the literary genre of expat novels. This is in response to two of her children expatriating themselves: We Brits didn’t only build the model for expat life, we’ve also provided its … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, A Little Learning, Academia, Diaries, Hampstead, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Christ Church, Daily Mail, expat novels, Gill Hornby, Hertford College, North End Road, TomWinnifrigh.com, YouTube
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Waugh Events Announced
There will be a panel on Evelyn Waugh at the Blenheim Palace Festival of Literature, Film & Music in October. This will consist of Paula Byrne, Alex Preston and Justine Picardie who will discuss the life and loves of Evelyn Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Festivals, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Alex Preston, Blenheim Palace Festival, Harper's Bazaar, Justine Picardie, New York Public Library, Paula Byrne
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Waugh Echoes in Kevin Kwan Trilogy
Singapore-born novelist Kevin Kwan has just completed a trilogy of comic novels which began with Crazy Rich Asians in 2013. According to the Seattle Times, the trilogy is set among three intergenerational and ultrarich Chinese families and peppered with hilarious … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Crazy Rich People Trilogy, Daily O, Kevin Kwan, Seattle Times, The Metro, Toronto Star, Victoria "Plum" Sykes
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Christ Church Dust-up Brings Waugh Cites in Press
A recent incident at Christ Church, an Oxford college, has been widely reported in the British press. This involved a student, Lavinia Woodward, who was studying to be a surgeon. In a reportedly drug-induced rage, she stabbed her boyfriend (whom … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Christ Church, Daily Mail, Guardian, Lavinia Woodward, Peter Hitchins, Simon Jenkins, Tom Winnifrith
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