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Category Archives: Oxford
Michaelmas Roundup
–Several religious journals carry a story by George Weigel about the elimination of the Papal States in the 19th century as part of Italy’s reunification. The article, as published in the interfaith journal First Things, opens with this: Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Oxford, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour
Tagged Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, First Things, Sevenoaks Chamber of Commerce, The Spectator
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Bright Younger People
In yesterday’s Mail on Sunday, Toby Young writes about his days at Oxford in the 1980s, energized to do so by a new book out later this week by Dafydd Jones. This is entitled Oxford, The Last Hurrah. The US … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Photographs
Tagged Boris Johnson, Dafydd Jones, Daily Mail, Toby Young
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Roundup: Audrey Lucas and More
–Duncan Mclaren has added more information to his website concerning Waugh’s friendship with actress and writer Audrey Lucas. This takes the form of an imagined interview of Audrey by Nancy Mitford in advance of the now postponed Brideshead Festival at … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Collections, Newspapers, Oxford, Put Out More Flags, Scoop
Tagged Audrey Lucas, Cherwell, Daily Mail, Duncan McLaren, Express & Star (Wolverhampton), Penguin Books
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Anthropologist at the Hypocrites Club
A new book surveys the professional career of E E Evans-Pritchard, a noted anthropologist who made his reputation with studies of Sudanese cultures. This biography is entitled The Anthropological Lens: A Dandy Among the Azande and is written by Christopher … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Newspapers, Oxford, World War II
Tagged Adam Kuper, Anthropology, E E Evans-Pritchard, Hypocrites Club, Wall Street Journal
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Roundup of Updates
–The Wall Street Journal’s weekend edition carries a story by Tobias Grey about the upcoming exhibition of Cecil Beaton’s works. This opens on 12 March at the National Portrait Gallery in London. See earlier posts. After describing the genesis of … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Newspapers, Oxford, Photographs, Waugh Family
Tagged Cecil Beaton, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Hexham Book Festival, The Times, Wall Street Journal
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Upcoming Waugh Events
Two Waugh-related events have been announced for late next month. Unfortunately, they occur on the same day but do not necessarily conflict: –The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh Project in Leicester has announced a reading from a new play based … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Events, Festivals, Oxford, Theater
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Loughborough, Sophie Swithinbank
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Pre-Valentine Roundup
–Duncan McLaren has added a new Waugh chum in his descriptions of “visitors” to the Castle Howard Brideshead Festival. This is Patrick Balfour who was a friend of Waugh from his Oxford days. They remained friends until Waugh’s death. Balfour … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Oxford, Sword of Honour, Theater
Tagged Catholic Herald, Daily Telegraph, Guyana, Oxford Mail, Patrick Balfour, The Spectator, Wall Street Journal
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Waugh and Trevor-Roper: The Annual Dacre Lecture
Waugh Society member and frequent contributor Milena Borden sends this report of her recent attendance at the annual Dacre Lecture in Oxford: Milena Borden was invited to the recent Dacre lecture and dinner at Oxford, where Waugh was among the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Lectures, Oxford
Tagged Dacre Lecture, Hugh Trevor-Roper
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Evelyn Waugh Studies (Autumn 2019) Now Available
The latest edition of the society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies (Autumn 2019, No. 50.2) is now available. It can be accessed at this link. The contents are set out below: CONTENTS Brideshead Serialized: 75th Anniversary of Publication in Town & … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Oxford, World War II
Tagged F Scott Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Meyers, Robert Murray Davis, Town & Country, Yugoslavia
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The Oxford Novel (more)
In a recent post, we considered a discussion of novelist William Boyd about “the Oxford novel” (as well as well as other novels associated with particular cities). More recently, a new literary periodical–the Oxford Review of Books–has taken up the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged John Phipp, Oxford Review of Books, Philip Larkin
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