Category Archives: Locations

Report of Bodleian Waugh Exhibit

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A Spanish-language blogger posting on En Compostela (literally “In Compostela”, probably referring to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain) has written an illustrated report of a visit to the Evelyn Waugh exhibition (“City of Acquatint”) at the Bodleian Library in … Continue reading →

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Pre-Raphaelite Exhibit at the Royal Academy

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Milena Borden has kindly sent us the following report about an exhibit in London likely to be of interest to our readers: The Royal Academy of Arts in London is holding an exhibition ‘Works of Feeling: Pre-Raphaelite Book Illustration’ in … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Watering Holes in the News

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Several of Waugh’s pre-war venues have been in the papers recently. The Abingdon Arms in Beckley (near Oxford) was frequently visited by Waugh in his student days and thereafter, sometimes accompanied by his friend Alastair Graham. He wrote some of … Continue reading →

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Simon Schama’s Guilty Pleasure

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Historian, author and TV presenter Prof Simon Schama is interviewed by The Book Report column of the Toronto Globe and Mail. After identifying Tolstoy’s War and Peace as the book he has most reread (not too surprising for a historian), … Continue reading →

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Waugh: Letter Writing, Divorce Reform, and Wadham College

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The nondenominational religious journal First Things has an article about what is seen as the dying art of letter writing. This is written by R E Colombini and entitled “So Long, Age of Letters”. He uses as a case study … Continue reading →

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Mary Wesley Letters Published

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The letters between novelist Mary Wesley and her second husband Eric Siepmann have been published and are reviewed by D J Taylor in The Times. The book is entitled Darling Pol and is edited by Wesley’s biographer Patrick Marnham. Wesley and … Continue reading →

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Rules Reigns

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Two websites have recently featured articles about Rules, the restaurant near Covent Garden, in both of which Evelyn Waugh is mentioned. Eater London has a background article on the restaurant, its ambience, and its food. The article opens with this: … Continue reading →

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Campion Hall Takes Part in Complete Works Edition

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The October issue of Campion News, the newsletter of Campion Hall, Oxford, has announced its participation in the OUP’s Complete Works of Waugh project: The recognised authority on Edmund Campion, Professor Gerard Kilroy, Senior Research Fellow at the Hall, is … Continue reading →

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Another Lygon and More Bridesheads

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mail has an article about a recently pubished diary kept by two early women undergraduates at St Hugh’s College, Oxford: Dorothy Hammonds and Margaret Mowll. Their diary starts in 1905 and describes the restricted lives of the Oxford … Continue reading →

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Waugh and the Magnet

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Blogger George Simmers has recently posted on his weblog Great War Fiction a report of his visit to an exhibit of volumes from Philip Larkin’s personal library. This was at the University of Hull where Larkin served at the Librarian. … Continue reading →

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