Tag Archives: National Portrait Gallery

Roundup: Kitsch, Photos and a War

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–Last week, a group of Waugh scholars convened by Zoom.com to listen to and discuss a talk by Professor Taichi Koyama on the subject Waugh and Kitsch. Here’s a description of Prof. Koyama’s presentation: Evelyn Waugh’s novels, from the earlier … Continue reading →

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Cecil Beaton Exhibit @ NPG (More)

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The curator of the National Potrait Gallery’s Cecil Beaton exhibit (Robin Muir) has posted several photos (some with his comments) of the exhibit. There is one on Instagram showing Henry Lamb’s portraits of Evelyn Waugh and Cecil Beaton hanging next … Continue reading →

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Bright Young People Re-illuminated

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

There are several stories in the press about the “Bright Young People” inspired by next Thursday’s opening of the Cecil Beaton exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery mentioned in several previous posts. The most interesting of these is by Hugo … Continue reading →

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Halloween Roundup

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

–The London Review of Books in its latest issue has published an article by Rosemary Hill on the life and career of Auberon Waugh. This is entitled “Woof, woof” and includes a description of Auberon’s life from the time he … Continue reading →

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Waugh Walk and Beaton Exhibit

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

The Bodleian Library in Oxford has announced a Psychogeographic Writing/Walking tour around Oxford. This will take place on Saturday, 1 June at 1000a-1300p starting from the Weston Library on Broad Street. Here’s the description: Join poet, writer and academic R.M.Francis … Continue reading →

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Paula Byrne to Lecture at the NPG

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Jane Austen’s House Museum has announced a lecture that may be of interest to our readers. This is the  T Edward Carpenter Memorial Lecture: “Jane Austen and the English Comic Tradition” by Dr Paula Byrne at the National Portrait … Continue reading →

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Vogue Exhibit (More)

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A review by Alice Sprawls of the Vogue 100 exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery and its catalogue  appears in the London Review of Books for 5 May 2016. See earlier post. This explains that Waugh’s work for Vogue began … Continue reading →

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Waugh Portrait Featured in Vogue Exhibit

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The National Portrait Gallery in London is currently running an exhibit entitled Vogue 100: A Century of Style. Among the artifacts on show is a 1950 portrait of Evelyn Waugh by photographer Irving Penn. This is described in an arts … Continue reading →

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