Finding Helena
May 3rd is the Feast of the Finding of the True Cross. Here Sara Haslam, our volume editor for Evelyn Waugh’s novel about St Helena, reflects on the time she has spent with the woman Waugh credits with the discovery. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, was in her seventies when she travelled to […]
Living in Arcadia: Sophie Swithinbank reflects on the early days of her David Bradshaw Creative Writing Residency, 2019
Sophie Swithinbank reflects on the paradox of traditional and millennial values that exist in Oxford, in 2019, and her first week in Oxford, as part – time David Bradshaw Creative Writer in Residence, 2019. Hello! This is my first (ever) blog so I cannot tell you whether it will be worth your while […]
Drifting into Heritage: R. M. Francis’ Week 1 of David Bradshaw Creative Writing Residency, 2019
Dr Robert M. Francis reflects on the impact place has upon the self and his first week in Oxford as a full – time David Bradshaw Creative Writer in Residence, 2019. With my first week as David Bradshaw Creative Writer in Residence complete, I want to start my first blog by sending out some […]
Waugh in Italy
Following the hugely successful ‘Return to Waugh‘ event that was hosted by the British Council Milan, in collaboration with the University of Milan on 17th November, Milena Borden reflects on the relationship Waugh had with his Italian translator, Valentino Bompiani and considers the sociopolitical context of the Italian society that welcomed Waugh’s post – […]
Professor David Bradshaw, 1955-2016
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project is deeply sad to announce the untimely passing of our Co-Investigator, David Bradshaw. David had been ill with cancer for some months. Below are some personal memories of David from members of the CWEW team. From Barbara Cooke: I first […]
Evelyn Waugh at the Huntington
We have had to expand the Waugh Corner lately, to make room for our esteemed new friends at the Huntington Library, California. Working with the Evelyn Waugh Society and the Rothschild Foundation, the Huntington has kindly agreed to host the two-day symposium Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector from 5-6 May 2017. The rationale for the symposium is […]
Modern Classics: A Frost in May (14th)
Our Saturday book group is now reading its way through writers Evelyn Waugh admired, or whose themes connect with his. Next up is Antonia White, who Waugh considered one of the best novelists of the time. White’s debut A Frost in May (1933) is a semi-autobiographical account of a young girl’s convent school education. […]
Evening Waugh: Waugh in Abyssinia, 23 May
Join us at Fingerprints Delicafé to discuss Waugh in Abyssinia, a controversial account of Mussolini’s 1930s Ethiopian campaign which reflects a recent Catholic convert’s enthusiasm for all things Italian. Waugh reported on the conflict from Abyssinia for the Daily Mail, the only British paper to take Mussolini’s side. When: Monday 23 May, 7pm-9pm […]
Book Group: Black Mischief
The following post is a collaboration between Barbara Cooke and Geoffrey Lewis This is a grotesquely comic story with numerous characters and a great deal of action. The sense of exhilaration keeps going to the end. Waugh’s skill lies in defining the characters so that they are not confused; the many contortions of the plot […]
Alexander Waugh at the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society
On Monday 19th October Alexander Waugh, Evelyn’s grandson, gave a lecture on Combe Florey House (Evelyn’s last home) to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society. Alexander told us about Evelyn’s constant desire to change and improve his houses – as seen in the many alterations he made to Piers Court (where he lived from 1937-1956). […]
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