Markle vs Mail: the end of copyright?
In an upcoming court case you might just have heard of, the Daily Mail will defend its printing of Meghan Markle’s personal letter to her father Thomas. If the paper’s arguments are accepted, the ruling could have a huge impact on who we think owns what – and on the work of biographers everywhere. Markle’s […]
Black Mischief in the Albatross Modern Library
Modernist scholar and editor of our forthcoming Black Mischief volume Dr Naomi Milthorpe has been researching with our project partners at the Harry Ransom Center. Here’s what she discovered about Penguins, Albatrosses and publishing in 1930s mainland Europe. In November 2018 I visited the HRC, eagerly poring over their Evelyn Waugh collection materials […]
Experiencing Evelyn Waugh: Reflections of a Complete Works Student Volunteer
Hailing from the University of Melbourne, English Literature student and Evelyn Waugh enthusiast, Isabella Hanger got in touch with the Complete Works, in the hope of gaining some hands – on experience working with Waugh’s writings. Eager to gain insight into Waugh’s life and works, Isabella spent one full week of her month – long trip […]
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 – […]
Archive Fever at the Harry Ransom Center (HRC)
Following a research visit to the Harry Ransom Center, CWEW editor of Waugh’s Helena, Sara Haslam, reflects on her illuminating experience. I spent two very happy weeks in the HRC archives in April 2018, working on my edition of Helena. I was unprepared for two things: firstly how much difference it would make […]
An Oxford Quarrel: Evelyn Waugh and Hugh Trevor-Roper
Ahead of our Waugh’s Enemies event on Monday 25 September, Milena Borden gives a brief history of Waugh’s hostile relationship with Hugh Trevor-Roper – and asks what it tells us about Oxford’s post-war battle of ideas. There is no shortage of writing on the feud between Evelyn Waugh and Hugh Trevor-Roper. Most of it […]
Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector
Over 5-6 May 2017, the Huntington Library hosted a symposium entitled ‘Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector’. The gathering was made possible through the generous donations of Loren and Frances Rothschild, the Evelyn Waugh Society and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. We had come together to celebrate the Rothchilds’ donation of their own Evelyn Waugh […]
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 […]
Listening to Winnifred
About two years ago, Alexander Waugh acquired the personal archive of the Canadian scholar Winnifred M. Bogaards. Dr Bogaards is a hugely important figure for the Waugh project; she collaborated with Charles Linck, Bob Davis and Don Gallagher to create the first comprehensive bibliography of Evelyn Waugh in 1986 (which we are now digitising and updating) […]
Merry? Christmas
‘The most wonderful time of the year’ is quickly approaching. Over the next week or so many of us will skitter into the overheated realms of corporate Christmas in a slight panic, hoping to find the perfect present. However, Evelyn Waugh was particularly dismayed in 1946 to find that hardly any of his […]
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