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 […]
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 – […]
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) […]
In Search of Nancy: A first trip to the Evelyn Waugh Archive
Alexander Waugh’s library is shambolic and beautiful. The windows look out onto late autumn in Somerset, and the crackling fire next door scents everything with woodsmoke. A cat sleeps on a chair. I admire a special edition of Brideshead Revisited, which Alexander’s grandfather Evelyn had commissioned himself; like his grandson, Evelyn loved a well-crafted book […]
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