A portrait of the scandalous Oxford club, of which EW was briefly secretary, and looks at the lives of several of his contemporaries too. Seven of them found their way into Brideshead… The club had been a staid affair until Harold Acton joined. Celebrated alumni included Anthony Powell, Robert Byron, Henry Green, Claud Cockburn and Tom Driberg.
Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club
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A vibrant blend of social history and memoir: argues that this three-month period of nation-wide, wintry shutdown gave rise to unprecedented cultural renewal. Fingers crossed for 2021 and 2... read more
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Reinvention, escape, adventure, romance, survival... Not all the women were 'port out starboard home'. Gripping and entertaining social history from the author of 'Queen Bees'.
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An exuberant account of the importance to Modernism of what Truman Capote called "the all-time ultimate gallery of famous dykes" in Paris between the wars.
No Modernism Without Lesbians
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London`s New Scene – Art and Culture in the 1960s
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