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Faulty Basil
Origin of the Specious.
The evolution of the bogus Basil Ward in the publishing…
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Basil Hallward
Basil Hallward was not about to let the mere matter of a frenzied knife attack,…
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Bonhams
More about the withdrawal from a 1998 Bonhams auction of a photograph of Oscar Wilde,…
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Not Oscar
In his recent retrospective After Oscar, Merlin Holland recalls how he was often called upon…
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Robert Ross
Robert Ross had attended Oscar Wilde on his deathbed. Here is his account of when…
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Dream World
The pathways of the poets are often traversed by dreamers destined to wake up one…
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The Friend of Oscar Wilde
in August 1895, Lord Alfred Douglas spent some time in Le Havre and it was…
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Last Rites
An analysis of the events and timeline of the Last Rites administered to Oscar Wilde…
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Fashion Statement
If you missed my Dress Lecture given on December 6 or wish to view it…
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Autumnal
Ernest Dowson’s poem of Autumn. That tseason where shadow and the darkness meet.
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Dress Lecture
Free Online Lecture Oscar Wilde on Dress by John Cooper Via Zoom Webinar DATE: Saturday,…
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End of the Innocence
Whitehouse vs. The BBC—A Perversely Topical headline but actually about a cartoon of Oscar Wilde…
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After Oscar
An introduction to ‘After Oscar’ by Merlin Holland, which is a retrospective of the societal…
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Peters Portraits
The young and ill-fated American poet William Theodore Peters was integral to the clique of…
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Lecture Tour 1882
Now with a new landing page by digital creator Jon Darby, discover Oscar Wilde’s lecture…
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Angus Wilson
Angus Wilson’s article in “The London Magazine” from 1955 in which he appraises Oscar Wilde’s…
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Oscariana In Dublin III
In its third year, Oscariana celebrates the birth of Oscar Wilde at his childhood home…
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Oscar Wilde On Dress (2025)
Oscar Wilde On Dress (2025) — BOOK LISTING: read more about this fascinating book along…
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On Dress
An introduction to the new book “Oscar Wilde On Dress” together with a podcast interview…
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David and Jonathan
When he was on trial Oscar Wilde defended “the Love that dare not speak its…
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A Manly Confession
“No man in modern times has dared to dress as he pleased, except Oscar Wilde…”…
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Horse Feathers
How myths of the Oscar Wilde West were processed into modern fiction. And Oscar Wilde…
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The ‘Jeweled Style’
Dramatic Instinct & Chivalrous Friend…Alfred Douglas’s letter praising Oscar Wilde’s jeweled prose style and Wilde’s…
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The Spirit Lamp
Read about “The Spirit Lamp’ — a fascinating Oxford undergraduate magazine, important in the Oscar…
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I See Thee With Angels
“To a Child in Heaven”—a forgotten and subsequently uncollected verse in translation by Oscar Wilde…
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Sarah Snook Wins Tony Award
Watch Sarah Snook receive the Tony Award for ‘Best Performance by an Actress in a…
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Playing to the Camera
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ on Broadway starring Sarah Snook. Reviewed by the Oscar Wilde…
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Vyvyan
VYVYAN OSCAR BERESFORD WILDEDecember, 1891 This photograph is not new, but it is not often…
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Where’s Wilde?
OUR NATIONAL THEATRE of 1885How Many Can You Recognize? Funny Folks was a London periodical…
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Wilde at the Vatican
Oscar Wilde meets Pope Leo XIII and has his photograph taken at the Vatican.
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