We are pleased to announce that Dr Robert Francis, who recently completed his PhD at the University of Wolverhampton, where he is a lecturer on the Creative and Professional Writing degree course, is our first David Bradshaw resident writer.

The David Bradshaw Creative Writing Residency is the result of a collaboration between the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project, Worcester College, Oxford, and the Bodleian Library. From 18 April to 4 June, Robert will have the chance to create a piece of writing evoked by or in response to Oxford, as experienced in 2019. He will aim to develop relationships with the local Oxford community through the delivery of a series of creative writing workshops, allowing them to share and develop their insights into a variety of experiences of the city.

The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and will culminate in the publication, by Oxford University Press, of all of Waugh’s writings and graphic art in 43 volumes. The late Professor David Bradshaw from Worcester College and Professor Martin Stannard from the University of Leicester successfully bid for AHRC funding for the project, which was initiated by Alexander Waugh, Waugh’s grandson.