User:LEvalyn/Hypocrites Club

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Hypocrites Club

The Hypocrites Club was an informal social group at Oxford University in (YEARS) which formed the hub of Oxford's gay social scene at the time. Prominent members included Evelyn Waugh, the poet Brian Howard[1], Harold Acton[1], Tom Driberg[2], Robert Byron

In Popular Culture[edit]

Evelyn Waugh's experiences with the Hypocrites Club formed the basis of some parts of his novel Brideshead Revisted.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b https://www.bonhams.com/magazine/15913/
  2. ^ Paula Byrne. Mad World: Evelyn Waugh And The Secrets of Brideshead.

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