Iris cried after she saw it...

Yes, the Oscar-winning 'Iris' in 2001.

The Bell Podcast My guests on this podcast are Dr Frances White, Deputy Director of the IMRC at Chichester and author of the short biography 'Becoming Iris Murdoch', Fr Mark Patrick Hederman Former Abbott of Glenstall

Good thoughts! Although it's Paul, not Peter, Greenfield.

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Well done!

Four copies of A Severed Head, one a hardback

Another Iris Murdoch re-read, I managed to fit in "A Severed Head" for #1961Week - hooray! librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/b... #booksky 💙📚

Thanks!

A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch (With An Introduction By Miranda Seymour) April 13th-19th: The 1961 Club #1961Club A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch With An Introduction ByMiranda Seymour Book blurb Martin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly le…

A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch (With An Introduction By Miranda Seymour) April 13th-19th: The 1961 Club #1961Club lovebooksreadbooks.com/2026/04/17/a... > via @j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social

Five copies of The Bell, one hardback, on a yellow patterned background

I've re-read another Iris Murdoch - "The Bell" - librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/b... #booksky 📚💙

The Socratic Club Podcast In this episode we’re celebrating the publication of The Oxford University Socratic Club, 1942-1972: A Life, published by Bloomsbury in the UK today! https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Ox

New Podcast Episode! We talk to Jim Stockton from @boisestate.bsky.social about his new book, 'The Oxford University Socratic Club, 1942-1972: A Life' from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social.

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"I am reading [ ] 'The Ambassadors' the man is uncanny the way he unravels a psychological situation. He writes in about five dimensions – and in that gorgeous convoluted style which, if you give it your closest attention, is nevertheless not obscure."

Iris Murdoch on Henry James, #BOTD.

And all true, I assure you.

Tom Phillips, British (1937-2022), Iris Murdoch, 1984-86, oil on canvas, 91.4 x 71.1 cm, National Portrait Gallery, London, England

It's going on the list! We have a new episode out this Thursday...

That's most kind, thank you!

I can't imagine many writers and philosophers are better served than Iris Murdoch is by her namesake society. A wonderful podcast, multiple publications each year, and a robust social media presence.

Enjoy!

BBC News - Iris Murdoch's lost poems to be read at Oxford Brookes festival - BBC News
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Enjoy!

The next instalment of our online seminar series takes place 1 week today and it sounds fantastic! Follow the link to read Molly's abstract:

😀 'The Divine in Iris Murdoch’s Novels' Molly Bellamy
⏰ Online 15th April 2026, Wednesday, 3pm - 4.30pm BST
🔗 www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

Hoo boy, you have no idea...

Enjoy!

Enjoy!

New blog post by Miles Leeson on the poetry of Iris Murdoch:
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/news/murdoch...

Soliloquies In 2016, the scholars Anne Rowe and Miles Leeson were invited to inspect papers remaining in Iris Murdoch’s last home in Oxford, and among the cobwebbed

A large hoard of unpublished poems was discovered in the attic after Iris Murdoch's death. What did she think about them?
My review of the latest addition to her oeuvre in this week's @thetls.bsky.social:
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It is very exciting to see a different side of Murdoch’s writing and thinking in her poetry. Miles Leeson is Director of the Iris Murdoch Research Center and co-editor of the new Poems from an Attic: The Selected Poems of Iris Murdoch. He speaks 31 May.

www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/murdoch-poems

“Education doesn’t make you happy. Nor does freedom. We don’t become happy just because we’re free – if we are. Or because we’ve been educated – if we have. But because education may be the means by which we realise we are happy. It opens our eyes, our ears...” ― Iris Murdoch

“Education doesn’t make you happy. Nor does freedom. We don’t become happy just because we’re free – if we are. Or because we’ve been educated – if we have. But because education may be the means by which we realise we are happy. It opens our eyes, our ears...”
― Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch and Ireland Podcast In this episode, Miles is joined by Ian D'Alton (Trinity College, Dublin), Gillian Dooley (Flinders University Australia) and Frances White (IMRC, Chichester) to discuss Iris' Irishness. Areas covered

More on that here!

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Comyns, Murdoch, du Maurier, and the Gothic Podcast In this episode Miles discusses the mid-twentieth century gothic novel with a particular focus on Daphne du Maurier, Barbara Comyns and, of course, Iris Murdoch. An enduring subject of fascination, th

New Iris Murdoch podcast episode! We're joined by #AvrilHorner from to discuss the mid-twentieth century gothic novel with a particular focus on Daphne du Maurier, Barbara Comyns and, of course, Iris Murdoch.

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A secondhand copy of The Sea, the sea by Iris Murdoch

My weekend plans have arrived.