DLS in other spheres
The Man Born To Be King - broadcast
We are delighted to announce that there will be readings of DLS’ The Man Born to Be King broadcast during Holy Week and Easter. These are being performed by members of the First Congregational Church of Hamilton, Boston. The recordings of the plays will be available on the Church’s website until 25th April. Please see below for further details.
‘Must it be a Man?’ Women’s Contribution to the University of Oxford
This online conference was held on 2 March to celebrate the centenary year of Oxford degrees for women. Speakers from Oxford and other universities joined together to celebrate in a day of discussion on women’s contributions to the OED, the Bodleian Libraries, Somerville and other women’s colleges, women service sector workers, the presence of women in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, women college principals and early women geography students at Oxford. Mo Moulton spoke about Somerville College and student life, including one of Somerville’s best-known students, Dorothy L Sayers. It was an interesting day and we were struck by how often DLS was mentioned. The talks are all recorded and available as podcasts here
International Women’s Day Symposium, 8 March
Retrieving Women from the Archives
This was held by SASiety, the student-led body of SASiety News at the University of London
The speakers were:
Sarah Churchwell - ‘In Search of Fugitive Archives’
Francesca Wade - ‘Laundry Lists and Manifestoes’*
Godela Weiss-Sussex – ‘German-Jewish Women Writers of the Early 20th Century’
*Francesca Wade is the Author of Square Haunting a multiple biography of the women, including Dorothy L Sayers, who lived in Mecklenburgh Square in the first half of the 20th Century. Francesca spoke to Society members at their Winter Lunch in 2020.