Prof. Anne Rowe

Iris Murdoch Society Christmas Lecture

26 October 2023By Heather Robbins

Much of our conception of the relationship between Iris Murdoch and John Bayley, happily married for over forty years, comes from Bayley’s memoirs, and the Oscar-winning film adaptation of the first, Iris (2001). But what do we know of their life together outside of their public appearances and international travel?

‘Iris Murdoch and Dame Julian of Norwich’, Prof. Anne Rowe

27 January 2023By Heather Robbins

Professor Anne Rowe (University of Chichester) will explore the literary and theological links between the novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch and the medieval mystic Julian of Norwich.