The Wyndham Lewis Society
@lewisian.bsky.social
Society dedicated to promoting knowledge of the art and literature of the protean modernist satirist, Wyndham Lewis
"We only want Tragedy if it can clench its side muscles like hands on its belly, and bring to the surface a laugh like a bomb." BLAST, 1914
"We only want Tragedy if it can clench its side muscles like hands on its belly, and bring to the surface a laugh like a bomb." BLAST, 1914
Thanks to everybody who came along to our Reading Group session on Lewis and human nature last night. A fantastic discussion. Many thanks go to Alexander Scott for the provocation paper.
Next session is on December 9th. Join us.
Next session is on December 9th. Join us.
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thanks to everybody who came along to our Reading Group session on Lewis and human nature last night. A fantastic discussion. Many thanks go to Alexander Scott for the provocation paper.
Next session is on December 9th. Join us.
Next session is on December 9th. Join us.
Our monthly Reading Group convenes this evening. We'll be discussing 'The Hatter's Automaton' as we think about Lewis and human nature.
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Our monthly Reading Group convenes this evening. We'll be discussing 'The Hatter's Automaton' as we think about Lewis and human nature.
Thanks to everybody who came along to the Lewis reading group session earlier this week, where we discussed the work of the women Vorticists.
Next up, Lewis and human nature, on 18 November. Join us!
Next up, Lewis and human nature, on 18 November. Join us!
October 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thanks to everybody who came along to the Lewis reading group session earlier this week, where we discussed the work of the women Vorticists.
Next up, Lewis and human nature, on 18 November. Join us!
Next up, Lewis and human nature, on 18 November. Join us!
The next meeting of the Wyndham Lewis Reading group takes place on Tuesday 23rd September, 7pm. (Zoom) We'll be focusing on Enemy of the Stars. All welcome.
September 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The next meeting of the Wyndham Lewis Reading group takes place on Tuesday 23rd September, 7pm. (Zoom) We'll be focusing on Enemy of the Stars. All welcome.
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I'm delighted to announce the publication of my first book, 'Wyndham Lewis: Modernism and the New Radical Right', with @logosverlagberlin.bsky.social.
Details at: www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/buch...
Details at: www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/buch...
August 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I'm delighted to announce the publication of my first book, 'Wyndham Lewis: Modernism and the New Radical Right', with @logosverlagberlin.bsky.social.
Details at: www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/buch...
Details at: www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/buch...
The Lewis Reading Group meets this evening at 7pm (BST). We'll be discussing Thomas Keller's 'Wyndham Lewis and British Art Rock'. Should be a good one!
July 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The Lewis Reading Group meets this evening at 7pm (BST). We'll be discussing Thomas Keller's 'Wyndham Lewis and British Art Rock'. Should be a good one!
Featuring Wyndham Lewis in the role of defence counsel for modern art 👇
OTD in early British television
Television’s main offering on Tuesday 23 May 1939 was a 45-minute studio debate titled simply Modern Art. As the billing detailed, ‘Sir William Rothensten took the chair...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Television’s main offering on Tuesday 23 May 1939 was a 45-minute studio debate titled simply Modern Art. As the billing detailed, ‘Sir William Rothensten took the chair...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television: 23 May 1939 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Television’s main offering on Tuesday 23 May 1939 was a 45-minute studio debate titled simply Modern Art. As the billing detailed, ‘Sir William Rothensten took the chair. Mr Wyndham...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Featuring Wyndham Lewis in the role of defence counsel for modern art 👇
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Part Two of my article on Wyndham Lewis and Anglo-Futurism is out now on The Miskatonian—check it out below:
www.miskatonian.com/2025/04/09/v...
#WyndhamLewis #modernism #futurism
www.miskatonian.com/2025/04/09/v...
#WyndhamLewis #modernism #futurism
Vorticism: The original Anglo-Futurism? Part II
Explore Vorticism: The original Anglo-Futurism? Part II discusses the rejection of Impressionism and its impact on art.
www.miskatonian.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Part Two of my article on Wyndham Lewis and Anglo-Futurism is out now on The Miskatonian—check it out below:
www.miskatonian.com/2025/04/09/v...
#WyndhamLewis #modernism #futurism
www.miskatonian.com/2025/04/09/v...
#WyndhamLewis #modernism #futurism
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Our next meeting of the Lewis Reading Group takes place online on Tuesday 17 June at 7pm (BST). We'll be focusing on extracts from the Black Sparrow Press edition of 'The Complete Wild Body' (ed. Bernard Lafourcade).
All welcome!
All welcome!
June 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Our next meeting of the Lewis Reading Group takes place online on Tuesday 17 June at 7pm (BST). We'll be focusing on extracts from the Black Sparrow Press edition of 'The Complete Wild Body' (ed. Bernard Lafourcade).
All welcome!
All welcome!
The next meeting of the Wyndham Lewis Reading Group takes place online this coming Saturday at 11am. We'll be focusing on the Prologue to Apes of God. Join us!
In June and July, the Reading Group online meetings will shift to Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm - 17 June and 15 July.
In June and July, the Reading Group online meetings will shift to Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm - 17 June and 15 July.
May 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The next meeting of the Wyndham Lewis Reading Group takes place online this coming Saturday at 11am. We'll be focusing on the Prologue to Apes of God. Join us!
In June and July, the Reading Group online meetings will shift to Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm - 17 June and 15 July.
In June and July, the Reading Group online meetings will shift to Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm - 17 June and 15 July.
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In a new blog post on the WL Society website, Professor Paul Edwards explores a pivotal phase in the development of Lewis's draughtsmanship, from 1919 to 1923:
Blog #3 Seated Lady – wyndhamlewissociety.org
wyndhamlewissociety.org
May 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In a new blog post on the WL Society website, Professor Paul Edwards explores a pivotal phase in the development of Lewis's draughtsmanship, from 1919 to 1923:
In a new blog post on the WL Society website, Professor Paul Edwards explores a pivotal phase in the development of Lewis's draughtsmanship, from 1919 to 1923:
Blog #3 Seated Lady – wyndhamlewissociety.org
wyndhamlewissociety.org
May 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In a new blog post on the WL Society website, Professor Paul Edwards explores a pivotal phase in the development of Lewis's draughtsmanship, from 1919 to 1923:
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My new article on Wyndham Lewis and Futurism is now live on The Miskatonian—check out Part 1 below:
www.miskatonian.com/2025/02/21/v...
#WyndhamLewis #modernism #futurism
www.miskatonian.com/2025/02/21/v...
#WyndhamLewis #modernism #futurism
Vorticism: The original Anglo-Futurism? Part I
Vorticism vs. Futurism: Discover Wyndham Lewis's thoughts in Vorticism: The original Anglo-Futurism? Part I, a captivating art exploration.
www.miskatonian.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My new article on Wyndham Lewis and Futurism is now live on The Miskatonian—check out Part 1 below:
www.miskatonian.com/2025/02/21/v...
#WyndhamLewis #modernism #futurism
www.miskatonian.com/2025/02/21/v...
#WyndhamLewis #modernism #futurism
This new PhD thesis on Lewis looks fascinating and remarkably timely.
Glad to have successfully defended my PhD thesis on Wyndham Lewis, Modernism and the New Right. Looking forward to sharing work from it soon.
#WyndhamLewis #modernism
#WyndhamLewis #modernism
April 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This new PhD thesis on Lewis looks fascinating and remarkably timely.
Others have noted that Saied Dai's 'individual and yet archetypal' portrait of Theresa May from 2023 seems indebted to Wyndham Lewis's later style. But the GMB were already mining this strange affinity in 2017, with a 'Maybot' protest seemingly inspired by Lewis's cubist Self Portrait of 1911.
April 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Others have noted that Saied Dai's 'individual and yet archetypal' portrait of Theresa May from 2023 seems indebted to Wyndham Lewis's later style. But the GMB were already mining this strange affinity in 2017, with a 'Maybot' protest seemingly inspired by Lewis's cubist Self Portrait of 1911.
The next meeting of the Wyndham Lewis Reading Group is this Saturday, 22nd March, at 11am UK time.
We'll be discussing 'Inferior Religions' (full text available here: gutenberg.ca/ebooks/lewis...).
If you'd like to attend, just email [email protected] and we'll send you the Zoom link.
We'll be discussing 'Inferior Religions' (full text available here: gutenberg.ca/ebooks/lewis...).
If you'd like to attend, just email [email protected] and we'll send you the Zoom link.
March 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The next meeting of the Wyndham Lewis Reading Group is this Saturday, 22nd March, at 11am UK time.
We'll be discussing 'Inferior Religions' (full text available here: gutenberg.ca/ebooks/lewis...).
If you'd like to attend, just email [email protected] and we'll send you the Zoom link.
We'll be discussing 'Inferior Religions' (full text available here: gutenberg.ca/ebooks/lewis...).
If you'd like to attend, just email [email protected] and we'll send you the Zoom link.
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Just listened to this while doing the ironing 😎
Highly recommended to anyone interested in a more nuanced approach to Wyndham Lewis's politics and public image.
Highly recommended to anyone interested in a more nuanced approach to Wyndham Lewis's politics and public image.
March 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Just listened to this while doing the ironing 😎
Highly recommended to anyone interested in a more nuanced approach to Wyndham Lewis's politics and public image.
Highly recommended to anyone interested in a more nuanced approach to Wyndham Lewis's politics and public image.
Marshall McLuhan on Wyndham Lewis
March 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Marshall McLuhan on Wyndham Lewis
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Wyndham Lewis, Edith Sitwell, 1923
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114194
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114194
February 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Wyndham Lewis, Edith Sitwell, 1923
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114194
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114194
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Artist-writer Wyndham Lewis lived in a Toronto hotel (The Tudor) at 559 Sherbourne St. for a while in the 1940s. In his 1954 book 'Self-Condemned', the Tudor appears as "Hotel Blundell" ("a jumble of styles") and Toronto as "Momaco." In this except, Lewis describes the "Momaco" winters.
February 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Artist-writer Wyndham Lewis lived in a Toronto hotel (The Tudor) at 559 Sherbourne St. for a while in the 1940s. In his 1954 book 'Self-Condemned', the Tudor appears as "Hotel Blundell" ("a jumble of styles") and Toronto as "Momaco." In this except, Lewis describes the "Momaco" winters.
Thanks to all who came along to our reading group session this morning on Lewis and Aesthetics. Our next session is scheduled for March 22nd. We'll be discussing 'Inferior Religions'.
February 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thanks to all who came along to our reading group session this morning on Lewis and Aesthetics. Our next session is scheduled for March 22nd. We'll be discussing 'Inferior Religions'.
Latest blogpost is up on our website. Comments and responses are welcomed. Do get in touch on [email protected] if you'd like to contribute.
wyndhamlewissociety.org/2025/02/12/b...
wyndhamlewissociety.org/2025/02/12/b...
Blog #2 – wyndhamlewissociety.org
wyndhamlewissociety.org
February 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Latest blogpost is up on our website. Comments and responses are welcomed. Do get in touch on [email protected] if you'd like to contribute.
wyndhamlewissociety.org/2025/02/12/b...
wyndhamlewissociety.org/2025/02/12/b...