...if a moral philosophy does not give a satisfactory or sufficiently rich account of what we unphilosophically know to be goodness, then away with it -- Iris Murdoch
See you there!
Iris Murdoch and the Natural World with Miles Leeson: live online course starts Sunday 15 March. Nearly sold out. #irismurdoch
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/murdoch-2026
The revival in Murdoch's philosophy has been ongoing since 2015, the fiction since 2019, and now we have the poetry!
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New piece from the American Philosophical Association on Murdoch and haunting.
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Enjoy!
Oh, loathe it.
Excellent!
In the middle of reading a lot of Iris Murdoch. Currently this one. By way of an antidote to the times we live in among other things.
Funny that...
Some 17 years after her death, ten poetry notebooks were discovered in the attic of Iris Mudoch's home in Oxford. In a new lecture by Miles Leeson on 31 May we will look at this treasure trove of poems and learn to see another side of Murdoch.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/murdoch-poems
In his recent book on the moral philosophy of Iris Murdoch, Mark Hopwood gives us “a Murdoch who is no longer just a defective analytic philosopher, but a thinker in a tradition of her own,” writes Parker Henry:
Poor old Olivia...😢
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It was great to be at the London Library last night with Bidisha, Anne Rowe, Leo Robson, Richard Scott and Lucy Briers to celebrate 'Poems from an Attic' by Iris.
Want to go deeper into the philosophy of Iris Murdoch? This is the @woodbrooke.bsky.social course for you. Sign up below.
‘Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.’ Last few days to sign up for our Iris Murdoch and the Natural World course, which begins Sunday 15th March.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/murdoch-2026
Hush.
Spotted in Oxford's Botanical Gardens...👀
Starting in a fortnight with @litcamb.bsky.social - just two spaces left!
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/murdoch-2026
'The self, the place where we live, is a place of illusion. Goodness is connected with the attempt to see the unself, to see and to respond to the real world in the light of a virtuous consciousness' (Iris Murdoch, "The Sovereignty of the Good".
Ssshhhh 🤐
You're best off with originals...
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New Iris Murdoch podcast episode! We're joined by Cathy Mason from @weareceu.bsky.social to discuss her new book, 'Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy: Reframing the True, the Real, and the Good', from @oupphilosophy.bsky.social.
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The Bell! Or Under the Net. ASH is....an acquired taste.
Someone who had never heard of Iris Murdoch asked me about her today, and when I described her--I've been reading her for 20 years--their joy was as if they had learned of the existence of a long-lost friend. Makes me so happy that her writing still enchants. @irismurdoch.bsky.social
How wonderful!
We're looking forward to being at The London Library next week!
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