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Author Archives: Antony F. P. Vickery
Winner announced of 2011 Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest
The Evelyn Waugh Society is pleased to announce the winner of the seventh (2011) annual Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest. Congratulations to Robert Sherron, whose essay “Guy’s Qualitative Journey towards True Vocation in Sword of Honour” was judged to be … Continue reading
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Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh: Oct. 28, 1903 – Apr. 10, 1966
Today is the 46th anniversary of the death of Evelyn Waugh.
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BBC television documentary on the Commandos in WWII
EWS member Jeffrey Manley brings to our attention Castle Commando, a fascinating new BBC documentary about British Commandos in World War II and their specialized training. Mr. Manley writes: [The program] features prominently both Waugh and his nemesis Lord Lovat. … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, Commandos, Jeffrey Manley
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Evelyn Waugh’s review of Catch-22
In 1961, soliciting a blurb for the coming release of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, an employee of its publisher Simon & Schuster sent an advance copy to Evelyn Waugh. His reply to Miss Bourne begins: Thank you for sending me Catch … Continue reading
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Tagged Catch-22, Joseph Heller, Nina Bourne, Simon & Schuster
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Waugh/Pinfold
On the website of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, in a section devoted to books that have a mental health theme, Dr. Alexandra Pitman reviews The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold: Both author and protagonist describe alcoholic hallucinosis – a relatively rare complication … Continue reading
Maugham, Ford, Waugh, and the experience of war
In The Spectator‘s Book Blog, Steven McGregor discusses Somerset Maugham’s The Hero, Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End, and Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour Trilogy in the light of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a follow-up post, David … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Fiction, Sword of Honour
Tagged Afghanistan, David Blackburn, Ford Madox Ford, Iraq, Parade's End, Somerset Maugham, Spectator, Steven McGregor, The Hero
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Evelyn Waugh’s personal guidelines for dealing with fan mail
As above, from Flavorwire.
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Party like it’s 1929: Vile Bodies at the V&A
This Friday, Feb. 24th, as part of its Friday Late series, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is putting on an evening of entertainment with the theme of Bright Young Things. Included in the program is a theater adaptation … Continue reading
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Brideshead vs. Downton
Alexander Nazaryan in the New York Daily News gives the crown to Brideshead.
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Tagged Alexander Nazaryan, articles, Downton Abbey, New York Daily News
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