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Category Archives: Books about Evelyn Waugh
Roundup: Compilations, Conferences, Croatia and Cover Art
–A profile of author David Pryce-Jones has been posted on the website Onward and Upward. This is written by Jay Nordlinger and is a well-written, concise survey of Pryce-Jones’s life and works. Here’s an excerpt: …Over the years, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Conferences, World War II
Tagged Croatia, David Pryce-Jones, Quentin Blake, William Myers
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Roundup: From Lytham Hall to Combe Florey
–Lytham Hall is cited in a recent article as having inspired or influenced the country house setting of Brideshead Revisited. This is in a feature-length article by David Slattery-Christy in the Sunday Express. The author thinks that both the owner … Continue reading
Posted in Basil Seal Rides Again, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Photographs
Tagged Duncan McLaren, Lytham Hall, Muriel Spark, New Statesman, Pamela Berry, Sunday Express, Sunday Telegraph
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Memorial Day/Bank Holiday Roundup
–The Garden Museum in Lambeth, London, has opened an exhibit called “Cecil Beaton’s Garden Party.” This was described in a recent article in The Observer by Vanessa Thorpe: …The strong horticultural influence on Beaton’s work is recognised now in an … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Events, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Cecil Beaton, Garden Museum/Lambeth, Harvard Crimson, The Observer, The Oldie
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New Biography of Lady Pamela Berry
–A new biography of Waugh’s friend Pamela Berry has recently been announced. This is entitled Lady Pamela Berry: Passion, Politics and Power. It was reviewed in The Sunday Times by Max Hastings in an article entitled “The grand dame of … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Charles Moore, Lady Pamela Berry, Max Hastings, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times
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Mid-September Roundup
–A new biography of Claud Cockburn, friend and cousin of Evelyn Waugh has been published. This is entitled Believe in Nothing Until It is Officially Denied and is reviewed on the British political website conservativehome.com. The book by Patrick Cockburn … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Biographies, Complete Works, Film, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Claud Cockburn, Conservativehome.com, Oxford University Press, The Times, Wall Street Journal
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Evelyn Waugh Studies 54.3 (Winter 2023) Posted
The latest volume of the Society’s thrice yearly journal Evelyn Waugh Studies, No. 54.3 (Winter 2023) has been posted. Here is a description of its contents by the Society’s Secretary, Jamie Collinson: This edition features a brilliant essay by Tim … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Society, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Journal
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Tax Day (U.S.) Roundup
–A review of the recent Netflix film entitled Scoop appears in The Hollywood Reporter and several other papers. It is written by Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell and opens with this: Scoop is a dramatized feature about the BBC’s Newsnight team … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Nicholas Shakespeare, Philip Eade, The Hollywood Reporter, The Oldie, Washington Post
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Fall 2022 Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Posted
The latest issue of the society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been posted. This is Volume 53.2 (Autumn 2022) and features a review of the recent book by David Fleming entitled Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club.  This is published … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies
Tagged David Fleming
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World Cup Roundup
–A recent book with a Waugh theme was listed (with reservations) among the Daily Telegraph year’s best biographies: Daisy Dunn’s Not Far From Brideshead (W&N, ÂŁ20) is less satisfactory. What should be a dynamite intellectual history of how three great classicists – Gilbert … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television Programs
Tagged Castle Howard, Channel 4, Church Times, Daily Telegraph, Duncan McLaren, The Times newspaper
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