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Category Archives: Fiction
Roundup: 3 Novels–2 new and 1 renewed
—The Spectator reviews a new “campus novel”. This is called Seduction Theory and is written by Emily Adrian. Here is the opening paragraph: There is a fine tradition of campus novels that stretches from Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited (1945) and Kingsley … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Stanford University, The Claremont Institute, The Guardian, The Spectator, Washington Examiner, Washington Post
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Roundup: Articles, a Script and an Interview
–The New York Times has an opinion article in the Sunday edition that may be of interest. The columnist Carlos Lozada explains how he ruthlessly selects his summer beach reading in a way that really, REALLY assures he will choose … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Auctions, Interviews, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged eBay, El Pais, FlashBak.com, New York Times, The Spectator
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Early August Roundup
–Novelist Dan Fesperman in LitHub.com discusses five novels which are set in realistic but imaginary places. One of those is Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop: …Waugh’s skewering of Fleet Street, published in 1938, is set in the East Africa nation of Ishmaelia, … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged CentMagazine.co.uk, LitHub.com, Prospect Magazine, The Oldie, The Times
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EWS No. 55.3 Winter 2024-25
The latest edition of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been distributed. Here is the message of the Society’s Secretary Jamie Collinson that accompanied the distribution: The latest Evelyn Waugh Studies – edition 55.3 – is ready for your reading pleasure. … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh Studies, The Loved One, World War II
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Satire Gets Some Attention
–Ferdinand Mount is interviewed in a recent edition of The Times newspaper. This is reported by Johanna Thomas-Corr. Here is an excerpt in which Mount discusses his latest novel: The Pentecost Papers, Mount’s 29th book and 14th novel, is focused … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Alexander Starritt, Ferdinand Mount, Gertrude Trevelyan, London Review of Books, Prospect, The Spectator, The Times
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Roundup: Fogeys and their Habitat
–The religious journal First Things in its current edition (August/September) has a feature length article entitled ‘Waugh Against the Fogeys’. This is written by Jaspreet Singh Boparai. Here are the opening paragraphs: On June 17, 1953, the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Bibliophilia, Discussions, Scoop
Tagged BBC, Duncan McLaren, First Things, History Today, New York Times, YouTube
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4th of July (USA) Roundup
–The most interesting item this week is a short essay posted on the literary website Dappled Things by Geoffrey Smagasz. This is called “Orphans of the Storm” and is based on the chapter of that name in Waugh’s novel Brideshead … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Internet, Labels, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Aleteia.org, Bloomsbury.com, DallpedThings.org, Reason magazine, Sonoma Velley Sun
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End-of-June Roundup
—The Times newspaper has a story by Magnus Linklater about the recent gift of a substantial book collection to the charity Christian Aid in Edinburgh. Here are some excerpts: …Among the books collected over a lifetime by Halla Beloff, senior … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Interviews, Items for Sale, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged Lovestruck Books, New York Times, The Guardian, The Spectator, The Times
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Summer Solstice Roundup
–Literary journalist and novelist D J Taylor has a review in the 21 June 2025 edition of The Spectator. This relates to a new book by Nicola Wilson entitled Recommended! The Influencers Who Changed How We Read where she discusses … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Interviews, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Television Programs
Tagged New York Times, Radio Times, The Spectator, The Times
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Simon J. James (1950-2025) R.I.P.
Duncan McLaren has advised that literary scholar Prof. Simon J James died earlier this week. He was active in the EWS and was editor of the Decline and Fall volume of the OUP’s Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. This would be … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Obituaries, Vile Bodies
Tagged Simon J James
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