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Category Archives: Non-fiction
Early June Roundup
–The British Medical Journal has posted an article from 1975 in which a professional psychiatrist reviews the 1957 novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. This appeared in the December 1975 issue of the professional magazine. The author is identified as … Continue reading
Donat Gallagher (12 June 1929 – 17 January 2026) R.I.P.
The death in January of Professor Donat Gallagher was reported in a recent posting by the Australian literary magazine Quadrant. Professor Gallagher has been among the leading experts on the life and works of Evelyn Waugh since the 1970s. He … Continue reading
Memorial Day (US)/Bank Holiday (UK) Roundup
–The latest issue of The Oldie has an article by Robert Fitzpatrick entitled “The Real Captain Grimes”. Here’s the opening paragraph: In his 1928 novel, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh created one of his most famous comic characters, Captain Grimes. … Continue reading
End-of-the-Month Roundup
–The website Books Worth Reading has posted a brief, unsigned article entitled “Evelyn Waugh v. Modern Therapy Culture”. It opens with a discussion of Dostoyevsky’s works in which the characters seemed overwhelmed by what would now be considered mental health … Continue reading
Easter Roundup
–Jack Trotter has posted an essay on Waugh’s work in Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. This is entitled “Remembering Evelyn Waugh: Satirist and Defender of Moral Order.” It opens with this: Evelyn Waugh was the 20th century’s finest satirist … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Chronicles, Financial Times, Modern Age, Muriel Spark, The Times
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Happy New Year and Welcome to Public Domain
Several papers have been carrying the story on books to be released today (1 January 2026) from copyright publishing restrictions and into the public domain. Among these, Waugh’s Vile Bodies has been prominently mentioned. It was published as his second … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Collections, Decline and Fall, Fiction, Labels, Vile Bodies
Tagged Copyright, New Editions
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Labour Day (US) Weekend
–Journalist Eleanor Doughty has made a career of writing articles about the British aristocracy. Now she has expanded her writing on the subject into a book entitled Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern British Aristocracy. This has just … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Financial Times, The Spectator
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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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Juneteenth Roundup
–This week’s Sunday Telegraph has an article entitled “The books that every 16-year-old boy should be reading.” This included short selections by several writers, including Simon Heffer who recommends Waugh’s Decline and Fall: When I was 16 and thinking of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law, Scoop, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged Baltimore Sun, Sunday Telegraph, Victorian Blood Book, Women's Wear Daily
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Roundup: Books, Paintings and Photographs
–The latest edition of The Oldie contains an article that may be of interest. This is by A N Wilson and is entitled “Great War Stories”. Here is the opening paragraph: WWII inspired Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell and Olivia Manning … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Combe Florey, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged A N Wilson, Duncan McLaren, Edward Burra, Eleanor Doughty, The Economist, The Oldie, The Times
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