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Roundup: Events and Architecture
–Waterstones the booksellers have announced a live, in-person interview of Andrew Pettegree on the subject of his latest book entitled “The Book at War”. This will take place on 17 October, 1830-1930p at the Waterstones store in Canterbury, 6-8 Rose … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Interviews, Lectures, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Guardian, House and Garden, University Church Oxford, Waterstones, West Hampstead
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Dog Days Roundup
–Will Lloyd, commissioning editor of the New Statesman, has written an interesting and enjoyable article in that journal summarizing why Evelyn Waugh’s works have outlived those of his contemporaries. This is entitled: “Evelyn Waugh is laughing at you: His lethally … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged cleveland.com, Daily Telegraph, Dawn Powell, George Orwell, New Criterion, New Statesman, Sunday Telegraph, Will Lloyd
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Roundup
–The New Statesman has an article by Josiah Gogarty entitled “Only snobbery can stop Elon Musk: Class prejudice is the last weapon against tech titans.” Waugh makes a contribution: …Then there’s the more squeamish side of elitism: class snobbery. This … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Internet, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Mechanics Institute, New Statesman, The Sunday Times, University Challenge
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Roundup: Mostly Books
–In Saturday’s Daily Telegraph politician and journalist Charles Moore sees connections between Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy and a new book by Daniel Finkelstein. Here are the opening paragraphs: I have just caught up with Daniel Finkelstein’s newish book … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Internet, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Julian Jebb, Murial Spark, Neglected Books Page, Paris Review, Viva King
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Roundup: Late Stories, Stately Festivals and a Rare (but Misspelled) Burgundy
–This week’s TLS has a review of Inez Holden’s late stories recently published in a collection issued by the Anthony Powell Society. Here’s an excerpt from the review by Lindsay Duguid: …The stories share an elusive quality, with only the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Collections, Decline and Fall, Festivals, Newspapers
Tagged Clos de Bèze, DBC Pierre, Guardian, Inez Holden, The Oldie, The Spectator, The Times, TLS
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Roundup: From Addis to Epstein
—The Reporter, an Ethiopian English-language journal, has identified the wholesale modernization of the country’s capital Addis Ababa as a matter of cultural concern. Here are the opening paragraphs: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s enigmatic capital, is undergoing a makeover that’s as controversial … Continue reading
Posted in Men at Arms, Newspapers, Remote People, World War II
Tagged Joseph Epstein, P.G.Wodehouse, Quadrant, The American Spectator, The Reporter (Ethiopia), WordOnFire
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Bastille Day Roundup
—Architectural Review has reposted its June 1930 article by Evelyn Waugh about the buildings of Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi. Some of this was included in Waugh’s contemporaneous travel book Labels, but the magazine article appears to be more fully illustrated. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Labels, Newspapers
Tagged Architectural Review, Crisis magazine, Mojo magazine, Neil Tennant, Spanish Civil War, Time magazine
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Summer Solstice Roundup
–In a recent issue of The Sunday Times, Matthew Syed discussed the legacy of Boris Johnson. This excerpt appears near the beginning: We always knew Johnson was a skilled deceiver and dissimulator. In his book Chums, Simon Kuper tells of … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged London Review of Books, Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Jewish Chronicle
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Sale Drama at Piers Court Continues
The Daily Mail has reported the outcome of legal proceedings to order sitting tenants at Piers Court to vacate the premises so that new buyer can take possession. See earlier posts for details of the auction sale that took place … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Newspapers, Piers Court
Tagged Daily Mail
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