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Comment on Evelyn Waugh Conference & Exhibit in Baltimore by Alexander Waugh US lecture tour in March | The Evelyn Waugh Society

Alexander Waugh US lecture tour in March | The Evelyn Waugh Society — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:08:50 +0000

[...] his visit to the United States this March. The lectures will be at the Evelyn Waugh Conference at Loyola Notre Dame Library in Baltimore on March 12th, Georgetown University Library in Washington D.C. on March 19th, and the [...]

Comment on Evelyn Waugh’s recipe for mulled claret by John B.

John B. — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:32:34 +0000

That sounds really good!

Comment on Paul Johnson: Novelists at Arms by Henry Speer

Henry Speer — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:07:20 +0000

I agree with Paul Johnson, although he puts it rather more elegantly than I would
The 'Dance to the Music' is more matter of fact, mundane even, than Brideshead and Sword of Honour
I believe there is a much more interesting angle in considering the different (and complementary?) approaches to English Country House culture between the wars as portrayed by EW, PG Wodehouse and Nancy Mitford; an interesting thesis project for someone?

Comment on Never seen a copy of Cyril Connolly’s Horizon magazine? by Scott Lahti

Scott Lahti — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:32:33 +0000

Incredible, I thought when a friend privy to the Unz.org project alerted me this Christmas past (better than a ghost, by far) to the online archive of the full run of Encounter (1953-1990). I wrote about Encounter in a 1986 article in National Review, and now that the magazine in full is up for all to read, am tempted to do an extended article on it. Perhaps I should send a letter to the TLS, whose columnist "J.C." (James Campbell, back-page chronicler of all manner of striking literary arcana, recently devoted an item to it, with in-the-know readers following on successive letters pages.

Comment on 2011 Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest by A. Vickery

A. Vickery — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:59:45 +0000

It is expected that adjudication will be completed by the end of March.

Comment on 2011 Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest by Terry

Terry — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:48:20 +0000

When will this contest be decided?

Comment on 2011 Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest by Catherine Hieronymus

Catherine Hieronymus — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:24:40 +0000

Hello, I'd like to submit a paper, but the email link isn't working. Could you please respond with the address? Thanks,
Cate Hieronymus

Comment on Plas Dulas to be demolished by Duncan McLaren

Duncan McLaren — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:53:32 +0000

Evelyn Waugh did have a connection with Plas Dulas in 1925. But Arnold House, the much more significant building in his biography, where Waugh taught and lodged, is located further up the hill of Llanddulas.

Comment on Waugh meets a Lancing Old Boy at the Dorchester by John Woodman

John Woodman — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:02:30 +0000

Lovely anecdote – thank you. Thanks also for the recent link to the very interesting YouTube Alexander Waugh programme – I don't have a television and was unaware that it had been transmitted.

Comment on Castle Howard celebrates 30th anniversary of TV Brideshead by ChyrenSelim

ChyrenSelim — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:38:07 +0000

It’s from Officers and Gentlemen, pages 265/266 of the first edition 1955 – part which deals with the Crete fiasco. The same text is repeated in Sword of Honour pp 482/3. In the former “starlight” was one word; in the latter it was “star-light”. In both it is “his” descent, not “the” so this extract may be taken from a later edition, but not the first Penguin Edition of S of H where the wording is identical to the O & G text.