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“The Waugh Effort” in The New Criterion

Dominic Green has written an essay reviewing Evelyn Waugh’s military career. This is entitled “The Waugh effort” and appears in the current issue of The New Criterion. As one would expect, Green relies on Waugh’s Diaries, his novel Sword of … Continue reading

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“Lady Beevor”

Novelist Sebastian Faulks writing in his “Diary” column in this week’s Spectator comments on the knighthood recently awarded historian Antony Beevor. Sir Antony, as he will now be addressed, is best known in this parish for his book Crete: The … Continue reading

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Waugh Question Features in Literary Quiz

The Guardian has published two lists of literary questions set by several authors. Among a total of 49 questions there is one about Waugh. This is posed by historian Antony Beevor who wrote, inter alia, Crete: The Battle and the Resistance: 18 In Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading

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