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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Waugh on Spender
Satirist Craig Brown has reviewed a memoir of poet Stephen Spender in this week’s Mail on Sunday. This is a book by Spender’s son Matthew entitled A House in St. John’s Wood: In Search of My Parents. Among other revelations, … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday, Matthew Spender, Stephen Spender
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Brideshead Named Among Top 10 Literary Castles
The Guardian has named Brideshead Castle among its list of Top 10 literary castles and country houses. The list was put together by Helen Maslin as part of the Guardian’s ongoing series on Top 10 Children’s Books. Others selected incude Nancy Mitford’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Guardian, Helen Maslin, Top 10 Children's Books
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Waugh Among Top “Conservative” Novelists
Literary historian and professor of British literature at Ghent University, Kate Macdonald, has published in the Guardian a list of what she considers the top 10 “conservative” novels. This is based in part on her recent book Novelists Against Social … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, World War II
Tagged Conservatism, Guardian, Kate Macdonald
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Waugh on Politics
Athough Evelyn Waugh professed no interest in party politics and asserted that he never voted, he has been cited several times recently in political articles. In a Weekly Standard article earlier this month on the unfortunate politics of the British Royal family … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Letters
Tagged Buffalo News, Frances Donaldson, G.K. Chesterton, Politics, Weekly Standard
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Radiohead Musician A Waugh Fan
In a recent Guardian interview, Radiohead lead guitarist Johnny Greenwood named Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour as his favorite audiobook. He says he was introduced to Waugh’s work by reading Clive James, who he credits with helping him complete his … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobooks, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Clive James, Guardian, Johnny Greenwood, Radiohead
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In the Tradition of Waugh
Lawrence Osborne (b. 1958) is a British novelist and travel writer who is frequently compared to Waugh by his reviewers. The latest example is a review in the Irish Examiner of Osborne’s third novel, The Ballad of a Small Player, on the … Continue reading
Posted in Sightings, Uncategorized
Tagged Ballad of a Small Player, Lawrence Osborne
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Evelyn Waugh and Middle Age
In a recent column in The Independent, D.J. Taylor describes the evolution of the concept of middle age. He invokes the writings of Evelyn Waugh to illustrate the attitude toward middle age of those bright young people who were young adults in … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged D.J.Taylor, The Independent
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Evelyn Waugh’s Old Neighborhood
This week’s Observer ran an article about the recent transformation of the borough of Islington from the London home of New Labour’s founder Tony Blair to a district that now seems to be exemplified by a movement to revert the Labour Party to … Continue reading
Posted in Locations, London
Tagged Canonbury Square, George Orwell, Islington, Observer
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Evelyn=Basil and Audrey=Angela
Duncan McLaren, author of Evelyn! Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love, has given us the results of another of his ambitious research projects and much to think about. He follows the trajectory of the relationship between Waugh and Audrey Lucas, which … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief
Tagged Audrey Lucas, Duncan McLaren
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Waugh Letter Read on Video by Geoffrey Palmer
Waugh’s 1942 letter to his wife recounting the Commando’s farcical attempt to remove a tree stump from the estate of an aristocrat near their training base in Scotland is read out to great humorous effect by TV actor Geoffrey Palmer. … Continue reading
Posted in Letters
Tagged Geoffrey Palmer, Letters Live
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