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Monthly Archives: June 2018
Desert Island Confusion
The Independent newspaper in London has a story in a recent issue about the BBC’s long-running program Desert Island Discs. This article by Alex Johnson focuses on book lists and this week opens with a discussion of the choices made … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Alex Johnson, BBC, Desert Island Discs, The Independent
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Janetta Parladé (1921-2018)
The Daily Telegraph has announced the death of Janetta Parladé. As a young woman, she was a member of the Horizon magazine social set centering on the editor Cyril Connolly. Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Cvil War: Janetta … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Cyril Connolly, Daily Telegraph, Horizon magazine, Janetta Parladé, The Times
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An Uncertain Guest: Video Memoir of Evelyn Waugh
A posting on YouTube’s series “Web of Stories” contains a short video memoir of Evelyn Waugh recorded by the late John Julius Norwich. He was the only child of Waugh’s close friend Diana Cooper and her husband Duff. The memoir is … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews
Tagged Duff Cooper, John Julius Norwich, YouTube
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Another Private Chapel Story
The Times reports that singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran plans to build a private chapel near his home in Suffolk. This seems to be becoming a trend. See earlier posts. The article by Libby Purves opens with a reference to a Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Ed Sheeran, Private Chapels, The Times
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Cecil Beaton Documentary Available Online
The full length documentary film of Cecil Beaton’s career that was released last December is now available online. See previous post. This is entitled Love, Cecil. The film was briefly reviewed at the time of its release in the Daily … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Newspapers
Tagged Cecil Beaton, RogersMovieNation.com, Vogue
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Waugh and International Law
Dr Fernando Gomez Herrero from the University of Birmingham delivered a paper at a London conference on Languages Memory based on Evelyn Waugh’s description of his attendance at an academic conference in Scott King’s Modern Europe. The paper was entitled ‘About … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh, Scott-King's Modern Europe
Tagged Dr Fernando Gomez Herrero, International Law, University of Birmingham
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Waugh and Proust: A Handful de Chez Quoi ?
A brief letter in this week’s TLS raises several interesting points about Waugh’s understanding of Marcel Proust’s A la Recherche du Temps Perdu. This is from Dorothy McMillan at the University of Glasgow: Sir, – As your correspondents have shown … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Dorothy MacMillan, Marcel Proust, Tatler Lady Kinvara Balfour, The Hill, TLS
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Roundup: Brideshead Matters
In an article posted on National Catholic Register, Joseph Pearce considers whether education still matters and concludes that it should but doesn’t always manage. In order to matter, education must teach the truth as revealed in the wisdom of the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey, Edith Sitwell, Evening Standard, Joseph Pearce, National Catholic Register, Rupert Everett, The Tablet
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Aston Clinton Profiled on Country House Website
The estate of Aston Clinton, associated with Evelyn Waugh in the 1920s, is profiled on the website of House and Heritage.org, maintained by David Poole. The estate became well-known thanks to its ownership by a member of the Rothschild family … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Chattels & Movables, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Society
Tagged Aston Clinton, House and Heritage.org, Piers Court
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