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Monthly Archives: August 2019
William Boyd’s Library Tour
The Southbank Centre, which hosts numerous cultural events in London–mostly music and art but also including sponsorship of the London Literature Festival, are posting short videos of various writers offering tours of their libraries. The first of these involves novelist … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Collections
Tagged Southbank Centre, William Boyd
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Homage from Catalonia
An article in the Barcelona newspaper El País (“Existió otro mundo“/ “The series of my life”) pays homage to the 1981 Granada TV series of Brideshead Revisited. The article is written by Carles Geli who recalls seeing the Spanish TV broadcast … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Carles Geli, El Pais
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Roundup: Waugh on Wine and More
–Literary critic and novelist A N Wilson writing in the Daily Mail has reviewed the recent reprint of Auberon Waugh’s book Waugh on Wine. According to Wilson: Celebrated author and journalist Auberon Waugh was an iconoclast, a political maverick and wine … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Documentaries, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Boris Johnson, Boston Globe, Daily Mail, Frances Donaldson, Wine Spectator
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Biography of a Poem: W H Auden’s “September 1, 1939”
The Times has a review of a new book by Ian Sansom in its “Book of the Week” column. This is a “biography” of W H Auden’s poem “September 1, 1939” soon to celebrate its 80th birthday. The review by … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged The Times, W H Auden
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Waugh’s Illustrators in the News
Two of Waugh’s illustrators have been prominently mentioned in recent newspaper articles, and in one case a TV series: Rex Whistler provided the illustrations for Waugh’s post war booklet Wine in Peace and War. These were based on drawings he … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Television Programs, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged Caroline Paget, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Quentin Blake, Rex Whistler
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Waugh and “Mrs Bluefeet” in New Book
The latest Literary Review has an essay by novelist and literary critic D J Taylor about what he calls “biographer’s luck”. The was inspired by his latest biography to be published next month in the UK. An American edition entitled The … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Newspapers, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Horizon, Janetta Parladé, Literary Review
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Waughs on Wine and Brexit
The Bridgwater Mercury and Breitbart News have announced that Alexander Waugh will stand as the candidate of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party for the Parliamentary constituency of Bridgwater and West Somerset. This would apparently be in the next general election, whenever … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Newspapers, Non-fiction
Tagged Brexit Party, Bridgwater Mercury, Somerset County Gazette, The Times, Wine
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Waugh to Appear in Mystery Novel
According to the advance publicity for an upcoming mystery novel, Evelyn Waugh will play at least a cameo role in its plot. The book is entitled The Mitford Scandal and is written by Jessica Fellowes. It is the third in … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction
Tagged Jessica Fellowes, Mystery Novels, The Mitford Scandal
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Early August Roundup
–In The Times, author Lynne Truss (best known for Eats, Shoots and Leaves) has found it useful in the present unrestful circumstances to turn to comic novels as a way to reduce stress. She recommends 5 examples. Here is a quote: … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Boris Johnson, Daily Beast, Daily Telegraph, David Hare, Financial Times, margarine, MENAFN.com, The Times
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