Yearly Archives: 2024

Labor Day Roundup

—Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington has announced a Fall schedule of literary podcasts and other activities. One of these features a four-hour discussion of Brideshead Revisited in two separate podcast episodes. Here is their description: One of the most … Continue reading

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Dog Days Roundup

–BBC has announced the rebroadcast of a three-hour adaptation of Waugh’s wartime novel Put Out More Flags. This will air on BBC Radio 4 Extra over three successive days at 15:00p British time starting on Tuesday, 3 September 2024. Here’s … Continue reading

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New York Times Promotes “The Loved One”

Waugh’s 1948 novella The Loved One seems to be getting a lot of press attention nowadays. Earlier this week the new CWEW edition was reviewed in the TLS, and now the book is recommended in the New York Times. This … Continue reading

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TLS Reviews The Loved One

Jonathan Keates has reviewed the OUP’s new Collected Works edition of Waugh’s 1948 novel The Loved One. This appears in the current edition of the Times Literary Supplement (16 August 2024). The article is entitled: “Slumber Room, then Paradise: Evelyn … Continue reading

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New Waugh Photos Posted

Duncan McLaren has posted three newly-available photos of Evelyn Waugh. These were taken, probably in 1926, by one of his senior students at Aston Clinton School whom he had befriended. The photographer’s name was Patrick Grinling, and he is mentioned … Continue reading

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Roundup: War Trilogy, Conference and Campus Novel

—The Critic magazine has published a feature length article on Waugh’s war trilogy, Sword of Honour. This is written by Max Bayliss and is entitled “Waugh at war: Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s … Continue reading

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Instead of an obituary: James Waugh in the writings of his family.

As noted in a previous post, the Daily Telegraph dated 24 September 2022 announced the death on 12 September 2022 of James Waugh, age 76.  This appears to be the second son of Evelyn Waugh.  No other obituaries have been … Continue reading

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More Sad News: James Waugh 1946-2022

–In the course of reviewing some of the notices regarding the recent death of Alexander Waugh, additional sad news is reported. This involves the apparent death of Alexander’s uncle, James Waugh, on 12 September 2022. This was reported in the … Continue reading

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Alexander Waugh (More)

Additional obituaries and other notices have been posted memorializing the death of Alexander Waugh. The one by Mark McGinness posted by the Australian literary journal Quadrant is of particular note. Here’s the opening paragraph: The death of Alexander Waugh at … Continue reading

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Evelyn Waugh Studies 55.1 (Spring 2024)

The Society is pleased to post the latest edition of its journal Evelyn Waugh Studies. This is No. 55.1 (Spring 2024). The contents are described by the Society’s Secretary Jamie Collinson as follows: The winner of the EWS’ 2023 Undergraduate … Continue reading

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