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Category Archives: Academia
Roundup: A List, a Classic and a New Book
—The Guardian’s recent selection of the “Top 100 Novels” has left many readers disappointed. The Spectator has an article by Michael Henderson explaining why, at least in his case: …There are always going to be notable omissions, because no list … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged America (Jesuit magazine), First Things, The Spectator
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Roundup: Scoop Abides
–A religious journal in Australia has posted an article marking the 60th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death. This is by Michael Cook in The Catholic Weekly. Here’s an excerpt: …Waugh’s novels of the 20s and 30s portrayed the lives of … Continue reading
End of January Roundup
–A Scottish blogger, posting on Hole Ousia, has expressed his admiration for Waugh’s Diaries. Here’s his discussion of selections from the diaries which he has recently read: I recently read ‘The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh‘ as edited by Michael Davie. … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Oxford
Tagged Cherwell, Sunday Telegraph, The Times
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New Academic Study of Waugh Issued
Bloomsbury Publishing has announced the publication of a new academic study of Waugh. This is entitled Evelyn Waugh’s Exterior Modernism: Cinema, Satire, Comedy and is written by Waugh Society member and co-editor of Evelyn Waugh Studies, Yuexi Liu. Here are the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Society, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Bloomsbury Books, Yuexi Liu
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Roundup: MLK Day (US) Edition
–The Financial Times has an article by Janan Ganesh entitled “The right will want a United States of Europe”. It opens with this: Auberon Waugh, son of the novelist Evelyn, died a quarter of a century ago this month. Never … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Cherwell, Financial Times, The Conversation, The Imaginative Conservative, The Irish Aesthete, The Spectator
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Early September Roundup
–The online journal American Thinker has posted an article by Lars Møller entitled “Evelyn Waugh’s England: A Lament for a Lost World”. Here are the opening paragraphs: In the mid-twentieth century, the English novelist Evelyn Waugh chronicled, with elegance and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Lancing, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged American Thinker, Daily Telegraph, Eleanor Doughty, Literary Review, The Spectator, The Times
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Bank Holiday (UK) Roundup
–Some of those around London may be interested in an event planned for Bank Holiday Monday. Here’s a description from the Londonist website: ISLINGTON WALK: The Bring Your Baby guided walks team offers a tour around Islington, aimed at parents and carers … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, London, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Londonist, Patrick Hamilton, UnHerd.com, Virginia Quarterly Review
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Roundup: Compilations, Conferences, Croatia and Cover Art
–A profile of author David Pryce-Jones has been posted on the website Onward and Upward. This is written by Jay Nordlinger and is a well-written, concise survey of Pryce-Jones’s life and works. Here’s an excerpt: …Over the years, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Conferences, World War II
Tagged Croatia, David Pryce-Jones, Quentin Blake, William Myers
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Simon J. James (1950-2025) R.I.P.
Duncan McLaren has advised that literary scholar Prof. Simon J James died earlier this week. He was active in the EWS and was editor of the Decline and Fall volume of the OUP’s Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. This would be … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Obituaries, Vile Bodies
Tagged Simon J James
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Roundup: Handful and Helena
–Several Spanish language papers have reported a new Spanish translation of A Handful of Dust. This is by Society member Carlos Villar Flor who has participated in several EWS events. Here’s an edited translation of the announcement: Professor of English Literature … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Discussions, Helena, Translations
Tagged Carlos Villar Flor, Chicago Tribune, Collegium Institute, First Things
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