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Category Archives: Academia
Weekend Roundup of Waviana
An Athens art exhibit has been titled “The Unseen Hook” (Το αόρατο αγκίστρι). The name is taken from Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. As explained in an article on a Greek website: The “invisible hook” is what binds us to … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Alma Gellery/Athens, Durham University, Financial Times, Joe Dunthorne, Matthew Richardson, National Catholic Register, Strategic Culture Foundation
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Pinfold Redux: Muriel Spark Centenary
Articles are appearing in advance of the centenary of novelist Muriel Spark which will be observed next Thursday (1 February). Scottish novelist Allan Massie has written an article in the i Newspaper in which he recalls her career and his … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Conferences, Letters, Newspapers, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Allan Massie, iNewspaper, Martin Stannard, Muriel Spark, Patricia Waugh, The Tablet, Universoty of Glasgow
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Waugh Features in Podcast on “Narrative and Religion”
A recent podcast in the series Conversations with Tyler involves an interview with New York Times columnist Russ Douthat. The series is sponsored by George Mason University and the interviewer is Tyler Cowen but the date and the venue are … Continue reading
Waugh, The Revisionist
The latest edition of Commonweal magazine has an essay by veteran Waugh scholar Robert Murray Davis. This is entitled “‘Brideshead’ Revisited and Revised: The Mixed Reception of Waugh’s Most Famous Novel.” In this, he traces the critical reception of Brideshead … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Commonweal, Robert Murray Davis
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Waugh Collector Named Chair of Huntington
The Huntington Library has named Loren Rothschild chair of its Board of Trustees. In its Press Release announcing the appointment, the Huntington provides this description of Mr Rothschild’s career: Los Angeles business executive and a rare book collector, Loren Rothschild … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Collections, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh
Tagged Huntington Library, Loren Rothschild
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New Memoir by David Lodge
The Times has interviewed novelist David Lodge to mark the second volume of his memoirs. This is entitled Writer’s Luck and will be issued next week. In the interview (reported by Robbie Millen) Lodge discusses the fact that he has never had … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers
Tagged David Lodge, Memoirs, Robbie Millen, The Times
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Correspondence in Spectator re Waugh’s Oxford “Degree”
Alexander Waugh’s letter in the 25 November 2017 issue of The Spectator regarding the conclusion of his grandfather’s Oxford career has engendered a chain of responses comparable to those in which his grandfather used to engage. Alexander’s letter stated: “Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Dr Geoffrey Thomas, Peter Loring, The Spectator, Timothy O'Sullivan
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Autumn Issue of Society Journal
The Autumn 2017 issue of the society’s journal (Evelyn Waugh Studies, No. 48.2) has been issued. The contents are posted below. The complete issue will be posted on the internet later this week: ARTICLES Paul Pennyfeather and the Victorian Governess: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Put Out More Flags, World War II
Tagged David Bittner, Donat Gallagher, Ellen O'Brien, Naomi Milthorpe, Robert Laycock, Robert Murray Davis
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Waugh and the Jellyfish
A recent travel guide includes a reference to Waugh’s fortuitous encounter with a jellyfish off the coast of Wales in 1925, where its intervention aborted Waugh’s attempted suicide. This guide is entitled Britain by the Book and is written by academic … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Wales
Tagged Jellyfish, Oliver Tearle, suicide
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