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Category Archives: Anniversaries
Memorial Day/Bank Holiday Roundup
–The Garden Museum in Lambeth, London, has opened an exhibit called “Cecil Beaton’s Garden Party.” This was described in a recent article in The Observer by Vanessa Thorpe: …The strong horticultural influence on Beaton’s work is recognised now in an … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Events, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Cecil Beaton, Garden Museum/Lambeth, Harvard Crimson, The Observer, The Oldie
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May Day Roundup
—The Times newspaper has published an article by Max Hastings on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII. In it Hastings explains: Almost five decades after publishing my first book about war, I am no longer … Continue reading
Easter Week Roundup
British journalist Eleanor Doughty, well known to our readers, has made a revisit to Castle Howard. What she finds is described in an article in the Times newspaper. Here is an excerpt: There is nowhere on earth like Castle Howard. … Continue reading
Evelyn Waugh, d. 10 April 1966, R.I.P.
The Times newspaper in its regular “On This Day” column includes this memory of Evelyn Waugh’s death along with a photo of Waugh in a tweed jacket, holding onto a picket fence in one hand and a cigar in the … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Newspapers
Tagged The Times
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End of Wintertime (UK) Roundup
–A review by Dylan Neri in The Spectator about a book entitled Carbon: The Book of Life by Paul Hawken opens with this: There is a scene in Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One in which a magazine’s advice columnist ‘the Guru … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Internet, Interviews, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged Anglican Samizdat, Anthony Powell, Apollo, The Critic, The Spectator
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Centenary of Waugh’s Coming of Age: 28 October 1924
Today marks the centenary of Evelyn Waugh’s coming of age on 28 October 1924, his 21st birthday. In Waugh’s diary entry for the following day, he begins: “Yesterday I became a man and put away childish things.” (Diaries, p. 182) … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Anniversaries, Diaries, Film: The Scarlet Woman, Hampstead, Oxford
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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
Posted in Anniversaries, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Duncan McLaren, The Criric
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Rex Whistler Anniversary Commemorated
Next month will mark the 80th anniversary of the death of Rex Whistler on 18 July 1944. He died in France as part of the invasion force following D-Day. The Salisbury Museum has mounted a special exhibition of his work … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Exhibits, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Rex Whistler, Salisbury Museum, Simon Heffer, Tate Britain
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Roundup: 80th D-Day Anniversary
–The BBC posted an article on WWII parachute training in connection with its observance last week of the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings. Here’s an excerpt: …All the British paratroopers who landed in the early hours [of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Internet, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Frederic Raphael, OLL, The American Conservative, The Jewish Chronicle
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Mothers’ Day (U.S.) Roundup
–An article in this week’s TLS (10 May 2024) marks the centenary of the 1924 novel The Green Hat by Michael Arlen. He was something of a one hit wonder, as the article by Philip Ward explains. Here are some … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Helena, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Crisis magazine, Daily Telegraph, The Green Hat, TLS
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