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Category Archives: Anniversaries
The Spectator at 10,000
The Spectator, always proud of its heritage as the oldest periodical in English, is now celebrating the publication of its 10,000th issue. As part of this, they commissioned a clerihew competition (“Two couplets, AABB, metrically clunky, laconic and humorous in … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Arthur Jeffress, clerihews, The Spectator
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Evelyn Waugh, d. 10 April 1966, R.I.P.
Today is the 54th anniversary of the death of Evelyn Waugh. His death occurred on what was Easter Sunday, and he had attended Mass earlier in the day. He died after returning to his home in Combe Florey and is … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey
Tagged Good Friday, St Thomas Aquinas College
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The Oldie Returns to Brideshead
In its latest issue, The Oldie’s two cover stories are grouped together as “Return to Brideshead: From the film set to the smart set”. They are intended to mark the 75th anniversary of the novel’s publication as a book in May 1945. One … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television, Waugh Family
Tagged Nicholas Grace, Selina Hastings, The Oldie
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Waugh’s Religious Conversion
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent in the Western Christian churches, and perhaps in recognition of this date, the Catholic Herald has reposted an article from April 2016 relating to Waugh’s conversion to the Roman Catholic faith. This … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Catholicism, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Catholic Herald, Constance Watson
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Town & Country Remembers Waugh
This month 75 years ago Town & Country magazine, based in New York, completed the serial publication of Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited with its fourth monthly installment issued in February 1945. This abbreviated version preceded by several months the first … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Lettice Lygon, Town & Country
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Roundup: Labels Reattached
–The weblog Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings contains a review of Waugh’s early travel book Labels. This is a thoughtful critique of an often overlooked book: This is certainly no saccharine account of a trip round pretty places; if Waugh dislikes a … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Labels, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic Truth Society, Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings, National Catholic Register, The Oldie, TLS
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Evelyn Waugh Studies (Autumn 2019) Now Available
The latest edition of the society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies (Autumn 2019, No. 50.2) is now available. It can be accessed at this link. The contents are set out below: CONTENTS Brideshead Serialized: 75th Anniversary of Publication in Town & … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Oxford, World War II
Tagged F Scott Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Meyers, Robert Murray Davis, Town & Country, Yugoslavia
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Waugh’s Christmas in Yugoslavia: 1944
Waugh spent Christmas in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, where he was sent after Belgrade fell to the Russians and Partisans. This is the 75th anniversary of that holiday celebration. He had to travel via Bari in Italy and arrived a few days … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Letters, World War II
Tagged Christmas 1944, Dubrovnik, Nancy Mitford
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La Prensa Article Marks Brideshead Anniversary
The Buenos Aires newspaper La Prensa has published an article marking the 75th anniversary of the completion of Brideshead Revisited in 1944. This is entitled “Bajo el hechizo del recuerdo” (“Under the spell of remembrance”) and is written by Guillermo … Continue reading
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Tagged Guillermo Belcore, La Prensa (Buenoa Aires), Tusquets
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