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Category Archives: Articles
Hugh Trevor-Roper on Evelyn Waugh (more)
An earlier post here mentioned the publication of One Hundred Letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper. Standpoint magazine has now published a review of the volume, which it had earlier excerpted. In the review, Paul Johnson, friend (or at least acquaintance) of … Continue reading
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Malcolm Muggeridge on Waugh and Stopp’s biography
In 1959 Malcolm Muggeridge reviewed Frederick J. Stopp’s biography of Evelyn Waugh for the New Republic and described his own slight acquaintance with its subject: The last time I saw him was at a wedding. I am no expert on … Continue reading
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Tagged Frederick J. Stopp, Malcolm Muggeridge, New Republic
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Evelyn Waugh manuscripts at the British Library
A short article at the British Library’s English and Drama blog on its Evelyn Waugh collection: The British Library holds an extensive Waugh collection, at the heart of which is Waugh’s incoming correspondence. These letters, dating from 1921 to 1966, … Continue reading
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Jonathan Coe: What’s so funny about comic novels?
Evelyn Waugh barely gets a mention, but Jonathan Coe’s reflections in the Guardian on the comic novel are worth sharing: All of this leads us inevitably to PG Wodehouse, the elephant in my comic room, about whom I’ve been silent … Continue reading
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Evelyn Waugh and the Latin Mass Society of England & Wales
In 1965, Evelyn Waugh helped found the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales. The current issue of Regina magazine contains an article (“Shades of Evelyn Waugh: An Update on the Latin Mass in England & Wales“) on the history … Continue reading
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Evelyn Waugh and Nunney
Nunney is a village near Frome in the English county of Somerset which Evelyn Waugh visited while house hunting in 1936. An article on the Visit Nunney website tells the story.
Joy unbounded: Spectator archive now online
The Spectator has made available online a searchable archive of 180 years (1828 – 2008) of the magazine. Initial search results can be further refined by category: Article, Letter, Fiction, etc., which will be a boon to researchers of all … Continue reading
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“Isn’t it true that the only liquid Americans drink is ice water?”
Dave Wood, of the (Wisconsin) River Falls Journal, considers Evelyn Waugh and recalls a story told him by the Roman Catholic American author and sometime Waugh houseguest J. F. Powers.
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Sunset Boulevard’s debt to The Loved One
Thanks to Steve Sailer for drawing to our attention his article in Taki’s Magazine about how much Billy Wilder’s classic 1950 movie Sunset Boulevard is derived from Waugh’s The Loved One, which Wilder had tried to get the movie studio … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Wilder, Steve Sailer, Sunset Boulevard, Taki's Magazine
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Evelyn Waugh’s Hampstead days
The Ham(pstead) & High(gate) website features a Jan. 12th article by Adam Sonin on Evelyn Waugh’s Hampstead days.
