Category Archives: Articles

Evelyn Waugh and Nunney

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

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.

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Joy unbounded: Spectator archive now online

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

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?”

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

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

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

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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Evelyn Waugh’s Hampstead days

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

The Ham(pstead) & High(gate) website features a Jan. 12th article by Adam Sonin on Evelyn Waugh’s Hampstead days.

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The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Waugh/Pinfold

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

On the website of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, in a section devoted to books that have a mental health theme, Dr. Alexandra Pitman reviews The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold: Both author and protagonist describe alcoholic hallucinosis – a relatively rare complication … Continue reading →

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Maugham, Ford, Waugh, and the experience of war

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

In The Spectator‘s Book Blog, Steven McGregor discusses Somerset Maugham’s The Hero, Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End, and Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour Trilogy in the light of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a follow-up post, David … Continue reading →

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