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Waugh and Fake News
The Mexican newspaper Milenio, which is published in several editions in all the major Mexican cities, has printed a feature length article on Evelyn Waugh. This is by Danubio Torres Fierro and is entitled “Las fake news según Evelyn Waugh” … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Biographies, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Danubio Torres Fierro, Mexico, Milenio, Philip Eade
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Greatest Writer of “Our” Generation ?
Literary critic, novelist and publisher Dr Stoddard Martin has written a review of Philip Eade’s biography which he turns into an assessment of Evelyn Waugh’s career and legacy. This is entitled “Class Act” and appears in The Quarterly Review, an … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
Tagged Graham Greene, Philip Eade, Somerset Maugham, Stoddard Martin, The Quarterly Review
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Dornford Yates Revival?
Dornford Yates (the pen name of Cecil Wm. Mercer, 1885-1960) is a writer who thrived in the interwar period but who has never enjoyed a revival. He is usually linked with thriller writers of the period such as John Buchan, … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Alwyn Turner, Dornford Yates, Interwar Fiction, Kate Macdonald, Lion & Unicorn
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Mr Trump Puts Out More Flags
The Washington Post earlier this week revealed that Donald Trump was planning a huge military parade like those previously mounted following the victorious end of a war. In response, one of their columnists (Dana Milbank) suggests what Trump needs is … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Dana Milbank, Donald Trump, Washington Post
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When the Going was Written
A feature length article by Jorge Martinez appears in the Buenos Aires newspaper La Prensa and is entitled “Auge y caida de la literatura de viajes” (“Rise and fall of travel writing”). Although the article is written in Spanish, most of … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Jorge Martinez, La Prensa, Travel Writing
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Waugh Presentation at Goa Conference
The third international conference on the culture, language and literature of Goa was convened last week in India and is reported in several Indian news services. The primary subject was the theatre in Goa, and a presentation was also made … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Catholicism, Conferences, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Goa, Saint Francis Xavier
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Waugh and Hugh Johnson
In an interview for a recent issue of The Sunday Times, wine expert and author Hugh Johnson mentions commissioning articles by Evelyn Waugh on the subject of wine. This appears in the introduction to the interview by Andrew Lynch: In … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Hugh Johnson, The Sunday Times, Wine and Food
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Rules Reigns
Two websites have recently featured articles about Rules, the restaurant near Covent Garden, in both of which Evelyn Waugh is mentioned. Eater London has a background article on the restaurant, its ambience, and its food. The article opens with this: … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Evelyn Waugh, London
Tagged Bloomsberg News, Eater London, Rules
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Two Hitchenses on Waugh
Articles on Waugh by brothers Christopher and Peter Hitchens have recently been resurrected on the internet. These are Christopher’s essay “The Permanent Adolescent” which originally appeared in The Atlantic magazine for April 2003 and was later collected in Arguably. This is now … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Articles, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, Waugh Family, World War II
Tagged Aleteia.com, Christopher Hitchens, Mail on Sunday, Peter Hitchens, YouTube
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