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Category Archives: Articles
Waugh Connections
Times gossip columnist Patrick Kidd discusses Phiip Eade’s identification of models for Waugh characters in today’s “Diary”: …Lord Parakeet in Decline and Fall was based on Gavin Henderson, an exceedingly camp noble who, on becoming Lord Faringdon, opened a speech … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Events, Hampstead, Letters, London, Newspapers
Tagged Canonbury Square, George Orwell, Islington Gazette, Isokon, RIBA, Times newspaper
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New Criterion Reprints Article on Waugh’s African Writings
The New Criterion has reprinted a 2003 article by James Panero about Waugh’s writings on Africa, making the point that Waugh got most things right. This is entitled “Reading Africa in Waugh.” Panero’s family had business in Africa; his grandfather ran a … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Black Mischief, Letters, Scoop
Tagged Africa, James Panero, New Criterion
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Literary and Media Celebrities Cite Waugh’s Influence
In the past few days several celebrities from various media have stated in interviews that they had been influenced by the writings of Evelyn Waugh. In an interview by the book website Goodreads, US novelist Jay McInerney (Bright Lights, Big City) had the … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Articles, Interviews, The Loved One
Tagged Andi Petrillo, CBC, Goodreads, Jay McInerney, Laurie Graham
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Waugh Cited in Defense of Somerset
Somerset County was rated as one of the 20 worst places to live in the UK. It ranked 14th on the list compiled by uSwitch, an internet consumer guide, which concluded that: while the county has high rates of employment … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Combe Florey, Newspapers
Tagged Somerset County Gazette, uSwitch
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Charles Ryder in the Chapel
Rev. Terrance W. Klein, S.J., a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City, uses the last paragraphs of Brideshead Revisited to conclude an essay on prayer. This essay appears in the online edition of America: The National Catholic Review published … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism
Tagged America: The National Catholic Magazine
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Journalists in Literature Surveyed in New Book
In a book to be published tomorrow by Bloomsbury, Dr Sarah Lonsdale, who teaches at the City University London, surveys the role of the journalist in British literature over the period since 1900. The book is entitled The Journalist in British Fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Remote People, Robbery Under Law, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged PressGazette, Sarah Lonsdale, The Conversation
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George Osborne and Evelyn Waugh
New Europe, a weekly English-language newspaper published in Brussels, carries an article comparing George Osborne, Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer (for the time being), to Evelyn Waugh. Osborne changed his name from Gideon Oliver to plain George because it “sounds more … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Newspapers
Tagged George Osborne, New Europe
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British Library Posts Article on BYPs
The British Library has posted an article on its website about the Bright Young People of the interwar years. This is by Dr Milena Borden and is entitled: “Bright Young Things: behind the party mask.” Dr Borden concentrates on how the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Vile Bodies
Tagged British Library, Milena Borden
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A Recent Visit to “Whispering Glades”
In this week’s LA Weekly, an alternative newspaper distributed in the Los Angeles region, there is a humorous description of a recent visit to Forest Lawn Cemetery by artist and illustrator Tony Mostrom. He begins with references to the negativity expressed … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Conferences, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Forest Lawn Cemetery, LA Weekly, Tony Mostrom
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Jay McInerney Lists Waugh in NY Times Article
In listing his favorite books, novelist and, more recently, wine commentator Jay McInerney included Waugh’s A Handful of Dust. His own first novel Bright Lights, Big City (1984) might be considered a 1980s version of Decline and Fall. In an article … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Articles, Newspapers
Tagged Jay McInerney, New York Times
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