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Category Archives: Bibliophilia
Middlemarch Roundup
–The Financial Times recently considered the revival of the sleeveless sweater–a/k/a tank top or V-neck: “As far as I know, the history of the tank top starts from the 1930s, where men would wear a V-neck slipover that was often … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Daily Mail, Financial Times, Public Discourse, Taki Theodoracopulos, The Spectator
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Latest “EWS” Posted: States, Issues and Complete Works
The most recent issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies is now posted. This is No. 52.3 (Winter 2021) and opens with an article by Hartley Moorhouse entitled “Bibliographical Confusion Surrounding the First UK Editions of Scoop”. This uses … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Bibliophilia, Complete Works, Ninety-Two Days, Scoop
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Waugh in Translation
Adelphi Edizioni, an Italian publishing company, has announced the publication of an Italian translation of Waugh’s 1952 book The Holy Places. This was previously issued as a separate book by Ian Fleming’s Queen Ann Press in identical UK and US … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Labels, The Holy Places, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Adelphi Edizioni, Icelandic translation, Italian translations, Ugla
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BBC Documentary on Waugh’s Illustrator
The BBC has broadcast a delightful documentary on Quentin Blake, artist and illustrator. This is entitled Quentin Blake: The Drawing of My Life and debuted on Christmas Day on BBC2. It will be repeated on 6 January. Here’s an excerpt … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Bibliophilia, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Penguin Books, Quentin Blake
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Septimus Waugh: Reminiscence
The Tablet’s latest issue has a reminiscence of the late Septimus Waugh. This appears in the “Word from the Cloister” column and is based on an interview of Jimmy Burns, journalist and member of The Tablet’s board. He was a … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Diaries, Edmund Campion, Interviews, Newspapers, Waugh Family, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Jimmy Burns, Septimus Waugh, The Tablet, Tom Burns
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John Saumarez Smith (1943-2021) R.I.P.
John Saumarez Smith who was widely considered as the last of London’s “gentleman booksellers” has died at the age of 78. He was the son of an Indian Civil Service family and graduate of Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. After … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Handasyde Buchanan, Heywood hill, John Saumarez Smith, The Times
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Hallowe’en Roundup
–Giles Coren writing in The Times surveys the plight of the male novelist in today’s literary market. After describing the difficulties of getting published in a world where publishers and readers are mostly women as well as the lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Collections, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Waugh Family
Tagged Aleteia, Country Houses, Daily Telegraph, First Things, The Economist, The Times, Wall Street Journal
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Another Brideshead Anniversary
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of Brideshead Revisited in America in book format. A serialized version had been issued in four installments in November 1944-February 1945 in Town & Country magazine published in New York. The … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, First Editions
Tagged Book of the Month Club, Little Brown & Co
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New Brideshead Edition Announced
Waugh’s North American publisher Little, Brown & Co. has announced plans to issue a new edition of Brideshead Revisited in November. This is to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Little, Brown’s publication of the book in January 1946. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Berkley Books, George Orwell, Little Brown & Co, Publishers Weekly
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