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Category Archives: Books about Evelyn Waugh
New Biography of Lady Pamela Berry
–A new biography of Waugh’s friend Pamela Berry has recently been announced. This is entitled Lady Pamela Berry: Passion, Politics and Power. It was reviewed in The Sunday Times by Max Hastings in an article entitled “The grand dame of … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Charles Moore, Lady Pamela Berry, Max Hastings, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times
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Mid-September Roundup
–A new biography of Claud Cockburn, friend and cousin of Evelyn Waugh has been published. This is entitled Believe in Nothing Until It is Officially Denied and is reviewed on the British political website conservativehome.com. The book by Patrick Cockburn … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Biographies, Complete Works, Film, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Claud Cockburn, Conservativehome.com, Oxford University Press, The Times, Wall Street Journal
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Evelyn Waugh Studies 54.3 (Winter 2023) Posted
The latest volume of the Society’s thrice yearly journal Evelyn Waugh Studies, No. 54.3 (Winter 2023) has been posted. Here is a description of its contents by the Society’s Secretary, Jamie Collinson: This edition features a brilliant essay by Tim … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Society, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Journal
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Tax Day (U.S.) Roundup
–A review of the recent Netflix film entitled Scoop appears in The Hollywood Reporter and several other papers. It is written by Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell and opens with this: Scoop is a dramatized feature about the BBC’s Newsnight team … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Nicholas Shakespeare, Philip Eade, The Hollywood Reporter, The Oldie, Washington Post
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Fall 2022 Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Posted
The latest issue of the society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been posted. This is Volume 53.2 (Autumn 2022) and features a review of the recent book by David Fleming entitled Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club. This is published … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies
Tagged David Fleming
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World Cup Roundup
–A recent book with a Waugh theme was listed (with reservations) among the Daily Telegraph year’s best biographies: Daisy Dunn’s Not Far From Brideshead (W&N, £20) is less satisfactory. What should be a dynamite intellectual history of how three great classicists – Gilbert … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television Programs
Tagged Castle Howard, Channel 4, Church Times, Daily Telegraph, Duncan McLaren, The Times newspaper
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New Book About Hypocrites Club
A new book has been announced that has Waugh in its title. This is Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club by David Fleming. Here’s a description: From the moment in March 1924 that a tipsy young nun trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Oxford
Tagged David Fleming, History Press, Hypocrites Club
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Flag Day Roundup
–Author Irvine Welsh (best known for his novel Trainspotting) was interviewed in advance of an appearance at the Beyond the Pale Festival at Wicklow, Ireland, 10-12 June. This appeared in the Irish Examiner. Here’s an excerpt: I’ve always admired writers … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, First Editions, Items for Sale, Newspapers, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Daily Mail, Irish Examiner, Irvine Welsh, John Atkinson Books, Malcolm Muggeridge, Protean Magazine, The New Republic
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