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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Pretty Penguins All in a Row
Duncan McLaren has undertaken a new project. This will eventually be a collection of all Penguin covers of Waugh’s books to be posted on his website. He has already posted two and they are well worth a look. Since Penguin … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Decline and Fall, Scoop
Tagged Duncan McLaren, Penguin Books
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Waugh’s Visit to Vis
The Observer has published an interview of Croatian writer Srećko Horvat whose new book Poetry from the Future will be issued next week. The interviewer Andrew Anthony describes him as “one of the busiest leftwing political activists in Europe”, noting his … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Interviews, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Srecko Horvat, The Observer, Tito, Vis, Yugoslavia
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Conference to Consider War Correspondents Between the Wars
A conference will be convened on 9-10 May at the University of Angers, France, to consider the history of war correspondents reporting during the period between the two world wars. The title of the conference is “Correspondants de guerre: aire … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Newspapers, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged George Steer, University of Angers, War Correspondents
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Easter Roundup
–The Australian religious journal Catholic Weekly has posted an essay entitled “The Easter yearning”. This is by Karl Schmude and begins with a discussion of the many ways Easter is misunderstood today. Among the examples is this from Evelyn Waugh: … Continue reading
New Study of Decline and Fall Published
A new article discussing class structure in Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall has been published and posted by the Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies. This is a peer-reviewed academic journal affiliated with the Eurasian Applied Linguistics Society in … Continue reading
Bellamy’s Boosted
Two London papers have this week profiled Bellamy’s restaurant on Bruton Place in Mayfair: Ben McCormack in the Daily Telegraph on Monday (15 April) begins by making a meal (if you will excuse the expression) of the two visits by … Continue reading
Posted in London, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Bellamy's, Ben McCormack, Daily Telegraph, Tanya Gold, The Spectator
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Winter Evelyn Waugh Studies
The Winter 2018 issue (No. 49.3) of Evelyn Waugh Studies has been published. The contents are described below. A copy is posted on the EW Society website: ARTICLES Jacqueline Condon, “The Mystery of Grace: Brideshead Revisited as a Chestertonian Detective … Continue reading
Evelyn Waugh and the Notre Dame Fire
References to Evelyn Waugh have appeared in two stories relating to the destructive fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Posted in the Spectator, an article by Douglas Murray opens with this: Civilization only ever hangs by a … Continue reading
Roundup
–A recent post in the website Beforeitsnews.com announces that the Holy Stairs in Rome have recently been reopened after an extended period of restoration. The story cites Evelyn Waugh’s Helena for background: The great Catholic novelist Evelyn Waugh had a … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Edmund Campion, Helena, Newspapers
Tagged Colm Tóibín, Gulf News, London Review of Books, Lucy Freeman, New Statesman, Roger Scruton, Thomas Stukeley
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Academic Roundup: Vagabond-language and decadent arcadias
The following articles appeared in academic journals during 2018 and were not previously mentioned in our postings. Abstracts or excerpts from introductory materials are provided as available: –Helena M. Tomko, “A Good Laugh is Hard to Find: From destructive satire … Continue reading
