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Category Archives: Catholicism
Post-Thanksgiving Roundup
–10 December will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Christopher Hitchens. This is commemorated in the Financial Times by an article entitled “The World Christopher Hitchens Left Behind”. This is by Janan Ganash who might have used as … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Helena, Lectures, Newspapers, Oxford, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Herald, Christopher Hitchens, Financial Times, Irish Times, New Statesman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Quadrant
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Clarissa Churchill (1920-2021) R.I.P.
One of the last of Evelyn Waugh’s contemporary friends died yesterday. This is Clarissa Churchill.Ā Her father was Jack Churchill, Winston’s younger brother, and she was always close to Winston’s family. She grew up in a house in South Kensington … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Clarissa Churchill, Daily Telegraph
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Waugh’s 118th Birthday
Yesterday, 28 October, was Evelyn Waugh’s 118th birthday. He was born on that date in 1903. This event was marked in several brief announcements (including one showing thatĀ actress Elsa Lanchester was born on the same day, something the two … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall
Tagged Church Militant, Garrison Keillor, The Writer's Almanac, Waugh's Birthday
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AN Wilson Returns to Brideshead
The Oldie joins the Spectator in commemorating this week’s 40th anniversary of the 1981 Granada TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. They send critic and novelist AN Wilson back to have another look. He begins by noting Waugh’s main themes: the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Sword of Honour
Tagged A N Wilson, The Oldie
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Labo(u)r Day Roundup
–The Catholic Herald has an article by Ken Craycraft in which he reviews the recent biography of Graham Greene (The Unquiet Englishman by Richard Greene). Here is an excerpt: Critics and biographers are always looking for glimpses of Greeneās own … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford, Wales
Tagged Catholic Herald, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Tatler, The Times
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A Little More Learning
Sophia Waugh, Evelyn’s grand daughter and Auberon’s daughter, writes this week in the Catholic Herald about the current state of Roman Catholic schools in the UK. The article opens with a brief review of the differing attitudes of various members … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Catholic Herald, education
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Roundup: Sash Windows and Sitwells
–Eleanor Doughty writing in Country Life considers whether sash windows should be repaired or replaced. She opens the story with this: There is something about a sash window, isnāt there? The gentle squeak and heave as you lift it up, … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Catholicism, Combe Florey, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic Herald, Charile Watts, Country Life, San Diego Union Tribune, Sitwell Family, The Economist, The Oldie
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Waugh Would Not Be Happy
To Evelyn Waugh, one of the most important aspects of the Roman Catholic Church’s Vatican II reforms of 1960 was the limitation on the use of the traditional Latin Mass. He spent his final years in active opposition to this … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Globe and Mail, Latin Mass, Radio Spada
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“Bridey’s Bombshell” Queried
In his Daily Mail blog, Peter Hitchens wonders whether Evelyn Waugh got it wrong about the Roman Catholic view of marriage in Brideshead Revisited, at least as it has been applied to the recent marriage of twice-divorced Boris Johnson in … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Peter Hitchens, The Tablet
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Memorial Day/Spring Bank Holiday Roundup
–Historian Niall Ferguson writes about his latest book in the Daily Mail. This is entitled Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. He opens with the observation that the British have made a habit of laughing in the face of death, offering … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Television, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Niall Ferguson, Tate Gallery, The Independent, The Spectator
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