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Category Archives: Catholicism
Mid-December Roundup
–Posted on the website of the Australian literary journal Quadrant, an article by Mark McGinness marks the 75th anniversary of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. This was published on 10 December 1945 about 6 months after Brideshead Revisited … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Letters, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Guardian, Nancy Mitford, New Statesman, Quadrant, The Times, William Boyd
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Conversion Anniversary
The American Spectator, a conservative journal, has an article by Tom Raabe marking the 90th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s conversion to Roman Catholicism on 29 September 1930. Raabe remarks that, at first, the conversion did not have much impact on … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged American Spectator, Tom Raabe
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Michaelmas Observed
In a short article in the Daily Telegraph, Christopher Howse explains the meaning and importance of St Michael whose day is marked tomorrow (29 September) as Michaelmas. Howse is reminded of a prayer to St Michael which is mentioned in … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen
Tagged Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph, Saint Michael
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Another Look at Brideshead (More)
This editorial message appeared in a recent TLS. It relates to the subject of Eleanor’s Doughty’s article in The Critic that was discussed in a previous post. Here is the opening section from the TLS: Edith Wharton was buried in … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Middlebury College, The Critic, TLS
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Michaelmas Roundup
–Several religious journals carry a story by George Weigel about the elimination of the Papal States in the 19th century as part of Italy’s reunification. The article, as published in the interfaith journal First Things, opens with this: Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Oxford, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour
Tagged Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, First Things, Sevenoaks Chamber of Commerce, The Spectator
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Downside Abbey to Close
In a recent article, The Tablet announced that the Benedictine Abbey at Downside would be closed, after having previously been separated from the public school on the same site in Somerset. The school will remain on the site but the … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged ChurchMilitant.com, Downside Abbey and School, The Tablet
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Another Look at Brideshead
Literary critic Eleanor Doughty has taken another look at Brideshead Revisited on the occasion of the book’s 75th anniversary and doesn’t particularly like what she finds. This essay is published in The Critic and is entitled: “A little too mature: In … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Eleanor Doughty, The Critic
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Roundup: Agony Aunts and Metroland
–In the Daily Telegraph, Rowan Pelling muses over whether novelists would make good advice to the lovelorn “agony aunts”. Pelling has always thought Edith Wharton would be excellent and notes that Simone de Beauvoir and Anaïs Nin in fact functioned … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Film, Interviews, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, The Times, The Wanderer
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Septimus Waugh in The Tablet
The Tablet’s latest issue celebrates the magazine’s 180th anniversary since its founding in 1840. One of the featured articles is a memoir by Septimus Waugh of his father’s religious beliefs and practices. As summarized by the editors: “Evelyn Waugh is … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Septimus Waugh, The Tablet
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Monsignor Rittig Revisited
The Zagreb newspaper Večernji list has published an interview of the writer and religion scholar Margareta Matijevic who has recently written a book about the Yugoslav priest and politician Svetozar Rittig. From what I can gather from the computerized translation … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Diaries, Interviews, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Croatia, Svetozar Rittig, Večernji List, Yugoslavia
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