Category Archives: Chattels & Movables

Evelyn Waugh’s ear trumpet vs. £4,000 worth of electronic hearing aids

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Alexander Chancellor tries Waugh’s notorious ear trumpet, and is impressed: On Christmas Day, in the Somerset home of my daughter Eliza, and her husband, Alexander Waugh, Evelyn’s grandson, I was offered the novelist’s old ear trumpet to try. I am … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh Conference & Exhibit in Baltimore

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Loyola Notre Dame Library in Baltimore is hosting two events this year to commemorate Evelyn Waugh’s visits to the United States in the late 1940s. Evelyn Waugh Exhibit (February 27th to April 7th): “An Englishman in Catholic America,” a display of … Continue reading →

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LibraryThing completes online catalog of Evelyn Waugh’s library

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

The book-centered social website LibraryThing has announced that its project to make available online a catalog of Evelyn Waugh's library has been completed. LibraryThing states that 2,752 books are in the finished catalog, but this number is considerably less than … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh’s Zodiac Settle sold

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

A "rare example of 19th-century, painted Gothic revival furniture that was once owned by John Betjeman and Evelyn Waugh has been sold by the Waugh family." [Art Sales, The Telegraph, photo]

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