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Category Archives: Complete Works
Spring Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Published
The latest issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies (No. 50.1, Spring 2019) has been distributed. The contents are noted below. A copy may be accessed here. ARTICLES “Huxley’s Ape”: Waugh in Scandinavia (August-September 1947), by Jeffrey Manley Between his first two trips to … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newsletter, World War II
Tagged Inez Holden, Lara Feigel, Scandinavia
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Weedon Grossmith (d. 14 June 1919)
Weedon Grossmith, best known as the co-author of The Diary of a Nobody (1892) died 100 years ago today. His collaborator was his brother George Grossmith who died in 1912. They were both also successful stage performers and wrote scripts … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Complete Works, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers
Tagged The Oldie, Weedon Grossmith
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Edmund Campion, Father Pro and Brideshead Revsited
Gerard Kilroy has written an interesting essay appearing this week in the Tablet. Prof Kilroy is the co-editor of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh volume of Waugh’s biography of Edmund Campion. The essay begins with a discussion of Campion’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Edmund Campion, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Gerard Kilroy, The Tablet
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Scoop in Chipping Campden
Duncan McLaren has posted a report of his presentation on Waugh’s Scoop at last week’s literary festival in Chipping Campden. His talk took the lively audience through the novel with Waugh at their sides. It was supported with numerous relevant … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Festivals, Scoop
Tagged American Thinker, Chipping Campden Literary Festival 2019, Duncan McLaren, New Republic
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Waugh and Albatross
Naomi Milthorpe, the editor of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh volume of Black Mischief, has posted a report of her research at the Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas). This is on the University of Leicester staffblog and relates to … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Complete Works, Research
Tagged Albatross Books, Monty Python's Fling Circus, Naomi Milthorpe
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Waugh Featured in Conservative Journal
The American Conservative, a print magazine and online journal, has issued an article entitled: “Evelyn Waugh Predicted the Collapse of Catholic England: He saw Vatican II as an attempt by elites to foist changes on a laity that didn’t want them.” … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Catholicism, Complete Works, Newspapers
Tagged Second Vatican Council, The American Conservative
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Waugh News from Oxford
Oxford University has issued two announcements relating to Old Oxonian Evelyn Waugh. The first is from the Ashmolean Museum which has scheduled a lecture in its After Hours talk series. This is entitled “Beyond Brideshead: Queer Oxford, 1919-1945” and will … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Events, Lectures, Oxford
Tagged Ashmolean Museum, Worcester College
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Roundup: Autumn in Canberra
–As Summer turns to Fall in the Southern Hemisphere, The Canberra Times is reminded of Evelyn Waugh. This is in an article written by Ian Warden who is not impressed by Autumnal colors: As an aesthete who cares about the looks … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Labels, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, National Review, Nigeness, The Article, The Canberra Times
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