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Category Archives: Diaries
Roundup: Lenten Love and Lots of Books
–In the Church Life Journal published by University of Notre Dame, Patrick Tomassi has written an essay on the themes of love in Brideshead Revisited and their particular relevance to the observance of Lent. Here is a summary: Sorting out … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alec Waugh, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop
Tagged Church Life Journal, Daily News (Sri Lanka), Evening Standard, Guardian, Mississipi State University, Palestine Chronicle
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Early March Roundup
–Laura Freeman writing in the Daily Telegraph (27 February) surveys children’s books and discovers that one of her favorites has been rated as having a “really high difficulty level.” This is Roger Hargreaves’ Mr Men series and she sees the … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Diaries, Newspapers
Tagged Alan Massie, Daily Telegraph, Eastern Eye, Gay Star News, Laura Freeman, Literary Hub, Oxford Times, Roger Hargreaves, The Scotsman
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Midwinter Roundup
–One of our readers Bruce Gaston contributed this item: Early every morning on BBC Radio 4 there is a short item called “Tweet of the Day”, which is actually about birdsong. Today’s bird was the Great Crested Grebe. The continuity … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged AM730 (Hong Kong), BBC Radio 4, Bruce Gaston, Church Life Journal, Dawn Powell, Los Angeles Review of Books, Pasadena Star-Telegram, Sigrid Unset, Visual Arts Source
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Roundup: The Walrus and the Waugh Scholars
–Duncan McLaren has added a new article to his Evelyn Waugh website relating to three of the first volumes of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh: Precocious Waughs (v.30), Essays, Articles and Reviews 1922-1934 (v.26), and A Little Learning (v.19). He … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Complete Works, Diaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Letters, Newspapers, Work Suspended
Tagged Catholic Herald, Duncan McLaren, Literary Hub, Marcel Proust, The Tatler
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A Wavian Christmas, or Two
Magnus Linklater begins his Christmas column in The Times by looking at how noted diarists from the past have marked the holiday: Christmas does not always bring out the best in us — but did it ever? Diarists of the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Newspapers
Tagged Christmas, Magnus Linklater, The Times
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Roundup: Black Shorts and Literate Oenophiles
–Writing in America: The Jesuit Review, Rob Weinert-Kendt, journalist and editor of the American Theatre magazine, recalls how his life has been shaped by his reading and viewing of Brideshead Revisited as a teenager. He begins by putting the story … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh
Tagged America: The Jesuit Review, Guardian, Jay McInerney, Literary Hub, P.G.Wodehouse
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Gabbitas & Waugh
The educational consultants known as Gabbitas have included the following historical description in their internet prospectus: Gabbitas has been involved with Independent Education for over 145 years. We have helped with the education of the British royal family, crowned heads … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Decline and Fall, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Gabbitas, The Economist, The Spectator
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Midweek Roundup
–The New York Times reviews a new book about Los Angeles. This is David Kipen’s anthology, Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018. According to the review this isn’t exactly a “rescue mission” for the much … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Diaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Helena, Newspapers
Tagged Alfred Duggan, Allan Massie, Catholic Herald, Los Angeles, Lucinda Riley, National Catholic Register, New York Times, The Sunday Times (South Africa)
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Waugh Letters on Offer
Jonkers Books of Henley-on-Thames has posted an offering of Waugh items. In addition to first editions and signed copies, there are several letters for sale. The first is a batch of 7 (4 short letters and 3 postcards) to Christopher … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Edmund Campion, Items for Sale, Letters
Tagged Basil Bennett, Chridtopher Sykes, Jonkers Books, SPB Mais
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Birthday Roundup
Today marks the 115th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s birth on 28 October 1903. Several newspapers have marked the occasion in their “this day in history” columns, including the Daily Mail. Other matters of note include: –Another article about last week’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Diaries, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Apollo Magazine, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, John Rothenstein, The Herald (Glasgow)
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