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Category Archives: Diaries
Anthony Powell Biography to Appear Next Week
Hilary Spurling, who has written a new and much awaited biography of Anthony Powell, has served up an appetizer in an article published in the Times. She starts with a survey of the major 20th century writers who admired Powell’s … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Diaries, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Anthony Powell, Hilary Spurling, John Carey, Times newspaper
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“Tsunami of Waviana”
The Australian magazine Quadrant has a review in its online edition by Mark McGinness of the early volumes of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh published earlier this week. The article is entitled “Total Waugh.” McGinness begins with an effort to … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Complete Works, Diaries, Letters, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged Mark McGinness, Oxford University Press, Prufrock, Quadrant magazine, Weekly Standard
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First Complete Works Volumes Published
The first four volumes of Evelyn Waugh’s Complete Works have been published by Oxford University Press. Alexander Waugh is interviewed on BBC Radio 4 in yesterday’s edition of World at One in connection with this event. The interview is by … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Alexander Waugh, Complete Works, Diaries, Interviews, Newspapers, Oxford, Radio Programs, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC Radio 4, David Sexton, Evening Standard, Luke Jones, World at One
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University of Leicester Posts PR about Launch of Complete Works
The University of Leicester which is hosting the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project has issued a detailed Press Release about the publication of the first five volumes. The launch of the project is scheduled for later this week. Much … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Diaries, Letters
Tagged University of Leicester
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Handful, Oxford and North End Road
Author Gill Hornby in her Daily Mail column takes up the literary genre of expat novels. This is in response to two of her children expatriating themselves: We Brits didn’t only build the model for expat life, we’ve also provided its … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, A Little Learning, Academia, Diaries, Hampstead, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Christ Church, Daily Mail, expat novels, Gill Hornby, Hertford College, North End Road, TomWinnifrigh.com, YouTube
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CWEW Diaries Volume Previewed in Sunday Times
The Sunday Times becomes the first paper to preview a volume of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. The first four of these will be published at the beginning of September, in less than two week’s time. One of those … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Alexander Waugh, Personal Writings, Sunday Times
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Scribble, Scribble, Mr Waugh
In their Daily Express column, Richard and Judy are reminded of Evelyn Waugh in a noisy pub where they can hardly here a conversation: But then the background cacophony dropped momentarily, just long enough for me to pick up a … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Wales
Tagged Andrew Keogh, Daily Express, Daily Post (North Wales), Guardian, Richard and Judy
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Telegraph Article Considers Wisdom of Retaining Diaries
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Jane Shilling  considers the wisdom of retaining private diaries. This is occasioned by the upcoming publication of the teenage diaries of novelist Margaret Forster. The case of Waugh’s diaries is considered: What would Forster  have felt about … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Jane Shilling, Margaret Forster, private diaries
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The Eater at Quaglino’s with Waugh
The London edition of Eater.com, an online food journal, has done a profile on the long-lived Mayfair establishment of Quaglino’s. Waugh’s association with Quaglino’s was mentioned in a previous post that was based on the restaurant’s own advertising copy. In her article … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, London, Newspapers
Tagged Audrey Lucas, Duncan McLaren, Eater.com, Phillipa Snow, Quaglino's, restaurants
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Two Openings and a Debut
A Waugh quote opens an article in the South China Morning Post about Djibouti: Not that long ago, Djibouti was known for little more than French legionnaires, atrocious heat and being at the other end of a railway line to … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Hampstead, Newspapers, Remote People
Tagged Djibouti, Elsa Lanchester, Risk.net, Running Past, SCMP, The Scarlet Woman
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