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Category Archives: Fiction
Halloween Roundup
–There are several reviews this week of William Boyd’s new novel Trio. Waugh is mentioned in some of them. The Guardian’s review opens with this: …Some of his comic writing suggests a kinship with Evelyn Waugh as a farceur of rare … Continue reading
War Trilogy: Fake Novels and an Anniversary
In the latest issue of TLS, D J Taylor has written an essay on what he calls “Made-up Stories” or fake novels. What reminded him of the genre (if that’s what it is) was his recent re-reading of Anthony Powell’s … Continue reading
A Handful of Reading in the Lockdown
An article in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera addresses the question of why booksales and reading have enjoyed revivals during the Covid 19 lockdowns. This is by Alessandro Piperno and portions are translated below: …Personally I am grateful to … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Newspapers
Tagged Alessandro Piperno, Corriere della Sera
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Roundup: From Goldfinger to What’s Become of Waring?
–The Guardian has announced the death earlier this month of actress Margaret Nolan (1943-2020). She had …a noticeable role in the Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night (as the girl accompanying Wilfrid Brambell in a casino), and the James Bond … Continue reading
Virtual Book Launch for Helena
The Oxford University Press and Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project have announced a virtual book launch for the publication of Helena. The book (volume 11 of the Complete Works) will be published next month in the UK, with North … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh Society, Events, Helena
Tagged Book Launch, Oxford University Press
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Muggeridge Anniversary
The National Review has posted both print and audio versions of an article in which M D Aeschliman notes the upcoming 30th anniversary of Malcolm Muggeridge’s death. It opens with this: Malcolm Muggeridge died 30 years ago and had so … Continue reading
Roundup: Boyd, Banville and Paper Hats
–Novelist William Boyd is interviewed in The Times by Robbie Millen. This is on the occasion of the publication of Boyd’s new novel Trio which is about the creation of a film in the late 1960s. After establishing Boyd’s somewhat … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Letters, Scoop, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged A N Wilson, Books from Scotland, John Banville, Lisa Hilton, The Critic, The Times, Washington Post, William Boyd
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Peregrine Worsthorne 1923-2020: RIP
Noted 20th century journalist Peregrine Worsthorne has died at the age of 97. He was an admirer and chronicler of the aristocracy. Waugh shared some of his admiration but also satirized the upper classes. In Worsthorne’s case, he was more … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Atwaters
Duncan McLaren has posted an article about an interesting crossover between novels of Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell. On Waugh’s side this appears in Work Suspended (written 1939/published 1942) in which the minor character of Arthur Atwater appears. The connection … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Work Suspended
Tagged Anthony Powell, Duncan McLaren
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