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Category Archives: Fiction
Ma Meyrick Inspires Again
Novelist Kate Atkinson has written a book about a London night club hostess from the 1920s that has received considerable press coverage. This is entitled Shrines of Gaiety. The opening of this article by Jake Kerridge in the Daily Telegraph … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Fiction, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Kate Atkinson, New York Sun, New York Times, Slate
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Roundup: Mostly Books
–The Public Domain Review has posted an article and links to reproductions from a noted piece of Victoriana in the Waugh Collection at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas. Here’s the opening: The novelist Evelyn Waugh was an inveterate … Continue reading
Orwell News
George Orwell was born the same year as Evelyn Waugh and they became acquainted in the late 1940s shortly before Orwell’s death. They admired each other’s writing but had different political and religious views (although both agreed in their opposition … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers
Tagged D.J.Taylor, George Orwell, Guardian, Peter Davison, The Spectator
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Fall Equinox Roundup
—The Sunday Times contributes another assessment of the literary achievements of Queen Elizabeth II’s years. This is entitled “The books that defined the Queen’s reign.” It is written by Dominic Sandbrook, who begins with a consideration of T S Eliot’s … Continue reading
Roundup: Spike Milligan, Tom Stoppard and More
–Duncan McLaren has had the idea to compare the WWII novels of two British comedians who wrote about it, based on their experiences: Evelyn Waugh and Spike Milligan. Here’s the introduction: If Evelyn Waugh wrote a series of the most … Continue reading
Elizabeth II (1926-2022) R.I.P.
The main story of the week is of course the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Waugh commented little about the monarchy, but some of the papers found relevant references in his works. –Dominic Green writing in the Wall Street Journal … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Items for Sale, Letters, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Evening Standard, Guardian, Wall Street Journal
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Another Title Added to Complete Works Editions
A Handful of Dust has joined the three other new titles announced for UK release next month in the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. Here is the description issued by Oxford University Press: Evelyn Waugh’s A Handful of Dust (1934) … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Complete Works
Tagged Oxford University Press
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Brideshead TV Project Resurfaces
It is reported widely that the Brideshead TV project to be backed by BBC and HBO and written and directed by Luca Guadagnino has resurfaced. Previous reports of a delay were attributed to Guadagnino’s unavailability, but he now says in … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Deadline, Luca Guadagnino
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Labo(u)r Day Roundup
–Christopher Buckley writing in the Wall Street Journal has identified what he considers to be the five best literary breakdowns. Waugh’s Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold is one of his selections: Evelyn Waugh called this, his next-to-last novel, his “mad book,” … Continue reading
Summer Bank Holiday Roundup
–D J Taylor in the latest issue of Literary Review has written a review of the new biography by Patrick Donovan. This is entitled Arnold Bennett: Last Icon. It was mentioned in a previous post. Here’s an excerpt from the … Continue reading
