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Category Archives: A Handful of Dust
Waugh Events Announced
There will be a panel on Evelyn Waugh at the Blenheim Palace Festival of Literature, Film & Music in October. This will consist of Paula Byrne, Alex Preston and Justine Picardie who will discuss the life and loves of Evelyn Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Festivals, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Alex Preston, Blenheim Palace Festival, Harper's Bazaar, Justine Picardie, New York Public Library, Paula Byrne
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Waugh and Country Houses
There have been several recent articles that mention Evelyn Waugh in connection with English country houses: Carlton Towers. As noted in a recent post, this house was the setting of Hetton Abbey in the 1980s film version of A Handful of … Continue reading
Waugh in Mother Land
Mother Land is the latest novel of Paul Theroux whose career has many similarities to that of Evelyn Waugh. Both made their living exclusively from writing after beginning as school teachers. Theroux’s teaching career began in the Peace Corps on … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Sightings
Tagged Alex Clark, Mother Land, Observer, Paul Theroux
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Times Review of Episode 2
Andrew Billen writing in today’s Times has nothing but praise for the second episode of BBC’s Decline and Fall adaptation: On Friday the BBC’s adaptor James Wood did very well keeping our interest now that the action has moved to Margot Beste-Chetwynde … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Andrew Billen, Anthony Lane, Jack Whitehall, James Wood, New Yorker, The Lost City of Z, The Times
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Hetton Abbey and Carlton Towers
Blogger Cathy Murray posting on her weblog “Cabbages and Semolina” has discussed several country houses that have inspired literary locations. After mentioning the connection between Highclere Castle and Downton Abbey and that between Castle Howard and Brideshead Castle she notes that: A less well known … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Diaries, Film, Letters, Locations
Tagged Carlton Towers, Cathy Murray
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Waugh in Scandinavia (More)
A Swedish newspaper has printed a review of a new translation of A Handful of Dust into Swedish (En Handfull Stoft) published by Modernista. The article is by Crister Enander and appears in the Helsingfors Dagblad. After a brief summary of Waugh’s … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Crister Enander, Dagbladet, Fredrik Wandrup, Helsingfors Dagblad, Norwegian translation, Swedish translation
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Waugh in the News
Several papers have alluded to Evelyn Waugh or his works in recent stories: The Irish Times has an article in its “London Letter” column inspired by an interview with David Hockney in which the artist expressed his acquiescence in if not outrught support … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Bild, Brexit, Daily Telegraph, Gay Times, Guardian, Irish Times
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Waugh Sites
Several newspapers have recently recommended visits to sites in England that have been associated with Evelyn Waugh. The Daily Telegraph in its Property column has a fairly detailed description of Renishaw Hall. Although still owned and occupied by the Sitwell … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Decline and Fall, Labels, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Castle Howard, Daily Telegraph, Irish Examiner, Madresfield Court, Renishaw Hall, SomersetLive.com
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