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Category Archives: Black Mischief
Literary Guides Link Waugh and Madresfield
Two guide books to houses with literary associations have linked Evelyn Waugh to Madresfield Court in Worcestershire. That was the home of the Lygon family and inspired certain features of Brideshead Castle and the Flyte family in Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. The … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Literary Guide Books, Madresfield Court, Nick Channer, Phyllis Richardson
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TES Cites Black Mischief
The latest Times Educational Supplement cites Waugh’s Black Mischief in its “What Are You Reading? ” column. This has an entry by Peter Catterall, Reader in History at University of Westminister and author of several books on British history and politics, who writes: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Black Mischief
Tagged Peter Catterall, TES
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Source of Azania
A recent debate started on the Facebook page of a South African politician has migrated to the op ed pages of the newspapers. Earlier this month, Tito Mboweni, a retired Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, proposed that the name … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Scoop
Tagged Andrew Donaldson, Azania, Christopher Hitchens, Weekend Argus
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New Book Challenges Waugh’s Views of Selassie
A new book on the life and career of Emperor Haile Selassie challenges the views of his earlier critics. The book, King of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, translated from the original German, is reviewed … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Remote People
Tagged Guardian, Haile Selassie
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Spectator Article Reprises the Perroquet
In this week’s Spectator, Bruce Anderson calls up scenes from Black Mischief to describe the ideal nightclub. This is the Perroquet in Debra Dowa: I thought about Black Mischief while giving dinner to delightful young Alex in a more conventional club … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Put Out More Flags, Scoop
Tagged Bruce Anderson, Night Clubs, Spectator
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Evelyn=Basil and Audrey=Angela
Duncan McLaren, author of Evelyn! Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love, has given us the results of another of his ambitious research projects and much to think about. He follows the trajectory of the relationship between Waugh and Audrey Lucas, which … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief
Tagged Audrey Lucas, Duncan McLaren
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Waugh Surfaces in Bosnia
Mark Lawson in this week’s New Statesman reviews a novel by Jesse Armstrong which is said to have a distinct Wavian influence: Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals. (The choice of title would not appear to have been influenced by … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Black Mischief, Miscellaneous, Scoop
Tagged Bosnian War, Jesse Armstrong, Mark Lawson, New Statesman, William Boyd
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Ishmaelia vs. Azania
Last month, the Independent ran a column naming what it deemed to be the 10 best fictional countries created by writers. None of Waugh’s efforts made the first cut, but the response was so great that a second round was published, … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Scoop
Tagged Azania, Independent, Ishmaelia
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