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Category Archives: Black Mischief
Early October Roundup
–In the current issue of TLS, writer Henry Hitchins reviews the two recent collections of the writings of Auberon Waugh. The review, entitled “Like a fine whine”, opens with this: “Looking back over my career to date, and at all … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Black Mischief, Film, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, Television, World War II
Tagged BBC, HBO, Mail on Sunday, Robert Laffont, The Spectator, TLS
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Waugh in the North
Three country houses in the north of England, all with Waugh connections, are about to hold events that may be of interest: –This weekend at Stonyhurst College, a Jesuit boarding school in Lancashire, there will be a Festival of Literature … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Film, Television
Tagged BBC, Castle Howard, Countryfile Live, Lytham Hall, Stonyhurst Literature and Film Festival
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Summer Solstice Roundup
–A new biography has been written of Lord Beaverbrook, primary model for Lord Copper in Waugh’s novel Scoop. This is reviewed by Richard Davenport-Hines in the current TLS. The review opens with this: There have been previous biographies of the … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Black Mischief, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged American Greatness, Amherst College, Charles Reich, Christopher Sykes, Lord Beaverbrook, Mallory's Camera, Theodore Baird, TLS
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Waugh and Albatross
Naomi Milthorpe, the editor of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh volume of Black Mischief, has posted a report of her research at the Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas). This is on the University of Leicester staffblog and relates to … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Complete Works, Research
Tagged Albatross Books, Monty Python's Fling Circus, Naomi Milthorpe
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Cinco de Mayo Roundup
Today is Cinco de Mayo which celebrates the victory of Mexico over the French Empire in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla. The Mexicans lost to the French about a year later but still mark this victory of their smaller … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auberon Waugh, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Robbery Under Law, Sword of Honour
Tagged AtlasObscura.com, Guardian, HumanEvents.com, JSTOR, Religion and Literature, Sunday Telegraph, The Unz Review, University of Texas
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Winter Evelyn Waugh Studies
The Winter 2018 issue (No. 49.3) of Evelyn Waugh Studies has been published. The contents are described below. A copy is posted on the EW Society website: ARTICLES Jacqueline Condon, “The Mystery of Grace: Brideshead Revisited as a Chestertonian Detective … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Remote People, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
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Academic Roundup: Vagabond-language and decadent arcadias
The following articles appeared in academic journals during 2018 and were not previously mentioned in our postings. Abstracts or excerpts from introductory materials are provided as available: –Helena M. Tomko, “A Good Laugh is Hard to Find: From destructive satire … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Remote People, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Academic Journals
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Roundup: Lenten Love and Lots of Books
–In the Church Life Journal published by University of Notre Dame, Patrick Tomassi has written an essay on the themes of love in Brideshead Revisited and their particular relevance to the observance of Lent. Here is a summary: Sorting out … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alec Waugh, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop
Tagged Church Life Journal, Daily News (Sri Lanka), Evening Standard, Guardian, Mississipi State University, Palestine Chronicle
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