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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
MLK Day Roundup
–The US-based Jesuit journal America has an article in its latest issue describing the differences and similarities of conversions to Roman Catholicism by writers and intellectuals in the US and UK. It opens with the UK example of Evelyn Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged America, Lytham Hall Lancashire, New York Adventure Club, The Washington Free Beacon, William Boyd
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Winter Solstice Roundup
–Novelist Robert Harris has recommended the best 5 collections of letters for the Wall Street Journal. Those of Evelyn Waugh are included: Born in London in 1903, Evelyn Waugh was a reactionary whose distaste for the modern world included the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop
Tagged Anglotopia, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Tablet, Wall Street Journal
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Advent Roundup
–D J Taylor has written a thoughtful essay on the current status of literary biography. This is posted in The Critic Magazine. Here are the introductory paragraphs: Q. Who, just under a century ago, wrote the following, and about whom? … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Podcast, Rossetti: His Life and Works, World War II
Tagged Andrew Pettegree, BBC, D.J.Taylor, Penguin Books, The Critic
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Thanksgiving Roundup
–The New Statesman has an article about the crime novels of James Lee Burke. This is by Michael Henderson who describes the Louisiana setting of the novels featuring the characters of Dave Robicheaux and Cletus Purcel. Here’s an excerpt with … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Fiction, Newspapers, Podcast, Scoop
Tagged James Lee Burke, New Statesman
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Roundup: From Arcadia to Bohemia
—The Irish Rover, a newspaper sponsored by University of Notre Dame (in Indiana, not Ireland), has posted a brief article on the origins of “Arcadia”. This is by Santiago Legarre who is a visiting professor at the Notre Dame Law … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Labels, Vile Bodies
Tagged Financial Times, Harold Acton, Reaction.life, The Irish Rover, TLS
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Armistice Day Roundup
–The London Review of Books has posted an episode from its ongoing podcast called Close Reads that may be of interest. This is in a series entitled “On Satire” that is conducted by Colin Burrow and Clare Bucknell, both Fellows … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Music, Newspapers, Podcast
Tagged BBC, Gentlemen's Quarterly, London Review of Books, The Imaginative Conservative
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Waugh in Boston and Belgium
–The Burns Library at Boston College has posted a photo of Evelyn Waugh that I have not previously seen. Here’s a link. Although there is no accompanying text, the photo must have been taken during Waugh’s short visit to Boston … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Lectures, The Loved One, Theater
Tagged Boston College
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Roundup: Decline in Standards and Increase in Price
—The Times has published a sort of interview with William Boyd on the occasion of the publication of his latest novel, Gabriel’s Moon. Here’s an excerpt: There is no point attempting to whitewash old attitudes. Trying to tidy up the bad … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Miscellaneous, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Catholic World Report, Evening Standard, Guardian, Jonkers Booksellers, The Oldie, The Times, William Boyd
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Autumnal Equinox Roundup
–The political-economic online journal Compact has an article entitled “The End of the Churchill Myth.” This is by Nathan Pinkoski who describes how the principles on which Churchill based his war and postwar foreign policy (as adopted, amended and applied … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Observer, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television, Waugh Family, World War II
Tagged Compact, Deadline, Financial Times, The Oldie
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Roundup: From Aston Clinton to Holkham Hall
–Duncan Mclaren has expanded his discussion of Waugh’s school teaching career at Aston Clinton based on his newly available materials. The discussion has been posted on Duncan’s website. Here is an excerpt from the introduction to give you some idea … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Duncan McLaren, New Statesman, NSS Magazine, Words on Fire
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