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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Ma Meyrick Gains Place in Dictionary of Irish Biography
The Royal Irish Academy has posted a new entry in the Dictionary of Irish Biography. This relates to Kate Evelyn Meyrick (also known as Ma Meyrick and, to Waugh readers, as Ma Mayfield). She was born in Kingtown, Dublin into … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Dictionary of Irish Biography, Kate Meyrick, Royal Irish Academy
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Waugh: Harry Potter and Sunglasses
A quote from Evelyn Waugh was recently added to a Tumblr.com page called Harry Potter House Quotes. Each quote contributed is reviewed by Carmen and Fiona, who run the page, to decide its relevance and in which “house” to place … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Eight & Bob, Harry Potter House Quotes
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Castle Howard on Channel 4
The UK’s Channel 4 has rebroadcast the episode of Phil Spencer’s Stately Homes that covers the visit to Castle Howard. This was first broadcast as the second episode of the program’s first series on 16 August 2016. Spencer makes only … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Television Programs
Tagged Castle Howard, Channel 4, Phil Spencer
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Year End Roundup
—The Australian has a story headed by a photo of Evelyn Waugh.  The story is by Greg Harrison and is entitled “Our prime ministers need a holiday–and time to read a novel for pleasure.” After noting his disagreement with those who … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Labels, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged Martha Stewart, National Catholic Register, Sunday Telegraph, The Australian, The Spectator
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Evelyn Waugh Studies (Autumn 2019) Now Available
The latest edition of the society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies (Autumn 2019, No. 50.2) is now available. It can be accessed at this link. The contents are set out below: CONTENTS Brideshead Serialized: 75th Anniversary of Publication in Town & … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Oxford, World War II
Tagged F Scott Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Meyers, Robert Murray Davis, Town & Country, Yugoslavia
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Waugh’s Christmas in Yugoslavia: 1944
Waugh spent Christmas in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, where he was sent after Belgrade fell to the Russians and Partisans. This is the 75th anniversary of that holiday celebration. He had to travel via Bari in Italy and arrived a few days … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Letters, World War II
Tagged Christmas 1944, Dubrovnik, Nancy Mitford
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The Oxford Novel (more)
In a recent post, we considered a discussion of novelist William Boyd about “the Oxford novel” (as well as well as other novels associated with particular cities). More recently, a new literary periodical–the Oxford Review of Books–has taken up the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged John Phipp, Oxford Review of Books, Philip Larkin
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General Election Roundup
Waugh is cited recently in news reports relating to the Conservative Party’s victory in last week’s general election: –In the Sunday Times, Andrew Gimson, author of the book Boris, The Making of a Prime Minister, writes of Johnson’s ability to … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic World Report, General Election, margarine, MENAFN.com, The Economist, The Sunday Times
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Waugh in Slovenia
Waugh’s novel Scoop has recently been published in Slovenian, the language spoken in what was once the northernmost province of former Yugoslavia.  The translation is by DuÅ¡anka Zabukovec who also wrote an Introduction. The book is published by Cankarjeva založba, … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Scoop
Tagged Cankarjeva založba, Dušanka Zabukovec, Slovenian translations
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