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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Labo(u)r Day Roundup
–Christopher Buckley writing in the Wall Street Journal has identified what he considers to be the five best literary breakdowns. Waugh’s Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold is one of his selections: Evelyn Waugh called this, his next-to-last novel, his “mad book,” … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Television Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Daily Mail, Seattle Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The New European, University Challenge, Venice, Wall Street Journal
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Summer Dog Days Roundup
–Writer Antonia Fraser is interviewed in a recent Daily Telegraph article. This is on the occasion of her 90th birthday this month. The interview is by her cousin and bridge partner Harry Mount (also editor of The Oldie). When he … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, London, Newspapers
Tagged Antonia Fraser, Daily Telegraph, House and Garden, postcodes, Salman Rushdie, The American Conservative, The Sunday Times
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Roundup: Inez, Cecil and Paddington Bear
–In this week’s New Statesman, D J Taylor reviews the life and work of Inez Holden, an early friend of Evelyn Waugh in the days of the bright young people. The article opens with this: Inez Holden’s diary – a … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days, Sword of Honour, Theater
Tagged Cecil Beaton, Guardian, Guyana, Inez Holden, New Statesman, The Independent, The Spectator
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Roundup: Eliot, Milton and Stonewalling
–The current issue of the Journal of the T S Eliot Society (UK): 2022 contains an essay entitled “Different Voices: Evelyn Waugh and The Waste Land.” This is by William Myers who is presumably the author of Evelyn Waugh and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged ANQ, Independent, John Milton, T S Eliot Society (UK), The Spectator
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Roundup: Boris Johnson, Arcadia and a Feghoot
–The New Statesman mentions Waugh twice in separate articles recounting the last days of Boris Johnson’s premiership. The first is by Jason Cowley and is entitled “In 2019 Boris Johnson had everything he wanted. But the gods were waiting for … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Feghoots, New Statesman, The Spectator, TLS, Washington Post
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Evelyn Waugh Studies, No. 53.1 (Spring 2022)
The latest issue of the society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been distributed to the members and is now posted at this link. Here is a description of the contents as set forth in the cover letter: 1. Thomas J. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Vile Bodies, World War II
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Roundup: Changing of the Guard
–The main story of the week is of course the fall of Boris Johnson. Veteran journalist Max Hastings writing in The Times brings a Waugh character into his assessment of Johnson’s career: Herein, I suggest, lay much of the extraordinary … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Items for Sale, Newspapers
Tagged Jonkers Rare Books, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, National Catholic Register, New York Times, The Daily Sceptic, The Times
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4th of July Roundup
–It is reported in antiquestradegazette.com that the 1944 page proof edition of Brideshead Revisited from the William Reese collection sold at the Christie’s recent NY online auction for $23,940 (£19,050) including premiums. Here’s a link. This was the copy that … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Antiques Trade Gazette, Chris Pincher, Guardian, New York Times, Penguin Books, The Sunday Post
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Summer Solstice Roundup
–In the current issue of Commentary magazine, essayist Joseph Epstein has an article entitled “Good Grief.” This is a fairly light discussion of the heavy subjects of grieving and bereavement. In the course of the discussion, this appears: With Jessica … Continue reading →