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Category Archives: Helena
New Betjeman Collection
The Sunday Times has previewed a new collection of previously unpublished poems by Waugh’s friend John Betjeman, some of which have fairly explicit homosexual themes. The collection is entitled Harvest Bells and will be published later this month: A newly discovered … Continue reading
Easter Roundup
–The Australian religious journal Catholic Weekly has posted an essay entitled “The Easter yearning”. This is by Karl Schmude and begins with a discussion of the many ways Easter is misunderstood today. Among the examples is this from Evelyn Waugh: … Continue reading
Roundup
–A recent post in the website Beforeitsnews.com announces that the Holy Stairs in Rome have recently been reopened after an extended period of restoration. The story cites Evelyn Waugh’s Helena for background: The great Catholic novelist Evelyn Waugh had a … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Edmund Campion, Helena, Newspapers
Tagged Colm Tóibín, Gulf News, London Review of Books, Lucy Freeman, New Statesman, Roger Scruton, Thomas Stukeley
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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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Midweek Roundup
–The New York Times reviews a new book about Los Angeles. This is David Kipen’s anthology, Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018. According to the review this isn’t exactly a “rescue mission” for the much … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Diaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Helena, Newspapers
Tagged Alfred Duggan, Allan Massie, Catholic Herald, Los Angeles, Lucinda Riley, National Catholic Register, New York Times, The Sunday Times (South Africa)
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Roundup: Hat Trick in The Spectator
There is a diverse assortment of cites to Waugh’s works this week, with The Spectator scoring a hat trick in its various editions: —The Spectator has a review of a new book that attacks “modernist” architecture. The book is entitled … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Auberon Waugh, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Helena, Newspapers
Tagged ANZ LitLover, Catholic Herald, Chippendale, Modernist Architecture, Public Schools, The Spectator
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Weekend Roundup: St Helena and Pick-me-ups
This week’s roundup starts with religious and moves on to secular issues: –August 18th is the feast day of St Helena in the western church calendar. Blogger Amy Welborn has posted an article on Waugh’s novel about the Saint for … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Helena, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Evening Standard, National Review, The National, The Oldie, The Times
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Bastille Day Roundup
With the French celebrating their National Day and their World Cup victory this past weekend, our latest roundup is dedicated to them. Appropriately enough, our first entry relates to France. –In the weblog Literary Hub, Emily Temple admits that most writers … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Letters, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Anecdotal Evidence, BBC, Countess of Carnarvon, Downton Abbey, Literary Hub, Marcel Proust, Nigeness
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Unsung Waughs
A posting by Ralph Berry on the weblog of the “paleoconservative” journal Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture cites one of Waugh’s least read novels: I was lately in Exeter, hoping to see something of the Islamic Centre at the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Black Mischief, Complete Works, Film, Helena, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, Harry Ransom Center, Sara Haslam, Tab Hunter, The Guardian
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Weekend Roundup: Waugh in the Book Reviews
The Daily Telegraph reviews a book by Julie Summers entitled Our Uninvited Guests about the wartime use of British country houses to shelter evacuated refugees from the bombed out cities or provide military bases. The review is by Robert Leigh-Pemberton … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Helena, Letters, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, World War II
Tagged America, Bob Dylan, Daily Telegraph, Margaret Millar, Mark Twain, Ross McDonald, Thomas Merton, Wall Street Journal
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