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Category Archives: Fiction
Vogue Revisits Brideshead
Hamish Bowles, European editor for the American edition of Vogue, recently revisited Castle Howard and wrote about it in an article appearing in the current issue of the magazine. He describes his early visit as a child with his father … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Television
Tagged Castle Howard, Hamish Bowles, Vogue magazine
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Waugh in the Daily Mail
Evelyn Waugh rates two mentions in this week’s issues of the Daily Mail. Gossip columnist Ephraim Hardcastle has this takeaway from Philip Eade’s biography: Was literary giant Evelyn Waugh, who died in 1966 aged 62, a paedophile? According to a … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, Letters, Newspapers, Television, Wales
Tagged Daily Mail, Ephraim Hardcastle, Eva Longoria, Philip Eade
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More Laycock Presentation Copies on Offer
Peter Harrington Books has listed an offering of two more of Waugh’s presentation copies to Robert and Angela Laycock. See earlier post. One is a copy of Work Suspended (first edition limited to 500 copies,1942) presented to Angela with the note … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, First Editions, Items for Sale, Work Suspended
Tagged Angela Laycock, Peter Harrington Books, Robert Laycock
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Two More Reviews of Waugh Biography: a plus and a minus
Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh is reviewed in the Irish Independent newspaper and the Catholic World Report. The Independent’s reviewer is Ellis O’Hanlon who begins by noting the abundance of biographical and autobiographical material already available: This latest addition has … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic World Report, Independent newspaper (Ireland), Philip Eade
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Waugh Themes in New Play
A play that opened earlier this week at the Old Red Lion Theatre in the Angel district of North London has multiple allusions to Waugh’s works, according to reviewer Stephan Bates. The script is by Simon Blow and the title … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Theater
Tagged Old Red Lion Theatre, Simo Blow, The Past is a Tattooed Sailor
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Good-bye to Fleet Street
The Independent newspaper, now online only, reports that the last journalists have now left their Fleet Street premises. The final departures were two reporters for the Dundee Sunday Post. In a panegyric to the former home of British journalism. the … Continue reading
Posted in London, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Express, Fleet Street, Independent
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Literary and Media Celebrities Cite Waugh’s Influence
In the past few days several celebrities from various media have stated in interviews that they had been influenced by the writings of Evelyn Waugh. In an interview by the book website Goodreads, US novelist Jay McInerney (Bright Lights, Big City) had the … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Articles, Interviews, The Loved One
Tagged Andi Petrillo, CBC, Goodreads, Jay McInerney, Laurie Graham
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Brideshead Actor to be Honored at BAFTA Event
Jeremy Irons, who played Charles Ryder in the 1981 Granada TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, will be honored next month by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). He will take part in a secial event entitled A Life in Pictures: … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Events, London, Newspapers, Television
Tagged BAFTA, Jeremy Irons, The Herald (Glasgow)
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Waugh Presentation Copies of More than Usual Interest
York Modern Books has published a list of new arrivals which includes two presentation copies of Waugh’s books of more than routine interest. The first is a copy of Scott-King’s Modern Europe which may have been presented to Waugh’s sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Items for Sale, Scott-King's Modern Europe, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Hugh Trevor-Roper, presentation copies, York Modern Books
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