Category Archives: Fiction

Brideshead Reimagined

Bloggers on two religious weblogs try to reimagine how the family issues Waugh described in Brideshead Revisited would be affected by the new Roman Catholic teachings on marriage known as Amoris Laetitia. One site is sponsored by a Protestant group (Old Life) … Continue reading

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La Stampa Joins in Waugh Commemoration

The Italian newspaper La Stampa, based in Turin, last week published an article commemorating the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death. This is by Paolo Bertinetti and is entitled “Evelyn Waugh, conservatore senza nulla da conservare” (“Conservative with nothing to preserve”). The … Continue reading

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Recording of UT Waugh Panel Available Online

The University of Texas Faculty Seminar on British Studies has posted a sound recording of last Friday’s panel discussion in Austin on the subject of Waugh’s travels in America. It is available online. At the bottom of the lecture description click … Continue reading

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50th Anniversary and Rex Mottram Feature on Weblogs

Mike T in his weblog Boats Against the Current added another article to the  growing list of internet encomia on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. He makes an interesting comparison with other writers of a curmudgeonly type: … Continue reading

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Waugh Anniversary Observed in Canada

A Canadian paper, the National Post, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death with an article by a Roman Catholic priest who teaches at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. This is Fr. Raymond de Souza. The article opens with a … Continue reading

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Scoop and The 1938 Club

A group of book bloggers has banded together to discuss books published in 1938.These happen twice a year and a previous session was devoted to 1924. This internet discussion on 1938 books will take place beginning today and continue until … Continue reading

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As if Written by Cicero

Gabriele Nicolo writing in today’s il Domani d’Italia offers Italian observations on the 50th Anniversary of Waugh’s death. Among the points made in the article are the following: –If Waugh had written in Latin, his work could have been passed off as … Continue reading

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An Freitagen nur Kaviar

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has a marked the 5oth anniversary of Waugh’s death with a story by Hannes Hintermeier. It opens with an explanation of Waugh’s connection through marriage to the family that owns Highclere Castle, the setting for the … Continue reading

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Bloggers Note Waugh Anniversary

Several bloggers have noted the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death in postings referring to his written works or those by others about him. In Anecdotal Evidence, Patrick Kurp quotes from the article by Waugh’s youngest son Septimus Waugh that recently … Continue reading

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Telegraph Publishes Remembrance of Waugh

In today’s Sunday Telegraph, Nicholas Shakespeare writes a remembrance of Waugh. Shakespeare never apparently met Waugh personally but wrote and directed the three-part 198os BBC Arena documentary of Waugh. He is also editor of the Everyman edition of Waugh’s collected travel … Continue reading

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