Category Archives: Fiction

Photo of Waugh’s 1947 U.S. Arrival Posted

Getty Images has posted a photo of Evelyn Waugh arriving in the U.S. on 31 January 1947. He is disembarking from the S.S. America in New York City and is on his way to Los Angeles to negotiate the sale of … Continue reading

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Black Sheets as Metaphor

The Straits Times has a story by its correspondent Corrie Tan about the teachers who introduced her to literature. One of them is Mr H who came to Singapore from England and taught her in Junior College. She meets him at a … Continue reading

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Daily Mail Prints Excerpt From New Waugh Biography

The Daily Mail has printed an excerpt from the new biography of Evelyn Waugh which will be published in the U.K. in July. This is by Philip Eade and will be issued by Weidenfeld and Nicolson who also published Waugh’s Diaries and … Continue reading

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Guardian Announces Reopening of Scoop Venue

A recent Guardian article about Ethiopian jazz includes the announcement that the Taitu Hotel in Addis Ababa, described by Waugh in his writings as the favored venue of the press corps and damaged by fire last year, will reopen later this year: A … Continue reading

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Writer Follows Waugh’s Career Advice

Lisa Hilton, who has just just written a new novel, is interviewed in today’s Belfast Telegraph. The book is entitled Maestra and is described an erotic thriller:  It tells the story of Judith, a working-class young beauty trying to make a … Continue reading

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Waugh and Arboretums

Today’s Financial Times has a feature length article about John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843), the inventor of the arboretum. The first of this new type of garden was planted in Derby in 1840 and inspired similar designs in the U.S. at New … Continue reading

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Brideshead and Yorkshire in the News

Several photos from the rehearsals of the stage production of Brideshead Revisited have been posted on What’s On Stage. The photos include members of the cast, indentifying their parts, as well as of the director, Damian Cruden, and playwright, Bryony … Continue reading

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Exhibition of Waugh Film Memorabilia at Bridport

The Dorset Echo carries a story about a newly announced feature of the Bridport From Page to Screen film festival this weekend. See previous posts. This will relate to: …Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One on Sunday 3rd. His grandson Alexander … Continue reading

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BBC to Mark Waugh Anniversary

BBC Radio 3 has announced a broadcast next week to mark the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death on Easter Day in 1966 . This will be a 45 minute episode of their programme Free Thinking. Here are the details: Matthew … Continue reading

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Helena on List of Recommended Historical Novels

A bookblog (mirabile dictu) has published its list of the 10 best literary and pop novels set in the ancient world. Waugh’s Helena makes the list at No. 6: Evelyn Waugh’s Helena (1950). Said to be the favorite of his books, … Continue reading

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