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Category Archives: Fiction
Arcadian Doubts
The latest issue of the magazine of Oriel College, Oxford (The Poor Print) has an article that opens with a passage from Waugh’s first novel, Decline and Fall: ‘You see, it wasn’t the ordinary sort of Doubt about Cain’s wife … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Oxford
Tagged Nicholas Poussin, Oriel College, Sydney Carter, The Poor Print
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Barchester Revisited
Novelist and critic Philip Hensher in today’s Daily Telegraph previews a new TV series adapted by Julian Fellowes based on a novel by Anthony Trollope. This is Doctor Thorne, the third novel in the Barchester Chronicles, which begins a three-part broadcast … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Television Programs
Tagged Doctor Thorne, ITV, Julian Fellowes, Philip Hensher, social class indicators
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Brideshead and Rhodes Must Fall
Timothy Garton Ash, Profesor of European Studies at Oxford and author of several books, mostly about Eastern Europe, has brought Brideshead Revisited into the debate about removing a statue of Cecil Rhodes from Oriel College. The demand for removal was … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Guardian, Oriel College, Rhodes Must Fall, Timothy Garton Ash
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Scoop
The New York ticket website ZEALnyc has compared the new film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot to Waugh’s novel Scoop. The film is based on the memoir Taliban Shuffle by foreign correspondent Kim Baker and stars TV actress Tina Fey. I must tell you that the comparison is not … Continue reading
Posted in Scoop
Tagged Chelsea FC, Kim Baker, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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Hooper, Rex Mottram and Modern Education
Author and journalist Joseph Pearce has published an essay about the shortcomings of modern education on The Imaginative Conservative weblog. This is a follow up to an earlier posting on G.K. Chesterton’s views relating to the same subject in which the importance of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Scott-King's Modern Europe
Tagged education, Joseph Pearce, The Imaginative Conservative
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Brideshead First Exceeds Estimate
The first edition of Brideshead Revisited inscribed by Waugh to Deborah Devonshire (nee Mitford) and her husband Andrew sold today at auction for £52,500 ($78,400). According to one report, this was more than double the estimate. The identity of the … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, First Editions
Tagged Deborah Devonshire Estate
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Renishaw Reviewed
The current issue of the New Criterion carries a review of Renishaw Hall: The Story of the Sitwells by Desmond Seward. The review by Brooke Allen notes the importance of the Sitwells and their house to Evelyn Waugh: According to … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Brooke Allen, Desmond Seward, Renishaw Hall, The Sitwells
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Brideshead Cover Art on Display
A Roman Catholic quarterly literary magazine (Dappled Things) has kindly posted the cover art from copies of Brideshead Revisited dating back to the first editions. It does not claim to be complete and does not include any foreign language editions. … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Collections, First Editions
Tagged cover art, Dappled Things
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Waugh Foresaw Time Error
An article in the City Journal, a leading urban policy magazine, describes the recent inability of Time magazine’s editors to spot the recent misallocation of Evelyn Waugh’s writings to a survey of women authors, as an example of the failure of America’s … Continue reading
Posted in Scott-King's Modern Europe
Tagged City Journal, Mathew Yglesias, Time magazine. Stefan Kanfer
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Details Announced of Waugh Anniversary Event in Leeds
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project has announced the details of an event at the University of Leeds on 23 March to mark the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death later this year. Here’s the schedule and venue: Event ScheduleHost: Professor … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Complete Works, Conferences, Vile Bodies
Tagged Brotherton Gallery, Michael Brennan, University of Leeds
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