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Category Archives: Fiction
Paula Byrne to Lecture at Oxfordshire Museum
Literary biographer Paula Byrne will lecture at the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock on the subject of her book Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead (2009). The lecture, sponsored by the Woodstock Literature Society, is scheduled for Saturday, 24 October … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Oxford
Tagged Mad World, Paula Byrne, Woodstock Literature Society
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Waugh in North Devon
Following his recent appearance at the Appledore Literary Festival, Duncan McLaren has posted two new articles to his website. “Evelyn in Appledore” and “When Henry Met Evelyn” recount the details of Evelyn Waugh’s visit to that town where he worked on the second … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Vile Bodies
Tagged Appledore Literary Festival, Duncan McLaren, Henry Williamson
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Put Out More Voles
The Daily Telegraph has run a story about restoration of the water vole in the English countryside. It begins with a quote from Waugh: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.” So wrote William Boot, hapless reporter of … Continue reading
Alan Hollinghurst Praises Waugh Novel
In the latest New York Times “T-Magazine”, British novelist Alan Hollinghurst, best known for Line of Beauty (which reminded some commentators of Brideshead Revisited), has named his 10 favorite books. Among those listed is Waugh’s Put Out More Flags: Published in 1942, … Continue reading
Posted in Put Out More Flags
Tagged Alan Hollinghurst, New York Times
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Fogs of Waugh
A new book on the history of London fogs has inspired a reference to Evelyn Waugh’s thoughts on the subject. The book is London Fog: The Biography to be published next month and reviewed in this week’s London Review of Books. (Full access … Continue reading
Evelyn Waugh and the Charvet Shirt
A recent issue of the New York Times style magazine, somewhat presumptuously called “T,” carries an article (“Not Just Any White Shirt”) describing shirts made by the Parisian fashion house Charvet. In his efforts to validate this company as the benchmark brand for men’s shirts, the author … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Charvet, men's fashions, New York Times
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Independent Includes Waugh Novel in Weekend Reads
The Independent newspaper has published a list of its top 23 recommendations for a book to be read conveniently in a single weekend. It has included Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited in its selections. This seems odd, given that it is one of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Letters, The Loved One
Tagged Independent newspaper, weekend reads
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2001 Sword of Honour Starring Daniel Craig on Acorn TV
William Boyd’s 2001 television adaptation of [easyazon_link identifier=”B000GYI3D6″ locale=”US” tag=”theevewausoc-20″]Sword of Honour[/easyazon_link] is currently showing on Acorn TV (“[t]he best British TV streaming on demand”) in the United States and Canada. The two-episode show stars Daniel Craig as Guy Crouchback. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, Daniel Craig, William Boyd
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Mrs Stitch on Parking Etiquette
The Lady magazine in a recent installment of its Guide to Modern Manners series offers advice to its readers on parking. The column opens with this example of Julia Stitch’s answer to the parking problem: Lady Diana Cooper, the grand socialite … Continue reading
Posted in Scoop
Tagged Diana Cooper, The Lady, Traffic Problems
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Daily Telegraph Lists Brideshead as a Top ITV Production
The Daily Telegraph last week marked the 60th anniversary of ITV by asking its critics to name their favorites among the network’s programs. Granada TV’s 1981 production of Brideshead Revisited was ranked number 8: This sumptuous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Scoop, Television
Tagged Daily Telegraph, ITV 60th Anniversary, William Boyd
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