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Category Archives: Fiction
Correspondence in Spectator re Waugh’s Oxford “Degree”
Alexander Waugh’s letter in the 25 November 2017 issue of The Spectator regarding the conclusion of his grandfather’s Oxford career has engendered a chain of responses comparable to those in which his grandfather used to engage. Alexander’s letter stated: “Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Dr Geoffrey Thomas, Peter Loring, The Spectator, Timothy O'Sullivan
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Waugh’s New Year in Dutch Journal
An Amsterdam newspaper has posted an article on an Evelyn Waugh New Year’s celebration. This is entitled “Brideshead is een diamant” (“Brideshead is a diamond”) by Willem Pekelder and is on the website of the newspaper Trouw. It was inspired … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Television
Tagged New Year's, Trouw de Verdieping, Willem Pekelder
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Autumn Issue of Society Journal
The Autumn 2017 issue of the society’s journal (Evelyn Waugh Studies, No. 48.2) has been issued. The contents are posted below. The complete issue will be posted on the internet later this week: ARTICLES Paul Pennyfeather and the Victorian Governess: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Put Out More Flags, World War II
Tagged David Bittner, Donat Gallagher, Ellen O'Brien, Naomi Milthorpe, Robert Laycock, Robert Murray Davis
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Waugh and the Jellyfish
A recent travel guide includes a reference to Waugh’s fortuitous encounter with a jellyfish off the coast of Wales in 1925, where its intervention aborted Waugh’s attempted suicide. This guide is entitled Britain by the Book and is written by academic … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Wales
Tagged Jellyfish, Oliver Tearle, suicide
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Corker and Shumble ReBooted
Simon Parry writing in the South China Morning Post offers a retelling of Waugh’s parody of journalists reset in the jungles of today’s Papua New Guinea. He is hired by an unnamed London Sunday paper to cover the story of … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Benedict Allen, Daily Mail, journalism, Mail on Sunday, Simon Parry, South China Morning Post
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Waugh Novel Among Abebooks’ 2017 Top Sellers
Abebooks has announced its highest priced books for 2017. A set of Waugh’s war trilogy came in at #16 and sold for $12,500. Here is the seller’s description: First editions of each volume in the author’s acclaimed Sword of Honour … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh, First Editions, Items for Sale, Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Abebooks. J F Powers
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Waugh’s Christmas, 2017
Waugh is remembered in the Yuletide press this year in several stories. In a fashion blog basenote.net, the perfume Nuit de Noël is mentioned: when it comes to a real Christmas perfume, for me Caron set the standards way back … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Vile Bodies
Tagged Aleteia, Donald Clarke, Irish Times, Nuit de Noel, Opplander Arbeidersblad
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Waugh’s Influence: A Roundup
–Jessica Fellowes, niece of the creator of Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes, has written a novel. This follows several companion books relating to the TV series. The novel is entitled The Mitford Murders and sounds like a combination of Agatha Christie … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Damon Young, Financial Times, Harry mount, Il Piccolo (Trieste), Irish Times, James Salter, Jessica Fellowes, Patrick Skene Catling, The Asian Age
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A Handful of Monopoly
Tom Utley writing in the Daily Mail compares the board game of Monopoly to the ending of Waugh’s novel A Handful of Dust. He recalls a disastrous holiday in the Scottish isles where his family endured endless rainfall in a … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Monopoly, Tom Utley
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