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Category Archives: Scoop
Abyssinian Roundup
–A new study of the Italo-Ethiopian War examines charges that the Italian side systematically bombed hospitals. This is “Between Sovereignty and Race: The Bombardment of Hospitals in the Italo-Ethiopian War and the Colonial Imprint of International Law” appearing in the … Continue reading
									
						Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Remote People, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia					
					
				
								
					Tagged Colonialism, Conrad Black, Italo-Abyssinian War, Spectator, State Crime Journal				
				
				
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		Scoop in Chipping Campden
Duncan McLaren has posted a report of his presentation on Waugh’s Scoop at last week’s literary festival in Chipping Campden. His talk took the lively audience through the novel with Waugh at their sides. It was supported with numerous relevant … Continue reading
									
						Posted in Complete Works, Festivals, Scoop					
					
				
								
					Tagged American Thinker, Chipping Campden Literary Festival 2019, Duncan McLaren, New Republic				
				
				
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		Mother’s Day Roundup
–The Washington Post has an op-ed article by Anne Applebaum that opens with this comparison between Donald Trump and Lord Copper from Waugh’s novel Scoop: “A few sharp victories, some conspicuous acts of personal bravery on the Patriot side and … Continue reading
									
						Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Labels, Newspapers, Scoop, Wine in Peace and War					
					
				
								
					Tagged Catholic Herald, First Things, New Zealand Herald, P.G.Wodehouse, Rex Whistler, Washington Post				
				
				
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		Pretty Penguins All in a Row
Duncan McLaren has undertaken a new project. This will eventually be a collection of all Penguin covers of Waugh’s books to be posted on his website. He has already posted two and they are well worth a look. Since Penguin … Continue reading
									
						Posted in Bibliophilia, Decline and Fall, Scoop					
					
				
								
					Tagged Duncan McLaren, Penguin Books				
				
				
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		Winter Evelyn Waugh Studies
The Winter 2018 issue (No. 49.3) of Evelyn Waugh Studies has been published. The contents are described below. A copy is posted on the EW Society website: ARTICLES Jacqueline Condon, “The Mystery of Grace: Brideshead Revisited as a Chestertonian Detective … Continue reading
									
						Posted in Academia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Remote People, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia					
					
				
				
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		Roundup: Lenten Love and Lots of Books
–In the Church Life Journal published by University of Notre Dame, Patrick Tomassi has written an essay on the themes of love in Brideshead Revisited and their particular relevance to the observance of Lent. Here is a summary: Sorting out … Continue reading
									
						Posted in Academia, Alec Waugh, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop					
					
				
								
					Tagged Church Life Journal, Daily News (Sri Lanka), Evening Standard, Guardian, Mississipi State University, Palestine Chronicle				
				
				
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		William Boyd to Lecture on Waugh
Lancing College has issued the formal announcement and details of its annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture that was mentioned in an earlier post: We are delighted to welcome William Boyd, author and screenwriter to Lancing for the first time to give … Continue reading
									
						Posted in A Handful of Dust, Lancing, Lectures, Scoop, Sword of Honour					
					
				
								
					Tagged William Boyd				
				
				
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		Roundup: Laura Waugh’s Lent
–In the Guardian, William Keegan compares the Brexit chaos to Waugh’s Decline and Fall: In order to switch off from Brexit in the evenings, your correspondent has taken to re-reading his favourite novels. Yet there is no escape! At the … Continue reading
									
						Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Scoop, Waugh Family					
					
				
								
					Tagged Alma Guillermoprieto, Brexit, Columbia Journalism Review, Daily Mail, Dave Wood, Guardian, Laura Waugh, The Oldie				
				
				
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		Midwinter Roundup
–One of our readers Bruce Gaston contributed this item: Early every morning on BBC Radio 4 there is a short item called “Tweet  of the Day”, which is actually about birdsong. Today’s bird was the  Great Crested Grebe. The continuity … Continue reading
									
						Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Vile Bodies					
					
				
								
					Tagged AM730 (Hong Kong), BBC Radio 4, Bruce Gaston, Church Life Journal, Dawn Powell, Los Angeles Review of Books, Pasadena Star-Telegram, Sigrid Unset, Visual Arts Source				
				
				
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