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Category Archives: Scoop
Harry Mount on Brideshead Revisited
The Catholic Herald has marked the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death with a feature article by journalist and author Harry Mount on Brideshead Revisited. Mount begins with an assessment of the novel: Fifty years after his death on April … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Scoop, Television
Tagged Catholic Herald, Harry mount, Pansy Lamb
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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
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Addis Ababa, Guardian, Taitu Hotel
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The Independent Newspaper Surveys Classic Newsroom Books
Lucy Scholes writing in yesterday’s Independent makes a brief survey of what she calls the “classic newsroom book” from George Gissing’s New Grub Street (1891) to Annalena McAfee’s The Spoiler (2011). Waugh’s Scoop scores well in her estimation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Independent, Lucy Scholes, newsroom books
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New Generation of “Wenlock Jakes” Superstars
Today’s Spectator has a story about the Frontline Club in London. It was founded in 2003 with the idealistic goal of providing a friendly and neutral refuge for freelance international correspondents while they spent time in London recovering from the stress … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Scoop
Tagged Frontline Club, James Kirchick, Spectator
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Evelyn Waugh and Confirmation Bias
The journalism website of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, Storyboard, carries an article by Michael Fitzgerald that cites a brief episode of Scoop as an example of a phenomenon that should be avoided by future journalists. This is known as “confirmation bias:” There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged confirmation bias, journalism, Michael Fitzgerald, Nieman Foundation
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Country Life in the Plashy Fen
An article in this week’s Spectator recounts the successful career of Country Life magazine. This is on the occasion of the BBC2’s production of a 3-part documentary on how the magazine is put together. The article is written by Nigel … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Scoop, Television Programs
Tagged BBC2, Country Life, Mells Manor, Spectator
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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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Waugh Removed from Time Magazine Top Women Author List
Earlier today Evelyn Waugh was trending on Twitter as readers noticed that he was included on Time magazine’s list of the top 100 women authors compiled from an analysis of college syllabuses. The New York Observer story illustrates Waugh’s original listing … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Scoop, The Loved One, Twitter
Tagged New York Observer, Time magazine, top 100 women authors
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Basil Seal Rides Yet Again
D.J. Taylor in the Independent announces low expectations for the BBC’s plans to revive its 1970s sit. com. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. The plan is to have the 74 year old Michael Crawford reprise his role as youthfully naive Frank Spencer among a … Continue reading
Posted in Basil Seal Rides Again, Black Mischief, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Scoop, Television Programs, Work Suspended
Tagged Anthony Powell, BBC, D.J.Taylor, Independent newspaper, Michael Crawford, Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em
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David Cameron Learns from Lord Copper
Blogger Roger Mac Ginty, who is also Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Manchester, compares press coverage of the recent UK-EU negotiations to a Waugh novel: There was something very scripted about David Cameron’s EU negotiations on Thursday and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Scoop
Tagged David Cameron, Roger Mac Ginty
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