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Category Archives: Sword of Honour
Early June Roundup
–In the current issue of TLS, Michael Caines reviews a short book of poetry parodies entitled Poets Cornered by Mark Handley: Via chronological hops the collection proceeds from Chaucer (“to Spayne the pilgrims wende / A wholly blysseful suntanne for … Continue reading
Memorial Day/Late-May Bank Holiday Roundup
–In a recent two-part article on the non-denominational religious website Patheos.com, the morality of the nuclear bombing of Japan is reconsidered. The article is made up of a collection of the views expressed on the moral and religious issues arising … Continue reading
William Boyd’s A to Z of Evelyn Waugh
Lancing College has posted a report of the talk at the college’s annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture given last month by novelist William Boyd. Here’s Lancing’s description of the event: William Boyd, the master story teller, novelist and screenwriter delighted his … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Lancing, Lectures, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies, World War II
Tagged Evelyn Waugh Lecture, Ian Fleming, William Boyd
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Cinco de Mayo Roundup
Today is Cinco de Mayo which celebrates the victory of Mexico over the French Empire in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla. The Mexicans lost to the French about a year later but still mark this victory of their smaller … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auberon Waugh, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Robbery Under Law, Sword of Honour
Tagged AtlasObscura.com, Guardian, HumanEvents.com, JSTOR, Religion and Literature, Sunday Telegraph, The Unz Review, University of Texas
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Bellamy’s Boosted
Two London papers have this week profiled Bellamy’s restaurant on Bruton Place in Mayfair: Ben McCormack in the Daily Telegraph on Monday (15 April) begins by making a meal (if you will excuse the expression) of the two visits by … Continue reading
Posted in London, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Bellamy's, Ben McCormack, Daily Telegraph, Tanya Gold, The Spectator
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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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Wartime TLS
Gale Primary Sources has posted an article about how the TLS managed to thrive in the wartime period 1939-1945 while many other literary publications struggled or died. The article seems to be an extract from a longer work about TLS … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Gale Primary Sources, Horizon, TLS
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Roundup: Daleks and Poputchiks
–The BBC has announced plans to issue a print version of a 1980s Dr Who episode that contains a plot line inspired by Waugh’s novel The Loved One. This is explained on a website that tracks this sort of thing (BleedingCool.com) … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, Dr Who, Guardian, San Diego Reader, University Challenge
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Post-Holiday Roundup
–Stephen Bush writing in The Times about the Labour Party’s dysfunctional position on Brexit opens with this: Evelyn Waugh once complained that the Conservative Party, for all its efforts, had never even managed to “put the clock back a single … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged Buenos Aires Times., Communio, Edward Champion, Irish Times, Modern Library, The Times
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Boxing Day Roundup
–The Guardian in its “Top Tens” books column this week features “books on booze”. The selection by Henry Jeffreys is explained as “not a collection of books about drunkenness or alcoholism, though both feature. Rather, it is a celebration of those … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, Guardian, Lapham's Quarterly
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