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Category Archives: Sword of Honour
Brideshead Published in Croatian
Brideshead Revisited has been published in a Croatian translation. This is entitled Povratak u Brideshead and is issued by Mozaik Books. The book is translated by Petra Mrduljaš, and the editor is Zoran Maljković. According to the publisher, this is … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, The Loved One, World War II
Tagged Croatia, Petra Mrduljaš, translations, Večernji List
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Weekend Roundup: From Sword of Honour to Women of Knossos
In a recent issue of The Australian, Greg Sheridan writes about how his countrymen should deal with the shame of the recent cricket cheating scandal. This is entitled “National brand needs tending, not tears.” As an example of how the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Labels, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Boris Izaguirre, El Huffpost, kath.net, The Australian, The National Review, Weekly Standard
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Dramatist of WWII Yugoslavia Profiled
The Islington Tribune has published a profile of playwright James Hugh Macdonald. He has written a play called Happy Warriors based on the experience of Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill in wartime Yugoslavia. (See previous posts.): James Hugh Macdonald, a … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Theater, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Islington Tribune, James Hugh Macdonald, Maurice Bowra, Plum Sykes
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Two Hits and Two Misses
The staff at The American Conservative magazine are asked to contribute to a regular column called “TAC Bookshelf” describing and rating their current reading. Andrew J Bacevich devoted his latest contribution to Evelyn Waugh. He considered Sword of Honour a … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television
Tagged Andrew J Bacevich, Dennis Cooper, The American Conservative, unfinished novels
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Waugh Features in Podcast on “Narrative and Religion”
A recent podcast in the series Conversations with Tyler involves an interview with New York Times columnist Russ Douthat. The series is sponsored by George Mason University and the interviewer is Tyler Cowen but the date and the venue are … Continue reading
Wavian Roundup
—The Guardian reviews the new book by Nicholas Shakespeare, who wrote and directed the BBC’s 1980’s Arena TV documentary series known as The Waugh Trilogy. The book is entitled Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged BBC News, Carlos Villar Flor, Guardian, Nicholas Shakespeare, Rioja2.com, telegrams
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Joan Didion Reviews Sword of Honour
In an article posted on the website Acculturated, Nic Rowan discusses novelist and essayist Joan Didion’s early career of reviewing books for the National Review in the 1960s. Rowan claims that her later career cannot be fully understood without considering … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged Acculturated, Joan Didion, National Review, Nic Rowan
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The Waughs and the Leigh Fermors
Two recent books about Patrick Leigh Fermor (Paddy) and his wife Joan include material about their interactions with Evelyn Waugh, his wife Laura, and their mutual friends: The first is Joan: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor by Simon Fenwick. Evelyn … Continue reading
Anthony Powell Biography to Appear Next Week
Hilary Spurling, who has written a new and much awaited biography of Anthony Powell, has served up an appetizer in an article published in the Times. She starts with a survey of the major 20th century writers who admired Powell’s … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Diaries, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Anthony Powell, Hilary Spurling, John Carey, Times newspaper
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Waugh Saga
Novelist Lars Walker has posted a review of Sword of Honour on internet book site Brandywine Books . Walker has written several novels in what looks like it would be called the Norse warrior saga genre and so has an … Continue reading
Posted in Sword of Honour, Useful Links
Tagged David Cliffe, Joseph Heller, Lars Walker
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