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Category Archives: The Loved One
Post-Election Roundup
Having recovered from the news deluge of the USA midterm elections, we can now return to coverage of matters Wavian: –The big story in British journalism earlier this week was Paul Dacre’s valedictory address as editor of the Daily Mail, … Continue reading
Mid-October Roundup
–The US cable channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has announced two broadcasts of The Loved One in November and December. They have also published what look like they may be expanded program notes (by Jeff Stafford) for the occasion: In … Continue reading
Waugh and Death
In a recent issue of The American Scholar, an article by Sudip Bose notes a connection between Evelyn Waugh and Igor Stravinsky’s Requiem Canticles. This was a late compositon that was played at Stravinsky’s own 1971 funeral in Venice. He … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged Crisis magazine, Igor Stravinsky, Mail on Sunday, Peter Hitchens, The American Scholar
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AFI Posts Details of The Loved One
The American Film Institute has posted detailed production information relating to the 1965 film adaptation of Waugh’s novel The Loved One. Much of this is familiar but there are some previously unseen (or rarely repeated) elements included in their research … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Film, The Loved One
Tagged American Film Institute
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Waugh, The Royal Academy and Charles Spencelayh
Duncan McLaren has posted a new article on his website addressing Evelyn Waugh’s admiration of the works of the painter Charles Spencelayh (1865-1958). The paintings of Spencelayh were regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy, and the artist was an active … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, The Loved One
Tagged Charles Spencelayh, Duncan McLaren, The Royal Academy
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Labor Day Roundup
Spy writer Ben Macintyre was recently interviewed by the New York Times. To the question which book by another author do you wish you had written, he answered: I would love to have written “Scoop,” by Evelyn Waugh, that vicious … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged Chronicles, Guardian, New York Times, Standpoint, Surf Europe, Sydney Morning Herald
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Late July Roundup
–The Daily Telegraph has another story about the sale of Piers Court containing some new and corrected information: Piers Court at Stinchcombe occupies a remote corner of Gloucestershire. … It has views of the Welsh Hills and the Forest of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Labels, Newspapers, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Booker Prize, Cunard Line, Daily Telegraph, MercatorNet.com, QInsider, The Irish Times, The Times
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Unsung Waughs
A posting by Ralph Berry on the weblog of the “paleoconservative” journal Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture cites one of Waugh’s least read novels: I was lately in Exeter, hoping to see something of the Islamic Centre at the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Black Mischief, Complete Works, Film, Helena, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, Harry Ransom Center, Sara Haslam, Tab Hunter, The Guardian
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Roundup: Ruins, Snobs and Remittance Men
An art exhibit in Sheffield is named for a Waugh story. This is Love Among the Ruins at the S1 Artspace gallery. The gallery is temporarily located in the garage of the Park Hill housing estate while another part of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Oxford, Remote People, The Loved One
Tagged Hertford College, Professor Mondo, The Mercury (South Africa), The Star (Sheffield), Volksstimme (Basel)
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“The Loved One” Anniversary Marked
The Pilot, newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese pf Boston, has published an article marking the 70th anniversary of the US publication of Waugh’s novel The Loved One. This is by Russell Shaw who explains that the book was published … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, First Editions, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Russell Shaw, The Pilot (Boston)
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