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Category Archives: The Loved One
Roundup (Exhibits and a Lecture)
–The Historical Association (Richmond & Twickenham Branch) has announced a lecture later this year that may be of interest to our London area readers: Takes Place: 28th September 2023 Time: 8pm Venue: Richmond Library Annexe, Quadrant St, Richmond TW9 Description: a fascinating … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Forest Lawn Museum, Historical Association, The Herald (Glasgow), The Independent, The Press (NZ)
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Bank Holiday Roundup
—Country Life has posted the second part of their interesting and informative essay on the building and decoration of Campion Hall at Oxford. The first installment was described in an earlier post. Here’s an excerpt relating to Waugh’s contribution to … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Edmund Campion, Oxford, Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged Campion Hall, Country Life, Edge Media Network, First Things, The Spectator, Washington Post, William Shakespeare
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Tax-Day Roundup
—Country Life magazine has posted a 2-part essay on the history of Edwin Lutyens design and the building of Campion Hall at Oxford. Waugh was involved in the process. Here’s an excerpt from part 1: …Waugh celebrated the Hospitality of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Newspapers, Oxford, The Loved One, World War II
Tagged Country Life, Georgetown University, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Welt
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Easter Roundup
–Drinks website The Master of Malt has posted a story tracing the history of Cognac. Here’s a contribution from Waugh: …According to Boswell, Samuel Johnson said: “claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Film, Internet, The Loved One
Tagged New York Times, P G Wodehouse Society, Rod Steiger, The Betjeman Society
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‘The Loved One’ Remembered
The New Criterion magazine has posted an essay on the writing, publication and history of Waugh’s 1948 novel The Loved One. This is by John P Rossi who is Professor Emeritus of History at La Salle University in Philadelphia. While … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe, The Loved One
Tagged Cyril Connolly, Edmund Wilson, John P Rossi, The New Criterion
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Daylight Savings (USA) Roundup
–Duncan McLaren has posted on his weblog a discussion regarding Graham Greene’s possible portrayal of Waugh in his 1940s novel The Heart of the Matter. He was a composite part of the character based primarily on some one Greene had … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Duncan McLaren, Guardian, Quillette.com, Russell Kane, The Jewish Voice, The Spectator
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Roundup
–Novelist and biographer A N Wilson has published a detailed review of John Betjeman’s recently rebroadcast program Metroland. This appears in a recent issue of the Daily Mail. The BBC rebroadcast was mentioned in the previous Roundup. Wilson who was … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Scoop, Television, The Loved One
Tagged A N Wilson, City Journal, Daily Mail, Esquire, John Betjeman, New York Review of Books
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75th Anniversary of The Loved One
The Loved One appeared in print 75 years ago this month in the pages of Cyril Connolly’s magazine Horizon. Waugh had begun writing it on 21 May 1947 shortly after his return to England from Los Angeles. He finished a … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe, The Loved One
Tagged Cyril Connolly, Daily Mail, Horizon magazine, New Yorker, Peter Quennell
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Valentine’s Day Roundup
–David Mills writing in The Times takes another look at the novels of post-Waugh English satirist Simon Raven. He considers the 1969 novel The Rich Pay Late, the first of 10 in Ravens’s Alms for Oblivion series: …Raven is astoundingly … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Bret Easton Ellis, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Forest Lawn Museum, P.G.Wodehouse, Public Discourse, Simon Raven, The Critic, The Literary Hub, The Times
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Roundup
–Duncan McLaren sent over an interesting exchange relating to Waugh’s possible use of Peter Quennell as a model for characters in his novels. His an excerpt from the email that started it: Dear Mr McLaren, I am a reader of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Film, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged National Catholic Reporter, OSV News, Patheos, Peter Quennell, The Sunday Times
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