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Category Archives: The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
BBC To Rebroadcast “Frankly Speaking” Interview
BBC Radio 4 has announced plans to rebroadcast the 1953 interview of Evelyn Waugh which is said to have contributed to his temporary madness as described in the novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. Here’s the announcement: Brideshead Revisited author … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Radio 4, Frankly Speaking
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Labels Reconsidered
A recent issue of the Goldsmiths, University of London literary magazine (GLITS-e-journal) is devoted to “The (Re)Imagined Mediterranean” and contains several articles on that theme. One of them, by post-graduate student Jasmine Bajada from the University of Malta, is entitled: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Labels, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged GLITS-e-journal, Goldsmiths University of London, Jasmine Bajada
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Pre-Thanksgiving Roundup
–Writing in the Guardian, columnist Marina Hyde looks at the recent debacle arising from Prince Andrew’s BBC Newsnight interview. Her story is entitled “How badly must you do your job for your own mother to fire you?” After several comparisons, … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Country Life, Daily Telegraph, Este Pais, Guardian, The American Interest, The Spectator
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Pinfold, Waugh, and Vivien Leigh
Waugh Society member and frequent contributor Melina Borden has posted on the British Library’s Weblog a brief article based on the BL’s archives of Waugh’s correspondence. The item of primary interest is a telegram Vivien Leigh sent Waugh in advance … Continue reading
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Tagged British Library, Vivien Leigh
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Waugh in Academia: Shanghai and Oxford
A paper relating to Waugh will be presented later this week at an academic conference in China. This is entitled “Hearing Voices: The Extended Mind in Evelyn Waugh’s The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold“. It will be offered on Saturday, 21 September … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers, Oxford, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Daily Mail, Duke Kunshan University, Jeremy Paxman, Yuexi Liu
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Iris Murdoch Centenary Marked This Week
This week is the 100th anniversary of novelist-philosopher Iris Murdoch’s birth in 1919. It will be marked by a Centenary Conference at St Anne’s College, Oxford this weekend (13-15 July). A later conference is scheduled on 10-11 October at the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Iris Murdoch Centenary, TLS
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New Betjeman Collection
The Sunday Times has previewed a new collection of previously unpublished poems by Waugh’s friend John Betjeman, some of which have fairly explicit homosexual themes. The collection is entitled Harvest Bells and will be published later this month: A newly discovered … Continue reading
Posted in Helena, Newspapers, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
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Academic Roundup: Vagabond-language and decadent arcadias
The following articles appeared in academic journals during 2018 and were not previously mentioned in our postings. Abstracts or excerpts from introductory materials are provided as available: –Helena M. Tomko, “A Good Laugh is Hard to Find: From destructive satire … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Remote People, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
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J B Priestley Revival?
The New Statesman has a feature article this week promoting a revival of novelist and playwright J B Priestley. This is by Michael Henderson who writes that Priestley has fallen out of fashion along with such other formerly popular writers … Continue reading
Update: Patrick Balfour Copies
Bonhams has posted additional information regarding the sale of Patrick Balfour’s inscribed copies of several books by Evelyn Waugh. See previous post.: • An author’s presentation copy of Waugh’s autobiography A Little Learning published in 1964. The book is accompanied … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Evelyn Waugh, Men at Arms, Scoop, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Vile Bodies
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