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Category Archives: The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
“Milk-in First”: Waugh’s Perspective (Roundup)
—The Times has published an early interview of new PM Andy Burnham which relies on a well-known Evelyn Waugh opinion: The prime minister in waiting is already in hot water after admitting he puts milk in first when making tea … Continue reading
4th of July (US) Roundup
–The Daily Telegraph has posted a letter from a reader who comments on Simon Heffer’s article on rereading Brideshead Revisited that was mentioned in our last posting: SIR – Simon Heffer suggests that Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited “isn’t that good … Continue reading
Early June Roundup
–The British Medical Journal has posted an article from 1975 in which a professional psychiatrist reviews the 1957 novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. This appeared in the December 1975 issue of the professional magazine. The author is identified as … Continue reading
BBC Marks 60th Anniversary of Waugh’s Death
The BBC has recently posted schedules of several upcoming programs that appear to mark its recognition of Waugh’s death 60 years ago in 1966. Most prominently it has commissioned Russell Kane to record commentaries on 7 of Waugh’s books. These … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Radio, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Russell Kane, Stephen Black
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New Academic Study of Waugh Issued
Bloomsbury Publishing has announced the publication of a new academic study of Waugh. This is entitled Evelyn Waugh’s Exterior Modernism: Cinema, Satire, Comedy and is written by Waugh Society member and co-editor of Evelyn Waugh Studies, Yuexi Liu. Here are the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Society, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Bloomsbury Books, Yuexi Liu
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Christmas Greetings from EWS
–Christmas was not a particularly happy time for the adult Evelyn Waugh, if only because his children were home from school. Here’s an example posted on a Substack.com website by Paul Fishman. This is taken from Waugh’s diaries (p. 668): … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Diaries, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Penguin Books
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Octoberfest Roundup
–The scripts of the TV series “All Creatures Great and Small” are being posted on the internet. Here’s an excerpt from an episode from the final series (No. 6) in which one of the vets is being introduced to a … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Biographies, Decline and Fall, Internet, Interviews, Newspapers, Television Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged America magazine, BBC, Muriel Spark, The Mirror, The Oldie
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Summer’s End Roundup
–An article in the New Statesman describes luncheon at the Inner Temple amongst the barristers who frequent the premises. The article is by Finn McRedmond and concludes with this: …And so, here I am eating my greens in Inner Temple, … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Obituaries, Scoop, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Forum Auctions, New Statesman, Nona Summers, The Independent
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Evelyn Waugh Studies 55.1 (Spring 2024)
The Society is pleased to post the latest edition of its journal Evelyn Waugh Studies. This is No. 55.1 (Spring 2024). The contents are described by the Society’s Secretary Jamie Collinson as follows: The winner of the EWS’ 2023 Undergraduate … Continue reading
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