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Category Archives: The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
William Boyd, Winston Churchill and Evelyn Waugh
Simon Kuper writing in the Financial Times reports an interview with novelist William Boyd. This is on the occasion of publication of Boyd’s latest novel Love is Blind: Boyd draws a “binary division” between two kinds of novelist: autobiographers, such … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Black Mischief, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Financial Times, New Statesman, P J O'Rourke, Wall Street Journal, William Boyd, Winston Churchill
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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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Weekend Roundup: Brideshead Re-edited
Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited dominates this week’s roundup: –Scottish novelist and journalist Allan Massie has written an article in the Catholic Herald entitled “Chapter & Verse: Brideshead re-edited”. The article begins: Brideshead Revisited, published in 1945, was Evelyn Waugh’s first … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, Television Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Allan Massie, Anglotopia, BBC Countryfile Live, Catholic Herald, Clothes in Books, Counter Currents Publishing, Flyte, Hot Press, Humanities
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BBC Airs Muriel Spark Film
BBC2 last week broadcast a one hour documentary on the life and works of novelist Muriel Spark: The Many Primes of Muriel Spark. This was originally transmitted in January on BBC Scotland to mark Spark’s centenary. The program was presented … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Documentaries, Interviews, Television Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged BBC, Kristy Wark, Muriel Spark
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Philip Roth (1933-2018)
The death was announced earlier this week of the American novelist Philip Roth. Like Tom Wolfe, who died the preceding week, much of his early work was written in the comic, satirical tradition of Evelyn Waugh. So far, however, no … Continue reading
Piers Court for Sale
Waugh’s country house in Gloucestershire has been listed for sale according to Country Life magazine. The listing agent is Knight, Frank and the asking price is £3 million. The article by Penny Churchill explains that the current owners, who have lived … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Items for Sale, Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Robbery Under Law, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Anna Temkin, Country Life, Daily Post (Wales), Knight Frank, Penny Churchill, Piers Court, Plas Dulas, R M Dawkins, The Times
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“Mr Waugh’s Cities” Posted on Internet
A link to Prof Frank Kermode’s essay from Encounter magazine for November 1960 has been posted on the internet. This is entitled “Mr Waugh’s Cities” and is about Waugh’s views on religion as reflected in his fiction up to The … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Useful Links
Tagged Encounter magazine, Frank Kermode, Unz Review
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Evelyn Waugh, Brexiteer?
In an article in the “pro-market” website Reaction, Alastair Benn considers why more artists do not support Britain’s exit from the EU. When he reviews where today’s writers come out on this subject, Evelyn Waugh’s name comes up: Although it might … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Newspapers, Scoop, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Brexit, Jimmy Page, John Betjeman, New York Review of Books, Reaction.life, The Times
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Pinfold Redux: Muriel Spark Centenary
Articles are appearing in advance of the centenary of novelist Muriel Spark which will be observed next Thursday (1 February). Scottish novelist Allan Massie has written an article in the i Newspaper in which he recalls her career and his … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Conferences, Letters, Newspapers, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Allan Massie, iNewspaper, Martin Stannard, Muriel Spark, Patricia Waugh, The Tablet, Universoty of Glasgow
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