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Category Archives: Vile Bodies
Incomplete Works
The Oxford University Press commissioned a review of three early volumes of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh from its sister publication Essays in Criticism. A review of these volumes (Vile Bodies, Precocious Waughs, and Rossetti) has been ably written by … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Diaries, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged Deposit Libraries, Essays in Criticism, Lisa Mullen, Oxford University Press
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Lord Ottercove Redux
The pages of the TLS have been the scene for the reappearance of a character named Lord Ottercove who first surfaced (or not) in the novels of Evelyn Waugh and William Gerhardie. This discussion started with Paula Byrne’s review of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Censorship, D.J.Taylor, Lord Beaverbrook, TLS, William Boyd, William Gerhardie
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Times Story on Wartime Antisemitism in Britain is Released
We reported about a week ago that a Times story dated 16 August was withdrawn after publication. See earlier post. This has now apparently been republished with the dateline 23 August under the title “How Antisemitism in Britain is Rooted … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, World War II
Tagged Antisemitism, Duff Cooper, Ministry of Information, The Times
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TLS Reviews Early CWEW Volumes
In the latest issue of TLS, Paula Byrne reviews the first five volumes of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. These were published over several months late last year and early this. Byrne is the author, inter alia, of what … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Complete Works, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Martin Stannard, Paula Byrne, TLS
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Weekend Roundup: St Helena and Pick-me-ups
This week’s roundup starts with religious and moves on to secular issues: –August 18th is the feast day of St Helena in the western church calendar. Blogger Amy Welborn has posted an article on Waugh’s novel about the Saint for … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Helena, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Evening Standard, National Review, The National, The Oldie, The Times
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Memory of Wartime Piers Court
A letter reposted from the magazine This England recalls WWII schooldays at Piers Court. The magazine appears quarterly, and this letter is in its Autumn 2018 issue. This is from an evacuee who now lives in America. The letter is … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Hampstead, Heath Mount, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, World War II
Tagged Muddy Stilettos, Otago Daily News, Piers Court, This England
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Whatever Happened to Harold Claire ?
The Oxford Times in its Gray Matter column includes this among today’s stories: I HAVE often wondered what became of Beckley farmer’s boy Harold Claire, and just possibly I might find out on Saturday night. Claire was a boozing companion of the … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Events, Newspapers, Oxford, Vile Bodies
Tagged Abingdon Arms, Harold Claire, Oxford Times
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A Tale of Two Anthonys
The current issue of the London Review of Books has an essay by Prof Perry Anderson on Anthony Powell. This considers the recent biography of Powell by Hilary Spurling and morphs into a longer critical consideration of Powell’s works. It is … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Black Mischief, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged America, Anthony Burgess, Anthony Powell, Christopher Sandford, Hilary Spurling, London Review of Books, Prof Perry Anderson
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Vile Parties
The website Londonist has published an artcle on “6 Debauched Parties We Wish We’d Been Invited To”. These are all from the Bright Young People days that were described in Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies. There is one which involved Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Bruno Hat, Londonist
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