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Category Archives: Letters
Alastair Graham: An Interesting Offer
One of our readers (Hartley Moorhouse) has sent an interesting auction listing relating to communications between Evelyn Waugh and his Oxford friend Alastair Graham. This is explained in Hartley’s comment: You and other EWS Newsletter readers may be interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Items for Sale, Letters
Tagged Alastair Graham, Dominic Winter Auctions
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Early June Roundup
–A recent issue of the Daily Telegraph reports the death of Roger Cooper. This includes a discussion of Cooper’s extended imprisonment in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Iran: Roger Cooper, who has died aged 90, was a British journalist and businessman who was … Continue reading
Tax Day (USA) Roundup
–Writing in the Times newspaper, Johanna Thomas-Corr comments on Queen Camilla’s appearance in public wearing her wedding dress. Thomas-Corr thinks that this is a good practice and one in which she herself has engaged. Here’s the conclusion: …I often wonder … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Financial Times, Tatler, The Mitfords, The Spectator, Times newspaper
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Winter Solstice Roundup
–Novelist Robert Harris has recommended the best 5 collections of letters for the Wall Street Journal. Those of Evelyn Waugh are included: Born in London in 1903, Evelyn Waugh was a reactionary whose distaste for the modern world included the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop
Tagged Anglotopia, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Tablet, Wall Street Journal
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Roundup: Cousins, Catholics, Allegories and Adaptations
–The London Review of Books has posted a review by Neal Acherson of the new biography of Claude Cockburn by his son Patrick. This in mentioned in a previous post and is entitled “Believe Nothing Until It Has Been Officially … Continue reading
Instead of an obituary: James Waugh in the writings of his family.
As noted in a previous post, the Daily Telegraph dated 24 September 2022 announced the death on 12 September 2022 of James Waugh, age 76. This appears to be the second son of Evelyn Waugh. No other obituaries have been … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Letters, Obituaries, Waugh Family
Tagged James Waugh
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Roundup: Two Letters and a Vase
—The Spectator has an article by Dot Wordsworth that features a misattribution to Evelyn Waugh. Here’s the opening: ‘Evelyn Waugh,’ said my husband when I asked who came up with the analogy of carrying a Ming vase. He was, in … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Letters, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Oxford, World War II
Tagged New York Times, Sotheby's, The Guardian, The Spectator
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Roundup: Shopping Lists, Inheritance and a Lecture
–The auction house Bonham’s has on offer an unusual example of Wavian memorabilia. Here’s their description: Collection of 24 autograph postcards (from Piers Court), and 3 letters signed by Waugh (22 “E.W.”, 2 “Evelyn Waugh”, 3 unsigned) to Mrs. [Sylvia] … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Items for Sale, Lancing, Lectures, Letters
Tagged Bonhams, Castle Howard, The Times
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Two Interesting Offers: A Manuscript and a Letter
A Waugh manuscript is on offer on the ABE bookseller website. This is the three-page handwritten manuscript of the article entitled “Awake My Soul! It Is a Lord” that appeared in The Spectator on 8 July 1955. Here’s the description: … Continue reading
Posted in Autographs, Items for Sale, Letters, Manuscripts, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Malcolm Muggeridge, Punch, The Spectator
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Auction Sale of Two Waugh Letters
An online auction is offering for sale a 1945 letter from Evelyn Waugh to a Conservative MP. This relates to the policies of the British Government in Yugoslavia during and after WWII. Here is the seller’s listing info as posted … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auctions, Internet, Items for Sale, Letters, Ronald Knox, World War II
Tagged Liveauctioneers.com, Members of Parliament, University of Leicester
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