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MLK Weekend Roundup
—The Tablet has posted an excerpt from Waugh’s novel Helena in recognition of both the Christmas season and the recent publication of that novel as the latest addition (vol. 11) to the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. Here’s the introduction … Continue reading
Mid-December Roundup
–Posted on the website of the Australian literary journal Quadrant, an article by Mark McGinness marks the 75th anniversary of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. This was published on 10 December 1945 about 6 months after Brideshead Revisited … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Letters, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Guardian, Nancy Mitford, New Statesman, Quadrant, The Times, William Boyd
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Roundup: Ethics, Mimics and Graves
–The Minneapolis StarTribune posts a story about ethics in journalism built around a brief description of Waugh’s novel Scoop: …As serious as the news is, a few laughs can’t hurt. You’re in for a lot of laughs in the 1938 … Continue reading
Posted in Items for Sale, Letters, Newspapers, Portraits, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged Chateau Lloyd, Ford Madox Ford, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Frederick Etchells, Joseph Connolly, Kingsley Amis, Minneapolis StarTribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Critic
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Roundup: Boyd, Banville and Paper Hats
–Novelist William Boyd is interviewed in The Times by Robbie Millen. This is on the occasion of the publication of Boyd’s new novel Trio which is about the creation of a film in the late 1960s. After establishing Boyd’s somewhat … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Letters, Scoop, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged A N Wilson, Books from Scotland, John Banville, Lisa Hilton, The Critic, The Times, Washington Post, William Boyd
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Presentation Copy of Brideshead On Offer
London booksellers Peter Harrington have a 1945 copy of Brideshead Revisited on offer. This is a presentation copy to Mgr Alfred Gilbey, chaplain to Roman Catholic students at Fisher House, Cambridge University. There is also an unpublished letter from Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Items for Sale, Letters
Tagged Alfred Gilbey, Cambridge University, Peter Harrington Ltd
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Waugh’s Orwellian Dystopia
The Orwell Society has posted an interesting essay on the friendship of Evelyn Waugh and George Orwell with special reference to how Waugh’s 1953 novella Love Among the Ruins was intended as a response to Orwell’s 1948 novel 1984. This … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Love Among The Ruins
Tagged George Orwell, Richard Lance Keeble, The Orwell Society
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New Biography of Graham Greene
A new biography of Graham Greene has been published. The UK edition is entitled Russian Roulette and is written by Richard Greene (no relation but editor of a collection of Graham’s letters). The book is reviewed in the Sunday Times by … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Diaries, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Evening Standard, Graham Greene, Richard Greene, Sunday Times
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Perry Mason’s Return
Erle Stanley Gardner’s most famous character Perry Mason has returned to TV. This is in a new series on HBO which is about to conclude its first run tonight. Philip Martin has written a background article on the earlier CBS … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Letters, Newspapers, Television Programs, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Erle Stanley Gardner, Perry Mason, Philip Martin
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Summer Solstice Roundup
–Peter Quennell may be having a revival. Duncan McLaren (see previous post) has now been joined by A N Wilson in recounting his career. Wilson in a memoir posted by The Oldie discusses several first hand meetings he had with … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Rossetti: His Life and Works
Tagged A N Wilson, The Critic, The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent (Ireland), The Oldie, TLS
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Roundup: Protests and Summer
–The “Rhodes Must Fall” debate has been revived in Oxford in the context of the Black Lives Matter protests. See previous post. In the Daily Mail, a comment on the matter by Evelyn Waugh is brought to bear: Oxford will … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Daily Mail, National Review, Prospect, RTV Slovenia, Wall Street Journal
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