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Category Archives: Letters
Waugh Among Times’ Great Letter Writers
A letter from Evelyn Waugh to the editors of The Times newspaper is included in a recently published collection entitled The Times’ Great Letters. The book is described in an article in today’s edition of the paper written by its current … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Andrew Riley, The Times newspaper
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The Waughs and the Leigh Fermors
Two recent books about Patrick Leigh Fermor (Paddy) and his wife Joan include material about their interactions with Evelyn Waugh, his wife Laura, and their mutual friends: The first is Joan: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor by Simon Fenwick. Evelyn … Continue reading
Three Generations of Waughs in The Oldie
Various Waughs (and their associates) are scattered throughout the pages of this month’s issue of The Oldie. The leading feature article by Alan Thomas is about the Bright Young People and opens with a reference to Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies: … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Anthony Powell, BBC Arena, Daily Telegraph, Nicholas Shakespeare, Selina Hastings, The Oldie
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Waugh and his Enemies: Hugh Trevor-Roper
In advance of the lecture (“Waugh’s Enemies”) scheduled for next Monday, 25 September at Hertford College, Oxford, the University of Leicester has posted a brief article about what will surely be one of the topics. This is by Milena Borden … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Lectures, Letters, Oxford, World War II
Tagged Hugh Trevor-Roper, Milena Borden
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“Tsunami of Waviana”
The Australian magazine Quadrant has a review in its online edition by Mark McGinness of the early volumes of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh published earlier this week. The article is entitled “Total Waugh.” McGinness begins with an effort to … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Complete Works, Diaries, Letters, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged Mark McGinness, Oxford University Press, Prufrock, Quadrant magazine, Weekly Standard
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University of Leicester Posts PR about Launch of Complete Works
The University of Leicester which is hosting the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project has issued a detailed Press Release about the publication of the first five volumes. The launch of the project is scheduled for later this week. Much … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Diaries, Letters
Tagged University of Leicester
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George Smiley and Basil Seal
The Evening Standard has reviewed John Le Carre’s latest novel A Legacy of Spies in which he revives his old characters from the George Smiley novels. The reviewer David Sexton has this observation about the pitfalls of this practice: Often it … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Basil Seal Rides Again, Discussions, Labels, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Evening Standard, John le Carre, New York University, Paula Byrne, Sir Arthur Evans, The Oldie
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Evelyn Waugh at the National Trust, Edinburgh Festival and Houston,TX
Evelyn Waugh is appearing all over the place in today’s media reports: In the internet newspaper iNews, there is a story about problems being rained upon the National Trust, one of Britain’s once most beloved institutions. The Trust are the stewards of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Al Murray, Edinburgh Festival, Houston TX, iNews, Letters Live, National Trust, The American Conservative, Waugh Drive Bridge
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CWEW Diaries Volume Previewed in Sunday Times
The Sunday Times becomes the first paper to preview a volume of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. The first four of these will be published at the beginning of September, in less than two week’s time. One of those … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Alexander Waugh, Personal Writings, Sunday Times
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Brideshead Catholics and the Last Altar Boy
In the Roman Catholic news website cruxnow.com there is an article by Fr Dwight Longenecker about various nostalgic tendencies within the church: … conservative Catholics long for a pre-Conciliar Church of the Latin Mass and old devotions. Liberals often dream of a return … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Letters, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged cruxnow.com, Fr Dwight Longenecker, Greg Craven, Jonkers Books, Muriel Spark, The Australian
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