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Category Archives: Essays, Articles & Reviews
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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Terence Greenidge and Degenerate Oxford?
Peter Harrington Booksellers in London are listing a copy of the 1930 book by Terence Greenidge entitled Degenerate Oxford? A Critical Study of Modern University Life. He is also credited with several later books in his Wikipedia entry, including fiction, poetry … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Items for Sale, Oxford
Tagged Peter Harrington Booksellers, Terence Greenidge, The Scarlet Woman
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Waugh and Fake News
The Mexican newspaper Milenio, which is published in several editions in all the major Mexican cities, has printed a feature length article on Evelyn Waugh. This is by Danubio Torres Fierro and is entitled “Las fake news según Evelyn Waugh” … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Biographies, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Danubio Torres Fierro, Mexico, Milenio, Philip Eade
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U and Non-U in TLS
The U and Non-U debate about social class distinctions that raged (if that’s the correct word) in the 1950s has resurfaced in the TLS. This appears in its N.B. column that is written by J. C. (believed to be James … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Discussions, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged James Campbell, Nancy Mitford, TLS, U and Non-U
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First Volume of Complete Essays, Articles and Reviews Now for Sale in USA
Volume 26 of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh: Essays, Articles and Reviews 1922-1934 is now for sale in the USA. This is a few weeks ahead of the previously announced USA release date of 1 May 2018. The book was … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Collections, Complete Works, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Donat Gallagher
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A Diary, a Legacy, and a First Edition
The long-running “Londoner’s Diary” column of the Evening Standard has been relaunched as “The Londoner” and has a new author, Charlotte Edwardes, who writes her introductory article with a nod to Evelyn Waugh and several of his friends: On my … Continue reading
CWEW Journalism Volume Published
Volume 26 of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh was published in the UK earlier this month and is available for sale. This is the fifth volume of the Complete Works to be published and first of four volumes in … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Collections, Complete Works, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Donat Gallagher, Oxford University Press
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Henry Green, Enthusiasms, Tammy Faye, and Clarissa
The attempted revival of Henry Green’s works and reputation marches ever onward. The latest contribution is an article by Dominic Green (no likely relationship since Henry’s family name was Yorke) in the New Criterion. Green makes the case that Yorke … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Scoop
Tagged Clarissa Churchill, Daily Telegraph, Dominic Green, Henry Green, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, New Criterion, Spear's magazine, Weekly Standard
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Roundup: From Seven Deadly Sins to Four Brandy Alexanders
–The Spanish newspaper El Mundo has a story about the career of novelist Ian Fleming, best known for his James Bond novels and films. This begins with a discussion of Fleming’s less well-known role as International Editor of The Sunday … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Men at Arms, Newspapers
Tagged Alan Hollinghurst, Belfast Telegraph, Daily Mail, Dan Hannan, El Mundo, Ian Fleming, Jalta.nl, Letters Live, New York Times, Quartzy, Stephen Fry, Washington Examiner
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Evelyn Waugh’s Ash Wednesday in New Orleans
On the occasion of the first day of Lent (or Ash Wednesday) in the Western Christian church, the Jesuit journal America has reprinted a 1955 article about its association with the carnival known in the French speaking world as Mardi … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged America magazine, Ash Wednesday, Life Magazine, New Orleans, Papacy, The Rad Trad
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