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Category Archives: Essays, Articles & Reviews
Waugh and Tito
Standpoint magazine in its current issue has reprinted a letter from Milena Borden who is also one of our readers. She was commenting on an article in the magazine’s November issue as explained in her letter. Here is the text of … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged Marshall Tito, Milena Borden, Robin Harris, Standpoint Magazine, Yugoslavia
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“Night and Day”– A Londoner’s “New Yorker”
Literary critic and journalist Terry Teachout has written an article in the Wall Street Journal about the short-lived magazine Night and Day. This is entitled “The Magazine Shirley Temple Shut Down”. According to Teachout: The New Yorker has been around … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Graham Greene, Night and Day, Shirley Temple, Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal
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Waugh Presentation at Goa Conference
The third international conference on the culture, language and literature of Goa was convened last week in India and is reported in several Indian news services. The primary subject was the theatre in Goa, and a presentation was also made … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Catholicism, Conferences, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Goa, Saint Francis Xavier
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Helena and the Prayer for Epiphany
A Roman Catholic website called OnePeterFive has posted the conclusion of Chapter 11: Epiphany from Waugh’s novel Helena (Penguin, pp. 143-45). The post has appeared on other religious websites as well. This relates to Helena’s celebration of the Feast of … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Helena
Tagged CatholicCulture.com, Epiphany, OnePeterFive.com, Tolerance
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Waugh and Hugh Johnson
In an interview for a recent issue of The Sunday Times, wine expert and author Hugh Johnson mentions commissioning articles by Evelyn Waugh on the subject of wine. This appears in the introduction to the interview by Andrew Lynch: In … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Hugh Johnson, The Sunday Times, Wine and Food
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Randolph Remembered
The Daily Beast has published a memoir of Randolph Churchill by Clive Irving. This is in response to Randolph’s relative neglect in the wake of all the attention accorded to his father following two recent successful film treatments and several … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Events, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Capital Research Center, Daily Beast, Guardian, Randolph Chirchill, The Times, V&A Museum, Winnie the Pooh
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Evelyn Waugh, Essayist
A Spanish language website has reposted a 2011 article from the Guardian’s “Top 10” series in which journalist Harry Mount, now editor of The Oldie, lists his favorite essays. He begins by defining the term: There’s not much point in … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Essays, Guardian, Harry mount, iNews
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Muriel Spark Centenary to be Observed Next Year
Next year on 1st February will be the centenary of novelist Muriel Spark’s birth. The papers are beginning to build up publicity for the event. Last week The National (Scotland) and The Times both ran articles mentioning the centenary. Both articles … Continue reading
Anthony Powell Biography (More)
The new biography of Anthony Powell by Hilary Spurling has been widely reviewed in the British press and several additional reviews have cited Evelyn Waugh’s friendship with Powell. Nicholas Shakespeare, writer and director of the BBC Arena documentary “The Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Anthony Powell, Daily Telegraph, Dance to the Music of Time, DJ Taylor, Irish Times, Nicholas Shakespeare, The Times
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The Fruit of Whispering Glades
The TLS has published an article marking the centenary of the birth of Jessica Mitford, sister of Waugh’s friends Nancy, Diana and Deborah. The story (“Happy 100th Birthday, Decca”) is by Mark McGinness who has also recently written about Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Jessica Mitford, Mark McGinness, TLS
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