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Category Archives: Labels
Year’s End Roundup
–Writing in The Critic, Clive Aslet discusses the decision of the Tate Gallery to close its restaurant in response to its designation as “racist” conferred on the mural of Rex Whistler, which decorates its restaurant. See earlier post. Aslet puts … Continue reading
Waugh and Saint Sophia
A story by Dr Binoy Kampmark, Selwyn College, Cambridge, about the reconversion of the Saint Sophia cathedral in Istanbul from a museum to a mosque opens with this quote from Evelyn Waugh: When the caustic Evelyn Waugh visited the majestic … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Labels
Tagged Dr Binoy Kampmark, Saint Sophia Cathedral, Turkey
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Waugh in Iberia
The Lisbon paper Diario de Noticias has begun the publication of a long article by Antonio Arauja entitled “Uma educação sentimental”. The paper is published weekly and the story’s first installment was printed in last week’s edition. It is essentially … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Labels, Newspapers
Tagged Antonio Arauja, Diario de Noticias, La Opinion de Malaga, Lisbon, Seville
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Penguin Promotes Waugh
Penguin Books, Waugh’s UK paperback publisher since the 1930s, has posted an article by literary journalist John Self about Waugh’s works, most of which are in print in Penguin editions (including some volumes of the attractive 2011 hardback series). The … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Labels, Twitter, Waugh in Abyssinia, When the Going Was Good
Tagged John Self, Penguin Books
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The Saga of the Stella Polaris
Waugh readers will know of the cruise ship M/V Stella Polaris as the vessel on which Evelyn Waugh and his first wife traveled on the 1929 cruise that became the subject of his first travel book. This was Labels published in … Continue reading
Posted in Labels, Newspapers
Tagged South China Morning Post, Stella Polaris
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Roundup: Labels Reattached
–The weblog Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings contains a review of Waugh’s early travel book Labels. This is a thoughtful critique of an often overlooked book: This is certainly no saccharine account of a trip round pretty places; if Waugh dislikes a … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Labels, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic Truth Society, Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings, National Catholic Register, The Oldie, TLS
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Year End Roundup
—The Australian has a story headed by a photo of Evelyn Waugh. The story is by Greg Harrison and is entitled “Our prime ministers need a holiday–and time to read a novel for pleasure.” After noting his disagreement with those who … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Labels, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged Martha Stewart, National Catholic Register, Sunday Telegraph, The Australian, The Spectator
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Labels Reconsidered
A recent issue of the Goldsmiths, University of London literary magazine (GLITS-e-journal) is devoted to “The (Re)Imagined Mediterranean” and contains several articles on that theme. One of them, by post-graduate student Jasmine Bajada from the University of Malta, is entitled: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Labels, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged GLITS-e-journal, Goldsmiths University of London, Jasmine Bajada
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Lancing Chapel to be Completed
The Times newspaper reports, in an article by Nicola Woolcock, that the chapel at Lancing College will be completed over 150 years after it was begun: A stunning and distinctive place of worship towering over the landscape has remained unfinished … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Evelyn Waugh, Labels, Lancing, Newspapers
Tagged Lancing Chapel, The Times newspaper
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Mother’s Day Roundup
–The Washington Post has an op-ed article by Anne Applebaum that opens with this comparison between Donald Trump and Lord Copper from Waugh’s novel Scoop: “A few sharp victories, some conspicuous acts of personal bravery on the Patriot side and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Labels, Newspapers, Scoop, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged Catholic Herald, First Things, New Zealand Herald, P.G.Wodehouse, Rex Whistler, Washington Post
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