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Category Archives: Ninety-Two Days
Waugh’s Writing Cited for Guyana Anniversary
The current issue of Caribbean Beat (the inflight journal of Caribbean Airlines) carries a story about the five areas of touristic interest in Guyana. This is part of a promotional effort in connection with this year’s 50th anniversary of Guyana’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Ninety-Two Days
Tagged Brendan de Caires, Caribbean Beat, Guyana
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Travel-Writing Geezers
Yesterday’s South China Morning Post reviews a collection of travel writing by those over 60: To Oldly Go. The reviewer separates the writers into those who find travel wonderful, those who take themselves too seriously and those “who have gradually become world-weary, curmudgeonly … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Labels, Ninety-Two Days, Remote People, When the Going Was Good
Tagged South China Morning Post, To Oldly Go, Travel Writing
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Huntington Library acquires major Waugh collection
The Huntington Library in San Marino, California (12 miles west of Los Angeles) has announced the acquisition of a major collection of rare editions and manuscripts of Evelyn Waugh. The collection, consisting of some 250 books and 135 letters and … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Studies, First Editions, Letters, Manuscripts, Ninety-Two Days, The Loved One
Tagged Anthony Powell, Diana Cooper, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Harry Ransom Center, Huntington Library, Loren and Frances Rothschild, Pope John XXIII
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