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Category Archives: Non-fiction
When the Going was Written
A feature length article by Jorge Martinez appears in the Buenos Aires newspaper La Prensa and is entitled “Auge y caida de la literatura de viajes” (“Rise and fall of travel writing”). Although the article is written in Spanish, most of … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Jorge Martinez, La Prensa, Travel Writing
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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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Correspondence in Spectator re Waugh’s Oxford “Degree”
Alexander Waugh’s letter in the 25 November 2017 issue of The Spectator regarding the conclusion of his grandfather’s Oxford career has engendered a chain of responses comparable to those in which his grandfather used to engage. Alexander’s letter stated: “Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Dr Geoffrey Thomas, Peter Loring, The Spectator, Timothy O'Sullivan
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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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Waugh and the Jellyfish
A recent travel guide includes a reference to Waugh’s fortuitous encounter with a jellyfish off the coast of Wales in 1925, where its intervention aborted Waugh’s attempted suicide. This guide is entitled Britain by the Book and is written by academic … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Wales
Tagged Jellyfish, Oliver Tearle, suicide
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