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Category Archives: Non-fiction
First Complete Works Volumes Published
The first four volumes of Evelyn Waugh’s Complete Works have been published by Oxford University Press. Alexander Waugh is interviewed on BBC Radio 4 in yesterday’s edition of World at One in connection with this event. The interview is by … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Alexander Waugh, Complete Works, Diaries, Interviews, Newspapers, Oxford, Radio Programs, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC Radio 4, David Sexton, Evening Standard, Luke Jones, World at One
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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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Alastair Graham and Steven Runciman (more)
In a recent post we mentioned a weblog article that described the friendship or affair between Waugh’s Oxford friend Alastair Graham and historian Steven Runciman. The book cited in that article (Outlandish Knight by Minoo Dinwash) sheds additional light on this matter and … Continue reading
George Smiley and Basil Seal
The Evening Standard has reviewed John Le Carre’s latest novel A Legacy of Spies in which he revives his old characters from the George Smiley novels. The reviewer David Sexton has this observation about the pitfalls of this practice: Often it … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Basil Seal Rides Again, Discussions, Labels, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Evening Standard, John le Carre, New York University, Paula Byrne, Sir Arthur Evans, The Oldie
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Waughs and the Bat Colony
Late last month in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, we posted a message about the Waugh Drive Bridge in Houston and its bat colony. Patrick Kurp, who maintains a weblog called “Anecdotal Evidence” and lives in Houston, has provided the … Continue reading
Danish Journal Publishes Waugh Article
The Danish cultural journal Critique has published for the first time the full version of an essay on Waugh’s life and work written in 2009. This is entitled “Evelyn Waughs korstog mod moderniteten” (“Evelyn Waugh’s Crusade Against Modernity”) and is summarized … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Robbery Under Law, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged Crtique, Soren Besenbacher
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Waugh and Jesuits in Guyana
The Jesuits have published material from their archives relating to Waugh’s trip to British Guiana in 1932-33. Waugh visited the Jesuits twice at their mission station of St Ignatius in the central Rupununi region of south-west Guyana on his way to … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Ninety-Two Days
Tagged Archives, Guyana, Jesuits
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Waugh in the Food Columns
Lisa Hilton, biographer, novelist and now food critic for Standpoint magazine, was apparently assigned to write a review of a new Italian restaurant in Covent Garden called Margot. This establishment was downgraded by some other food critics such as Jay … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Events, Labels, London, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Daniel Hannan, Folio Society, Lisa Hilton, obesity, Puglia, Standpoint, V&A Museum
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Waugh in Brazil and in National Review
The Milan newspaper Il Foglio carries an article in Italian by Marco Archetti about Evelyn Waugh’s 1934 travel book Ninety-Two Days. After a quote from the book and some biographical background, Archetti explains the trip to Brazil: One cannot know … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days
Tagged Boa Vista, Ernest Hemingway, Il Foglio, Marco Archetti, National Review, Terry Teachout
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