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Category Archives: Non-fiction
El Mundo Writes of Sybille Bedford’s Debt to Waugh
A Spanish-language article in the daily newspaper El Mundo published in Madrid relates the story of author Sybille Bedford’s struggle to start her writing career. This did not begin until she was in her 40s. She was born in Germany into a half Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged El Mundo, Sybille Bedford, The Legacy
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New Year Greetings via Evelyn Waugh in GQ
GQ magazine includes a quote from Evelyn Waugh in its New Year’s greeting article by Scott Meslow (“Champagne is an Anytime Drink”): Here is the best time to drink Champagne: whenever. Throwing a dinner party? Keep a nice bottle of … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Champagne, GQ, Scott Meslow, Vogue
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Waugh and the New American Racists
An article in the Mexican newspaper El Economista addresses the deveopment of a new form of racism in the United. After years of melting together, as immigrants came in from the south to join those already there from Europe, Africa … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Remote People
Tagged El Economista, Mexico, Politics
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Floreat Brideshead
Brideshead Revisited receives attention in several recent postings. The New Statesman carries a brief article in its “TV and Radio” column in which a viewer retrospectively considers the 1981 TV adaptation: Watching it now, at the terrifying age of 53, … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Edmund Campion, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Television
Tagged Bonhams, New Statesman, Pansy Lamb
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Waugh and the Rolling Stones
In the Washington Free Beacon, columnist Matthew Walter reviews the Rolling Stones’ latest album Blue and Lonesome. The review is not favorable. After comparing the new album to the earlier works of the Stones and others, he gets around to … Continue reading
Waugh in the News
Evelyn Waugh is cited or quoted in several recent newspaper articles: In the Guardian, columnist Ian Jack has written a story in which he muses about the possibility that the Oxford-Cambridge rail line may be revived under a recent government … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Expresso (Lisbon), Guardian, New York Times, NYRB, The Inquirer (Philippines)
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Feast Day of Edmund Campion Marked
Yesterday was the feast day in the Roman Catholic Church for St Edmund Campion. It was marked on two Roman Catholic websites with quotations from Waugh’s biography of Campion first published in 1935. On the website of the Association of Catholic Women … Continue reading
Author William Trevor Dies at 88
Publishers Penguin Random House Ireland have announced the death of novelist and short story writer William Trevor (1928-2016). According to his obituary in the New York Times, he was best known for his “mournful, sometimes darkly funny short stories and novels … Continue reading
Posted in Edmund Campion, Newspapers
Tagged Guardian, Hawthornden Prize, New York Times, William Trevor
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Collection of Elizabeth Bowen Reviews Published
A substantial collection of the book reviews written by novelist Elizabeth Bowen has been published by Northwestern University Press. It is entitled The Weight of a World of Feeling and is edited by Allan Hepburn, who previously edited a volume of … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Collections, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Elizabeth Bowen, Micah Mattix, Washington Free Beacon
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Macaskie Twins Surface at London Book Launch
A posting on the Ronald Knox Society of North America website describes a book launch in London earlier this week. The book is edited by Francesca Knox and is entitled Ronald Knox: A Man for All Seasons. It is a collection … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Events, London, Ronald Knox, World War II
Tagged Francesca Knox, Heythrop College, Ronald Knox Society of North America
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