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Category Archives: Non-fiction
Evelyn Waugh and the Preposterous Parson
A book describing the career of Rev Basil Bourchier, the first vicar of St Jude-on-the-Hill in Hampstead Garden Suburb, has been written by the current vicar, Alan Walker. Evelyn Waugh’s family were parishioners at the church in his youth, and … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Hampstead
Tagged Rev Alan Walker, Rev Basil Bourchier, St Jude-on-the-Hill
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Another Cocktail Attributed to Waugh
A pub in Kuala Lumpur is offering an exotic cocktail called the Noonday Reviver that is attributed to Evelyn Waugh. The pub is called The Sticky Wicket and has a cricket theme throughout its decor and menu. The cocktail is described as a reinterpretation … Continue reading
Posted in Labels, Sightings, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged cocktails, Kingsley Amis, Noonday Reviver, The Sticky Wicket
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More Laycock Presentation Copies on Offer
Peter Harrington Books has listed an offering of two more of Waugh’s presentation copies to Robert and Angela Laycock. See earlier post. One is a copy of Work Suspended (first edition limited to 500 copies,1942) presented to Angela with the note … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, First Editions, Items for Sale, Work Suspended
Tagged Angela Laycock, Peter Harrington Books, Robert Laycock
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Waugh Presentation Copies of More than Usual Interest
York Modern Books has published a list of new arrivals which includes two presentation copies of Waugh’s books of more than routine interest. The first is a copy of Scott-King’s Modern Europe which may have been presented to Waugh’s sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Items for Sale, Scott-King's Modern Europe, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Hugh Trevor-Roper, presentation copies, York Modern Books
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Biography Reviewed in Herald
The new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade is reviewed in the (Glasgow) Herald (now rebranded simply, and rather pompously, as “The Herald” but still published in Glasgow) by Richard Strachan. He points out that a disproportionate part of the book … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Black Mischief, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Oxford, Remote People, World War II
Tagged Glasgow Herald, Martin Stannatd, Philip Eade, Richard Strachan, Selina Hastings
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Journalists in Literature Surveyed in New Book
In a book to be published tomorrow by Bloomsbury, Dr Sarah Lonsdale, who teaches at the City University London, surveys the role of the journalist in British literature over the period since 1900. The book is entitled The Journalist in British Fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Remote People, Robbery Under Law, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged PressGazette, Sarah Lonsdale, The Conversation
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British Library Posts Article on BYPs
The British Library has posted an article on its website about the Bright Young People of the interwar years. This is by Dr Milena Borden and is entitled: “Bright Young Things: behind the party mask.” Dr Borden concentrates on how the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Vile Bodies
Tagged British Library, Milena Borden
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Another Literary Anniversary
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Graham Greene’s death in 1991. There have been several events associated with this anniversary. Perhaps the most ambitious is the BBC’s undertaking to adapt four of Greene’s novels for radio presentations. The most … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Conferences, Festivals, Radio, Radio Programs, Robbery Under Law
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Carlos Villar Flor, D.J.Taylor, Graham Greene Birthplace Trust, Roy Hattersley, The Tablet
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Russian Literary Journal Marks Waugh Anniversary
The Russian literary journal Inostrannaia Literatura (Foreign Literature) has devoted about two-thirds of its April 2016 issue to a collection of essays and translations relating to Evelyn Waugh. This was issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. The cover is … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Articles, Interviews, Labels, Letters, Radio Programs
Tagged Inostrannaia literatura, Radio Svoboda, Russian translations
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