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Category Archives: Non-fiction
Evelyn Waugh and the Resolute Old Lady
In an article in Crisis magazine, Professor Regis Martin from a Roman Catholic college in Ohio is reminded of Waugh as he conducts a group of his students around Europe. This occurs as they are about to visit a church in the outskirts of Vienna … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Helena, The Holy Places
Tagged Crisis magazine, Prof. Regis Martin
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Waugh and the Winter Break
One of the bloggers on the New Criterion magazine became so depressed by the New York weather he looked for books describing adventures in warmer climes: With that in mind, I’ve been reading Evelyn Waugh’s riotous A Tourist in Africa, which … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa
Tagged The New Criterion, winter breaks
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Waugh and “How to Spend It”
The London Review of Books Blog has posted an article by Inigo Thomas on conspicuous consumption as evidenced by the magazine How to Spend It that accompanies weekend editions of the Financial Times. The blog article opens with a description … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Financial Times, How to Spend It, Waldorf Astoria
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TLS Posts 1935 Review of Waugh’s Edmund Campion
The curent issue of the TLS posts the 1935 review of Waugh’s Edmund Campion in its Then and Now column. The review is written by A.F. Pollard, Professor of History at University College London and specialist in the Tudor period. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Edmund Campion
Tagged A.F. Pollard, TLS
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Waugh Cited in European Immigration Crisis
The Asia Times, an online newspaper, has quoted Evelyn Waugh in the context of an article on the current immigration crisis in Europe. The editor, Herbert London, begins by questioning whether the policies of Angela Merkel may have stretched the … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Non-fiction, Remote People
Tagged Angela Merkel, Asia Times, immigration crisis
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Waugh Reading on BBC Radio 4
Humorist Craig Brown has included a reading from Waugh for his appearance on the BBC Radio 4 series With Great Pleasure. The program asks each participant to choose favorite book passages from their lifetime of reading. Among Brown’s choices is … Continue reading
Posted in Labels, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Craig Brown, With Great Pleasure
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First Edition of Brideshead to be Auctioned
Today’s papers report that a rare pre-publication copy of Brideshead Revisited belonging to the late Duchess of Devonshire (born Deborah Mitford) will be auctioned by Southeby’s. Here is the story from the Guardian: The items include a true first edition of … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, First Editions, Items for Sale, Letters, Newspapers, Ronald Knox
Tagged Deborah Mitford, Financial Times, Guardian, Southeby's
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Waugh’s Encounter
It has long been known that Encounter magazine, a leading cultural journal during the cold war, was secretly backed by funds from the CIA. This information came out during the protest movement in the Vietnam War period, and the magazine’s … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Collections, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Encounter, National Post, Robert Fulford
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U and Non-U Updated
In a posting on the academic weblog The Conversation, Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford, Simon Horobin, has updated Nancy Mitford’s 1955 essay on class distinctions of usage in English speech and manners. Waugh’s contribution to the public debate … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Oxford
Tagged Nancy Mitford, New Statesman, Noblesse Oblige, Simon Horobin, The Conservation
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Waugh in Djibouti
The Daily Beast, an internet newspaper that it owes its title to Waugh, has run a background article on the small east African nation of Djibouti. Their correspondent Tim Mak made a trip to the country which is now host to … Continue reading
