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Category Archives: Non-fiction
Waugh’s Murals
The Tablet carries an interesting story of how the murals in the Lady Chapel at Campion Hall, Oxford came to be painted. They were funded from the sale of Waugh’s biography, Edmund Campion, although Waugh himself had no role in choosing … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Edmund Campion
Tagged Campion Hall, Martin D'Arcy, The Tablet
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Waugh’s Life of Ronald Knox Cited
A nondenominational religious Blog has included a lengthy cite from Waugh’s biography of Ronald Knox. This relates to Waugh’s discussion of Knox’s friendship with Guy Lawrence. The two became acquainted when Knox, then still an Anglican, was chaplain at Trinity … Continue reading
Posted in Ronald Knox
Tagged Fr. Bede Jarrett, Guy Lawrence
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Waugh’s Pick-Me-Up Cocktail
A New Zealand-based news website (Stuff.co.nz) has included a Waugh-sourced cocktail in an article (“Three ways with…festive fizz“) recommending drinks for the holiday. This is called a “Firestarter,” and Waugh is cited as having introduced it in his writings. Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Labels
Tagged Firestarter, holiday drinks, Stuff.co.nz
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Waugh on Writing x 3
Waugh scores a hat trick in today’s press with three stories citing him on the art of writing. In the Daily Express, Waugh appears in a review of the BBC’s ongoing series based on John Lanchester’s 2012 novel Capital. The … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Interviews, Television
Tagged Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, Harvard Crimson
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Waugh in the Belton House Library
A poem entitled “Belton Park” by writer William Bedford has been posted on The Poetry Shed where he is named a Featured Poet. A c.v. and list of his publications can be seen here. The poem was written in memory of Walter Bedford who is … Continue reading
Posted in Edmund Campion, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Belton House, Peregrine Brownlow, William Bedford
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Waugh and Father Pro
Waugh’s biography Edmund Campion is quoted in a Roman Catholic blog maintained by Stephanie Mann, author of the book Supremacy and Survival: How Catholics Endured the English Reformaton. The article in question is about Fr. Miguel Pro, a Mexican Jesuit who … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Edmund Campion, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Fr. Miguel Pro, Stephanie Mann, Supremacy and Survival
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Waugh and George Steer
In a story about the upcoming release of a major English language film production entitled Gernika (Basque for Guernica), the Cape Argus (a South African newspaper) recalls Evelyn Waugh’s assessment of a fellow journalist in the Abyssinian War, George Steer. … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Non-fiction, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia, World War II
Tagged Abyssinia, Cape Argus, George Steer
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Waugh and the Jesuits
The Jesuit magazine America runs an article in its latest issue about a recent conference on the Roman Catholic Literary Imagination. One of the participants, Mark Bosco, S.J., used the occasion to look back over the 20th century to identify writers … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Conferences, Edmund Campion, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged America, Mark Bosco, Martin D'Arcy, Philip Caraman, Society of Jesus
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Spectator Reviews New Campion Book
In this week’s Spectator there is a review of the new detailed book on the life of Edmund Campion which was mentioned in an earlier post. The reviewer (David Crane) agrees with the publisher’s press release in praising the book … Continue reading
Posted in Edmund Campion
Tagged David Crane, Spectator
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Waugh Out of Context
Writer Joseph Epstein in the latest issue of Commentary magazine reviews Richard Bradford’s book Literary Rivals. The article entitled, “‘You Stink’, He Explained”, opens with a quote from Evelyn Waugh: “Humility is not a virtue propitious to the artist. It is often … Continue reading →