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Category Archives: Robbery Under Law
Prize-Winning Essay About “Robbery Under Law”
A review has appeared in the Mexican newspaper Milenio about an essay relating to Waugh’s 1939 book Robbery Under Law. The essay is written in Spanish by Armando González Torres and is entitled “¡País de ladrones! Evelyn Waugh y México” … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Armando Gonzalez Torrres, Malcolm Lowry Prize, Mexico, Milenio
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Thanksgiving Roundup
–Author William Giraldi contributed an essay to Commonweal magazine as part of a series in which Roman Catholic intellectuals explain why they have left or remained in the church. A Catholic from birth, his article was posted on the magazine’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Edmund Campion, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law, Scoop
Tagged Catholic Herald, Commonweal, Daily Express, Literary Hub, Money Week, Stephanie Mann, William Geraldi
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English Writers in Mexico
A link to an article on English writers in Mexico has been posted on the internet by ProQuest. This was written by Simon Carnell and appeared in 2015 over several issues of the University of Manchester’s journal PN Review. It … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Research, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Mexico, PN Review, Simon Carnell
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Roundup: From Australia to Europe via Mexico
–A recent issue of The Australian has an essay by Paul Monk entitled “Western Civilisation: A primer for willing readers.” This includes a broad consideration of liberal arts educational experiences over the years. Among those discussed are the Oxford years … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Put Out More Flags, Remote People, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Alex Murray, Edward Gibbon, FiveBooks, Junge Welt, Project MUSE, The Australian, TLS
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Waugh and Brexit (more)
Waugh gets several mentions in the weeklies in connection with the Brexit debate. Two of these relate to Tory politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, a leading proponent of Brexit. These are based on Dominic Green’s interview of Rees-Mogg for The Weekly Standard on … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Robbery Under Law, Scoop
Tagged Dominic Green, Roger Kimball, The Spectator, The Weekly Standard
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Roundup: Picture This
A remarkable photo of Evelyn Waugh has been posted on the men’s clothing website Voxsartoria. This is from 1950, although the name of the photographer is not given. What is most noticeable about the photo is the lighting on the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Newspapers, Photographs, Robbery Under Law, Waugh Family
Tagged alamy.com, BBC, Five Books, Jacob Rees-Mogg, The New European, Voxsartoria
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Waugh and Fake News
The Mexican newspaper Milenio, which is published in several editions in all the major Mexican cities, has printed a feature length article on Evelyn Waugh. This is by Danubio Torres Fierro and is entitled “Las fake news según Evelyn Waugh” … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Biographies, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Danubio Torres Fierro, Mexico, Milenio, Philip Eade
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Piers Court for Sale
Waugh’s country house in Gloucestershire has been listed for sale according to Country Life magazine. The listing agent is Knight, Frank and the asking price is £3 million. The article by Penny Churchill explains that the current owners, who have lived … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Items for Sale, Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Robbery Under Law, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Anna Temkin, Country Life, Daily Post (Wales), Knight Frank, Penny Churchill, Piers Court, Plas Dulas, R M Dawkins, The Times
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Essay re Waugh’s Edmund Campion Posted
Gerard Kilroy has posted an essay in which he traces Waugh’s inspiration for his book Edmund Campion and its publishing history. Kilroy is author of a recent biography of Edmund Campion and co-editor of the OUP’s projected Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh volume … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Edmund Campion, Evelyn Waugh, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Gerard Kilroy, Jesuits in England, thinkingfaith.org
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Evelyn Waugh and Our Lady of Guadalupe
An article posted in the Burkean Journal (produced by students of Trinity College Dublin) describes the importance of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Mexicans and to the history of Mexico. The article uses as its context the painting by Marxist artist … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Burkean Journal, Mexican history, Our Lady of Guadalupe
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