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Category Archives: Waugh in Abyssinia
Waugh’s Politics Surveyed in “The Critic”
The Critic magazine has published another article on Evelyn Waugh following hard on the short article by Eleanor Doughty dealing with Brideshead Revisited, discussed in two previous posts. The latest posting is a feature length article by Bruce Newsome who … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law, Vile Bodies, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Bruce Newsome, Politics, The Critic
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Juneteenth Roundup
–A recent article in the Times newspaper criticizes plans for reopening some schools after lockdown with what it sees as a confusing “blend” of in-school live and at-home online teaching. Alex Massie opens the article with a quote from Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe, Waugh in Abyssinia, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Daily Mail, Il Primato Nazionale, Information.dk, Jakob Illeborg, Kenyon Review, London Library, The Times
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Waugh’s V-E Day
Milena Borden has forwarded the following article to commemorate the 75th anniversary of V-E Day as experienced by Evelyn Waugh: A few days before the Victory in Europe (V-E Day), which marked the formal end of Hitler’s war, Waugh was … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Helena, Interviews, Waugh in Abyssinia, World War II
Tagged Benito Mussolini, V-E Day
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Penguin Promotes Waugh
Penguin Books, Waugh’s UK paperback publisher since the 1930s, has posted an article by literary journalist John Self about Waugh’s works, most of which are in print in Penguin editions (including some volumes of the attractive 2011 hardback series). The … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Labels, Twitter, Waugh in Abyssinia, When the Going Was Good
Tagged John Self, Penguin Books
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Roundup: Satire in a Divisive Age
—The Times last week carried an opinion article by James Marriott in which he welcomed the announcement that the political satire TV series Spitting Image will return to the screen. But he wonders whether, in the current age of divisive … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Gentleman's Journal, Hannah Rothschild, RTV Slovenija, Satire, The Lady, The Times, TLS, Town & Country, Will Self
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Waugh News from Slovenia and Sweden
The Slovenian online newspaper Ljubljanske Novice has published a brief review of the recent translation of Scoop into Slovenian (Esklusiva). See previous post. The novel is described as: …a satire on journalism. Waugh wrote the novel in part from the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Expressen, Ljubljanske Novice, Slovenia, Sweden
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Samuel Hynes (1924-2019) R.I.P.
Another veteran American literary scholar and critic died earlier this month at Princeton . This was Samuel Hynes, WWII veteran fighter pilot and retired Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature at Princeton University. He was 95. His best known critical work … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged New York Times, Samuel Hynes
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Abyssinian War: Hospital Bombardment (More)
Reader Dave Lull has accessed a full copy of the State Crime Journal’s article “Between Sovereignty and Race: The Bombardment of Hospitals in the Italo-Ethiopian War and the Colonial Imprint of International Law” mentioned in a recent post. (Thanks to Dave for … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Daily Mail, State Crime Journal
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Abyssinian Roundup
–A new study of the Italo-Ethiopian War examines charges that the Italian side systematically bombed hospitals. This is “Between Sovereignty and Race: The Bombardment of Hospitals in the Italo-Ethiopian War and the Colonial Imprint of International Law” appearing in the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Remote People, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Colonialism, Conrad Black, Italo-Abyssinian War, Spectator, State Crime Journal
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Conference to Consider War Correspondents Between the Wars
A conference will be convened on 9-10 May at the University of Angers, France, to consider the history of war correspondents reporting during the period between the two world wars. The title of the conference is “Correspondants de guerre: aire … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Newspapers, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged George Steer, University of Angers, War Correspondents
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