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Category Archives: Waugh in Abyssinia
Others in Abyssinia
Duncan McLaren has posted a new chapter (“In Search of Scoop”) on his website relating to Waugh’s second trip to Abyssinia in 1935. This is based on the book Waugh in Abyssinia but is supplemented by the writings of three … Continue reading
Lecture on Tom Burns at LSE
LSE has announced a lecture next Thursday (21 February) on the subject of Tom Burns’ WWII espionage career in Spain. His connection with Evelyn Waugh is mentioned in the announcement: In 1940, Tom Burns, a young British Catholic publisher and friend … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Edmund Campion, Lectures, London, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged London School of Economics, Tom Burns
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Sunday Roundup: from Rails to Balls
–The new railroad line from Djibouti to Addis Ababa is featured in a recent illustrated story in the Irish Times. This project was financed by the Chinese and was placed into full operation earlier this year. The service is now … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Black Mischief, Catholicism, Edmund Campion, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Remote People, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Catholic Herald, Daily Mail, Irish Times, TLS
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Scoop Hotel in Addis Reopens
The South China Morning Post has a feature length article about the reopening of the Taitu Hotel in Addis Ababa. This is written by Ian Gill who made a recent visit. His story opens with this: The ghost of William … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Addis Ababa, Ian Gill, South China Morning Post, Taitu Hotel
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Waugh in History
Waugh is cited in the context of two quite different works of history: In the current issue of the magazine First Things (journal of the nonsectarian Institute on Religion and Public Life), there is a review of a book by … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Newspapers, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Ayyaantuu News, Ethiopia, First Things, Liturgical Reforms, Vatican II
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Evelyn Waugh at the Hay Festival
An article in Vanity Fair describes an event at this year’s Literary Festival in Hay-on-Wye that featured a reading from a work of Evelyn Waugh. So far as appeared from the schedule, there were no events in which a Waugh … Continue reading
Ethiopia Explicated: Waugh and Wakanda
In an article posted on the news website Taki’s Magazine, journalist and blogger Steve Sailer offers what seems a good summary history of Ethiopia. Perhaps central to his explanation of why an ancient Christian civilization and monarchy survived in the … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Remote People, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia, When the Going Was Good
Tagged "Wakanda", Adam Nebbs, Counter-Currents.com, Ethiopia, James J O'Meara, South China Morning Post, Steve Sailer, Taki's Magazine
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Waugh in Abyssinia Again
Evelyn Waugh is quoted prominently in an article appearing on an Ethiopian news website called ethioexplorer.com. The quote is in the original English although the text of the article is in Amharic: “Abyssinia could not claim recognition on equal terms … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Battle of Adowa, ethioexplorer.com, Ethiopia
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Wavian Roundup
—The Guardian reviews the new book by Nicholas Shakespeare, who wrote and directed the BBC’s 1980’s Arena TV documentary series known as The Waugh Trilogy. The book is entitled Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged BBC News, Carlos Villar Flor, Guardian, Nicholas Shakespeare, Rioja2.com, telegrams
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Wavian Echoes from Abyssinian War
Milena Borden has sent the following article based on a recent event reported in Italy (see link) that recalls Waugh’s coverage of the Abyssinian War: Earlier this year, in Italy, the mayor and two town councillors of the town of … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Abyssinia, Rodolfo Graziani
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