Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh

Waugh and St Dominic’s Dursley

Richard Barton has posted on the internet the text of a booklet published in 1989 in which he wrote the history of Roman Catholic worship in Dursley, Gloucestershire, from 1933 to 1989. Dursley is the town next to the village of … Continue reading

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Waugh Character in List of Oxford Notables

The Oxford Royale Academy, which offers summer school and other college preparatory instruction, has published in its promotional materials a list of 8 of the most famous Oxford literary characters. Included on the list is Sebastian Flyte: In reality, Oxford … Continue reading

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BBC Repeats Panel on Decline and Fall

BBC Radio 4 is repeating the 2013 panel program on Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. This is part of the series entitled “In Our Time” hosted by Melvin Bragg: David Bradshaw, John Bowen and Ann Pasternak Slater join Melvyn … Continue reading

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Waugh in the OED

The Oxford English Dictionary has made available an inventory of its quotations of Evelyn Waugh’s works. This is cached on Google at this link. According to this summary, Waugh is the 775th most quoted author and Put Out More Flags is his most … Continue reading

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Princeton Salutatorian Wrote Thesis on Waugh

Princeton University’s salutatorian this year is Esther Kim. She will deliver a Latin oration at next week’s graduation ceremony. According to a Princeton press release, she is an English major and wrote her senior thesis on a topic that included Evelyn … Continue reading

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Vogue Reprints 1928 Waugh Article

As part of the 100th anniversary celebration of its British edition, Vogue has posted on the internet an October 1928 article by Evelyn Waugh (“Turning Over New Leaves”). This article includes reviews of several books issued in the publishers’ Fall … Continue reading

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Waugh on Champagne in WSJ

Evelyn Waugh’s advice on when to drink champagne is offered again in a Wall Street Journal article on the subject. As noted in an earlier post, this comes from an article he wrote for Vogue magazine near the end of … Continue reading

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Daily Mail Reviews Brideshead Again

The Daily Mail, which published one of the most positive reviews of the stage production of Brideshead Revisited now touring England (see earlier post), has posted another review. This latest  version is by Robert Gore-Langton, who saw the performance at Bath and is … Continue reading

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Waugh and Patrick Leigh Fermor

In a posting on the Patrick Leigh Fermor Society website there is a reference in which Evelyn Waugh is quoted as describing Leigh Fermor and Joan Rayner (later his wife) as “the Nicotine Maniac and his girl.” This appears in a … Continue reading

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The Long Weekend (More)

D.J. Taylor has reviewed Adrian Tinniswood’s book The Long Weekend in the Wall Street Journal. This is a social history of Britain between the wars. Both Alec and Evelyn Waugh merit attention in Taylor’s article, which is entitled “Do not … Continue reading

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