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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
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
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Oxford
Tagged Oxford Royale Academy
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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
Posted in Decline and Fall, Discussions, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, In Our Time
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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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Tagged Oxford English Dictionary
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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
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia
Tagged Esther Kim, Princeton University
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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
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Vogue 100
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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
Posted in Articles, Auberon Waugh, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Champagne, Wall Street Journal
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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
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Theater
Tagged Daily Mail, Robert Gore-Langton
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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
Posted in Letters
Tagged Diana Cooper, Joan Rayner, Patrick Leigh Fermor
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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
Posted in Alec Waugh, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Adrian Tinniswood, Country Houses, D.J.Taylor, Wall Street Journal
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75th Anniversary of Battle of Crete Marked in German Paper
In yesterday’s Süddeutsche Zeitung there is a feature story by Kurt Kister about the Battle of Crete. This was fought 75 years ago this week. Since it was one of the German Army’s last clear victories (although a costly one … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Battle of Crete, Kurt Mister, Süddeutsche Zeitung
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