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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Waugh Anniversary Events Announced
The University of Leicester has announced the details of the first in what will be of a series of events to mark the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death in 1966. These include a monthly book group session starting on Monday 18 January. This will … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Film
Tagged University of Leicester
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Brideshead Again Named One of Top TV Period Dramas
British internet and cable service provider, BT TV, has issued a list of what it considers the top TV period drama series. Granada’s Brideshead Revisited production for ITV is one of those listed. Among other British productions on BT’s list of the top … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film
Tagged BT TV
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Death of a Waugh Fan
The papers have announced today the death of singer-songwriter David Bowie (1947-2016). He was just 2 days past his 69th birthday. Bowie was unusually widely read for a popular musician, and one of his fans posted the list of his 100 favorite … Continue reading
Waugh and Post-Christmas Nostalgia
On a website called Blog of a Country Priest, Fr. John Corrigan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat in Australia recalls a passage from Brideshead Revisited as he takes down the Christmas tree in his parish church: He took out … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism
Tagged Christmas trees
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Floreat Bullingdon
The Daily Beast has published an article by Nick Mutch reviewing the history of Oxford’s Bullingdon Club. The private and secretive club has been much in the news lately because of the membership of three leading Conservative Party politicians: David … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Oxford
Tagged Bullingdon Club, Nick Mutch, The Daily Beast
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Waugh’s Agony Aunt
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the “Dear Abby” newspaper column, the Daily Telegraph has compiled a list of the most notable agony aunts in literature, TV and film. Waugh qualifies for a character from The Loved One: GURU BRAHMIN … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged agony aunts, Daily Telegraph, Dear Abby
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The Death of the Gentleman and Brideshead Unvisited
The latest issue of the St. Austin Review entitled “Evelyn Waugh Revisited” has now been published. See earlier post. An online announcement includes a full table of contents as well as the complete copy of an article by Frank Brownlow entitled “Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall
Tagged Christine Berberich, Frank Brownlow, St Austin Review, The Image of the English Gentleman in Twenthieth Century Literature
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U and Non-U Updated
In a posting on the academic weblog The Conversation, Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford, Simon Horobin, has updated Nancy Mitford’s 1955 essay on class distinctions of usage in English speech and manners. Waugh’s contribution to the public debate … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Oxford
Tagged Nancy Mitford, New Statesman, Noblesse Oblige, Simon Horobin, The Conservation
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Mrs. Luce’s Dinner Party
The Spectator’s gossip columnist Taki Theodoracopulos recalls descriptions of a dinner party given by Waugh for Clare Boothe Luce. The column (“On the consolations of old age”) appears in the latest issue of a publication entitled Spectator Life which is available … Continue reading
Posted in Letters
Tagged Clare Boothe Luce, Spectator Life, Taki
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Quarreling with Waugh
In an interview posted earlier today by ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Clive James is asked by Mark Colvin for more insight into his recent rereading of Waugh’s Sword of Honour: I’m always re-reading it. Always quarreling with him. But you always … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Radio Programs, Sword of Honour
Tagged Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Clive James, Edward St. Aubyn, John Carey, Mark Colvin
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