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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Scoop with Squash Rackets
A blogger on a squash rackets weblog is posting a serial retelling of Scoop in which the mistaken identity is wrapped up in squash trivia. Here’s a link to the first installment, entitled “Desert Places (à la Evelyn Waugh).” In this case, … Continue reading
Posted in Scoop
Tagged Ian Jack, Parodies, Squash Rackets, The Telegraph (Calcutta)
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Waugh’s Murals
The Tablet carries an interesting story of how the murals in the Lady Chapel at Campion Hall, Oxford came to be painted. They were funded from the sale of Waugh’s biography, Edmund Campion, although Waugh himself had no role in choosing … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Edmund Campion
Tagged Campion Hall, Martin D'Arcy, The Tablet
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David Bowie, Waugh Fan (more)
In an earlier post, David Bowie’s appreciation of Waugh’s work was noted. An arts blogger (Dan Shepelavy) offers additional information. According to his article “Bright Young Things, Part 2: Bowie Edition,” Bowie’s album Aladdin Sane was inspired by his reading of … Continue reading
Nicholas Lezard’s Waugh Moment
In his column in this week’s New Statesman, journalist and critic Nicholas Lezard experiences a Waugh moment worthy of note. While looking for excuses to delay preparations for a trip to the U.S., he is introduced to his daughter’s new boyfriend. … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged New Statesman, Nicholas Lezard
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Waugh’s Life of Ronald Knox Cited
A nondenominational religious Blog has included a lengthy cite from Waugh’s biography of Ronald Knox. This relates to Waugh’s discussion of Knox’s friendship with Guy Lawrence. The two became acquainted when Knox, then still an Anglican, was chaplain at Trinity … Continue reading
Posted in Ronald Knox
Tagged Fr. Bede Jarrett, Guy Lawrence
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Waugh Letters Discovered at Maggs Bros
The Financial Times reports the closure of Maggs Bros. bookstore in Berkeley Square where it has been located for about 80 years. The plan is to move to new premises yet to be located. One advantage of the move has … Continue reading
Posted in Letters
Tagged Financial Times, Maggs Bros. Ltd.
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Waugh Venue to be Converted into Houses
The Easton Court Hotel where Waugh wrote several books, including most of Brideshead Revisited, is being turned into two private houses according to the Western Morning News. The owners tried unsuccessfully to sell it as a hotel for 1 1/2 years … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Easton Court Hotel, Western Morning News
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Simon Winchester, Waugh Reader
This week’s “By the Book” column in the New York Times features an interview of British journalist and author Simon Winchester. His most recent book is entitled Pacific, a nonfiction work about that area of the world. In answer to the … Continue reading
Posted in Vile Bodies
Tagged New York Times, Simon Winchester
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Brideshead Among Forerunners of Gay Lit Opening
In today’s Independent, Boyd Tonkin identifies Patricia Highsmith’s novel on which the new film Carol is based as an early example of ground-breaking gay literature. The Lesbian romance was originally published in 1952 as The Price of Salt but under a pseudonym … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film
Tagged Boyd Tonkin, Independent newspaper, Patricia Highsmith
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