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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Waugh in the LARB
The Los Angeles Review of Books contains references to Waugh in two of this months’ issues. The first is in a review of a book entitled Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles, by David Ulin, a transplanted New Yorker, … Continue reading
Posted in Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged Clive James, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Review of Books
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Waugh on Party Dresses
The Daily Telegraph has run an article by its Fashion Features Director containing advice on the choice of the appropriate party dress for various occasions during the upcoming holiday season. One bit of guidance offered is that by Evelyn Waugh: ‘Her clothes … Continue reading
Waugh’s Neoligisms
Novelist and critic D.J. Taylor contributed a column on neologisms to the Independent newspaper earlier this month. This was inspired by the release of the Collins dictionary’s latest list of the top new words for this year. These included “Corbynomics”, “dadbod” … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Vile Bodies
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Independent newspaper, neologisms
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Carly Simon, Brideshead Fan
The Daily Mail has published a review of the memoirs of singer-songwriter Carly Simon, Boys in the Trees. The article, by Tom Leonard, mentions how her life was affected by the 1980s Granada TV adaptation of Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited: … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Television
Tagged Carly Simon, Daily Mail
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Sword of Honour Study in Sewanee Review
The U.S. based academic literary journal Sewanee Review (v. 123, No. 4, Fall 2015) has published an essay by Robert G. Walker entitled “The Rough-Hewn Patterns of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honor.” Although no abstract is available, some introductory material is reproduced. It begins with … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Sword of Honour
Tagged Robert G. Walker, Sewanee Review
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Waugh and Father Pro
Waugh’s biography Edmund Campion is quoted in a Roman Catholic blog maintained by Stephanie Mann, author of the book Supremacy and Survival: How Catholics Endured the English Reformaton. The article in question is about Fr. Miguel Pro, a Mexican Jesuit who … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Edmund Campion, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Fr. Miguel Pro, Stephanie Mann, Supremacy and Survival
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Waugh and George Steer
In a story about the upcoming release of a major English language film production entitled Gernika (Basque for Guernica), the Cape Argus (a South African newspaper) recalls Evelyn Waugh’s assessment of a fellow journalist in the Abyssinian War, George Steer. … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Non-fiction, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia, World War II
Tagged Abyssinia, Cape Argus, George Steer
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Waugh Themes Appear in Two New Works
Reviews of two new works refer to themes first appearing in Waugh’s fiction. “Misery,” a play by William Goldman based on a novel by Stephen King has opened in New York and is reviewed in the Wall Street Journal. It is … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Theater
Tagged Guardian, Misery, Stephen King, Wall Street Journal
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Dominic Sandbrook Revisits Brideshead
The BBC is currently running a series on the history of British post-war popular culture. It is presented by historian and writer, Dominic Sandbrook, and entitled Let Us Entertain You. The second episode (“In With the Old”) was devoted to the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Documentaries, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, British Popular Culture, Dominic Sandbrook
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Waugh Out of Context
Writer Joseph Epstein in the latest issue of Commentary magazine reviews Richard Bradford’s book Literary Rivals. The article entitled, “‘You Stink’, He Explained”, opens with a quote from Evelyn Waugh: “Humility is not a virtue propitious to the artist. It is often … Continue reading →