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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Roundup: Anniversaries, Flemings and Nature Writing
–A feature length article in the religious journal Crisis Magazine marks the anniversary of Waugh’s conversion to Roman Catholicism on 29 September 1930. This is written by S A McCarthy and entitled “The Curmudgeonly Catholic: Three Life Lessons from Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Ninety-Two Days, Scoop
Tagged Christie's, Crisis magazine, Financial Times, Ian Fleming, Sydney Morning Herald, The Spectator, The Times newspaper
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Late September Roundup
–A recent issue of the Financial Times carries a story of the impact of Evelyn Waugh and his contemporaries on the latest mens fashions. Here’s an excerpt: This season, menswear has embraced the gimlet-tinged mood of Cecil Beaton’s diaries, the … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Boston Herald, Financial Times, Jonathan Raban, Rupert Murdoch, Washington Post
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Roundup: Book Fair and Vanity Fair
–The Empire State Rare Book and Print Fair in early October has announced its exhibitors and events. This will take place at St Bartholomew’s Church on Park Ave betw. 50th-51st Streets starting 5 October. There are two live events of … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Television, Vile Bodies
Tagged Empire State Book Fair, The Wasteland, Vanity Fair
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Roundup: Events and Architecture
–Waterstones the booksellers have announced a live, in-person interview of Andrew Pettegree on the subject of his latest book entitled “The Book at War”. This will take place on 17 October, 1830-1930p at the Waterstones store in Canterbury, 6-8 Rose … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Interviews, Lectures, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Guardian, House and Garden, University Church Oxford, Waterstones, West Hampstead
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Charlie Watts’s Collection of Waughiana to be Auctioned
Christie’s has announced the sale of the book collection of Charlie Watts, late drummer of the Rolling Stones. Watts was not an ordinary book collector but, as described in Christie’s announcement, had a “deeply thoughtful” taste. This is well defined … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, First Editions, Items for Sale
Tagged Charlie Watts, Christie's, The Rolling Stones
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Dog Days Roundup
–Will Lloyd, commissioning editor of the New Statesman, has written an interesting and enjoyable article in that journal summarizing why Evelyn Waugh’s works have outlived those of his contemporaries. This is entitled: “Evelyn Waugh is laughing at you: His lethally … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged cleveland.com, Daily Telegraph, Dawn Powell, George Orwell, New Criterion, New Statesman, Sunday Telegraph, Will Lloyd
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Roundup
–The New Statesman has an article by Josiah Gogarty entitled “Only snobbery can stop Elon Musk: Class prejudice is the last weapon against tech titans.” Waugh makes a contribution: …Then there’s the more squeamish side of elitism: class snobbery. This … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Internet, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Mechanics Institute, New Statesman, The Sunday Times, University Challenge
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Evelyn Waugh Studies 54.1 (Spring 2023) Posted
The latest issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been posted. Here is a summary of its contents from the Society’s secretary Jamie Collinson: It’s not often that someone finds a new angle into Waugh that yields genuine insight, … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Festivals, Letters
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