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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Huntington Library acquires major Waugh collection
The Huntington Library in San Marino, California (12 miles west of Los Angeles) has announced the acquisition of a major collection of rare editions and manuscripts of Evelyn Waugh. The collection, consisting of some 250 books and 135 letters and … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Studies, First Editions, Letters, Manuscripts, Ninety-Two Days, The Loved One
Tagged Anthony Powell, Diana Cooper, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Harry Ransom Center, Huntington Library, Loren and Frances Rothschild, Pope John XXIII
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Evelyn Waugh’s ear trumpet vs. £4,000 worth of electronic hearing aids
Alexander Chancellor tries Waugh’s notorious ear trumpet, and is impressed: On Christmas Day, in the Somerset home of my daughter Eliza, and her husband, Alexander Waugh, Evelyn’s grandson, I was offered the novelist’s old ear trumpet to try. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Chattels & Movables, Sightings
Tagged Alexander Chancellor, ear trumpet, Spectator
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Waugh’s last interviewer dies at 90
Novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard died on January 2 in Suffolk. She was the last person to conduct a broadcast interview of Evelyn Waugh. This was for the BBC Monitor documentary series and was transmitted in February 1964. According to her … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Letters, Television, Television Programs
Tagged All Change, BBC, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Face to Face, Martin Amis, Monitor, Slipstream, The Cazalet Chonicles
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Hugh Trevor-Roper on Evelyn Waugh
The current issue of Standpoint reprints a 1986 letter of Hugh Trevor-Roper in which he attempts to explain why he and Evelyn Waugh were not, to put it mildly, close chums. HTR (1914-2003) was an academic who first came to … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Letters, Sightings
Tagged Farm Street Church, Frank Pakenham, Graham Green, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Martin D'Arcy, New Statesman, Vatican II
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Brits in Hollywood
The long-awaited publication of Lisa Colletta’s British Novelists in Hollywood, 1935-1965: Travelers, Exiles, and Expats took place last month in both the US and the UK. Professor Colletta presented a preliminary version of portions of the book relating to Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Miscellaneous, The Loved One
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Hollywood, Lisa Colletta, Waugh Centenary Conference
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Evelyn Waugh 1962 Paris Review interview
In April 1962 Julian Jebb interviewed Evelyn Waugh for the Paris Review: He showed me into a comfortable, soberly furnished room, with a fine view over the trees across Hyde Park. As he moved about the room he repeated twice … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, London
Tagged 1962, Paris Review
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The Culture Show: Writers in the Blitz
A recent episode of the BBC’s series The Culture Show (November 6, 2013), entitled Wars of the Heart, dealt with the experience of several writers during the Blitz. The presenter was James Runcie. The focus was on Graham Greene and … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Documentaries, London, Sightings, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, Graham Greene, Henry Yorke, James Runcie, Lara Feigel, The Culture Show, The Love-Charm of Bombs, Wars of the Heart
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Complete Works project schedules Digital Humanities session at University of Leicester, Nov. 21st
From the overview of the event posted at the University of Leicester IT Services site: Join Martin Stannard, Principal Investigator, and Barbara Cooke, Research Associate, to find out more about the AHRC-funded Evelyn Waugh Project including how it plans to use … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Events
Tagged CWEW, University of Leicester
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Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project schedules 2015 conference
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh (CWEW) project has announced on its new Twitter account (@CWEvelynWaugh) that the 1st International Conference for the project will be held at the University of Leicester, April 23-26, 2015. Additional details will be forthcoming.
Posted in Complete Works, Conferences, Events
Tagged 2015, CWEW, Twitter, University of Leicester
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All Evelyn Waugh fiction now available in audiobook format
All Evelyn Waugh’s works of fiction, both novels and short stories, are now available in audiobook format from Audible.com. The Complete Short Stories includes Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing, Scott-King’s Modern Europe, Love Among the Ruins, Work Suspended, and Basil Seal Rides … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Audiobooks, Biographies, Evelyn Waugh, Fiction
Tagged Audible, Frances Donaldson
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