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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Roundup: From Party Going to Boredom
–A recent issue of Financial Times contains a “Weekend Essay” on the return of the party, to London and New York at least. This is by Alex Bilmes who is editor of Esquire. After reminiscing about how party going shut … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Edmund Campion, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, Work Suspended
Tagged Craig Brown, Daily Mail, Financial Times, Madeleine Kearns, Mail on Sunday, National Catholic Register, The Spectator
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Clarissa Churchill (1920-2021) R.I.P.
One of the last of Evelyn Waugh’s contemporary friends died yesterday. This is Clarissa Churchill. Her father was Jack Churchill, Winston’s younger brother, and she was always close to Winston’s family. She grew up in a house in South Kensington … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Clarissa Churchill, Daily Telegraph
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Waugh on the Internet
–A discussion of Brideshead Revisited is scheduled for later today (13 November, 10am CST) on Meetup.com. Here’s a link. —YouTube has posted a discussion of Evelyn Waugh’s work by two Dominican friars. This is episode 119 in a series called … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Interviews, Radio Programs, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Godsplaining, Meetup.com, YouTube
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Armistice Day Roundup
–Perhaps in anticipation of today’s commemoration, this week’s Sunday Times reviewed a new book by Max Hastings. This is Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace. Here’s an excerpt from the review: The anthology opens with biblical warriors (Joshua at … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Theater
Tagged Daily Mail, Guardian, Penguin Books, Sunday Times
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UChicago Course re Waugh Travel Writing
The University of Chicago’s school of continuing education has announced an 8-week course relating to the travel writing of Evelyn Waugh. This will be a weekly session of lectures each Wednesday in January-February. The lecturer is educator and literary critic … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Lectures, Non-fiction
Tagged Bruce Gans, Travel Writing, University of Chicago
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Brideshead Floribundum
Waugh’s most popular book Brideshead Revisited seems to be getting a lot of attention lately. Much, but not all of this is directed to prior and projected film and TV adaptations: —The Spectator’s supplement Spectator Life several weeks ago posted … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Paste Magazine, RTE, The Spectator, Washington Post
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“The Loved One” Features in Two Events
The 1965 film adaptation of The Loved One will be presented next week at an event in New York City. The presenter is musician Fred Schneider, singer with a group called The B-52s. As described in The Asbury (NJ) Press: … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Film, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Forest Lawn, Fred Schneider, The Asbury (NJ) Press, The Los Angeles County Museum
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Hallowe’en Roundup
–Giles Coren writing in The Times surveys the plight of the male novelist in today’s literary market. After describing the difficulties of getting published in a world where publishers and readers are mostly women as well as the lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Collections, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Waugh Family
Tagged Aleteia, Country Houses, Daily Telegraph, First Things, The Economist, The Times, Wall Street Journal
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Waugh’s 118th Birthday
Yesterday, 28 October, was Evelyn Waugh’s 118th birthday. He was born on that date in 1903. This event was marked in several brief announcements (including one showing that actress Elsa Lanchester was born on the same day, something the two … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall
Tagged Church Militant, Garrison Keillor, The Writer's Almanac, Waugh's Birthday
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Roundup: Great Writers and Happy Danes
–A Korean language paper Seoul Ilbo recently published a background article on Denmark, explaining its reputation as the happiest country in the world. This appeared among its sources for the article: Also, unlike other Nordics, Danes are known for being … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Ronald Knox
Tagged America, Donna Tartt, New Republic, Rick Stein, Seoul Ilbo
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