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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Monsignor Rittig Revisited
The Zagreb newspaper Večernji list has published an interview of the writer and religion scholar Margareta Matijevic who has recently written a book about the Yugoslav priest and politician Svetozar Rittig. From what I can gather from the computerized translation … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Diaries, Interviews, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Croatia, Svetozar Rittig, Večernji List, Yugoslavia
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BBC to Rebroadcast Brideshead Radio Series
BBC has announced their rebroadcast of the radio version of Brideshead Revisited. This is in the adaptation by Jeremy Front and will appear over four episodes beginning next Monday, 25 May at 1000a on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Each episode … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Radio, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4 Extra, Jeremy Front
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Waugh in Iberia
The Lisbon paper Diario de Noticias has begun the publication of a long article by Antonio Arauja entitled “Uma educação sentimental”. The paper is published weekly and the story’s first installment was printed in last week’s edition. It is essentially … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Labels, Newspapers
Tagged Antonio Arauja, Diario de Noticias, La Opinion de Malaga, Lisbon, Seville
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Waugh’s Selfie
In a recent post we mentioned Evelyn Waugh’s appearance in a response to Spectator competition #3148-Selfie. This was set by Lucy Vickery in the 10,000th edition of the magazine: ‘Some famous painters are thought to have slipped small self-portraits into … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Evelyn Waugh, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged J C H Mounsey, Spectator Competition 3148
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Brideshead Webinar Scheduled for 28 May
Castle Howard has announced a webinar to be conducted via Twitter on Thursday, 28 May. Here’s the text of the announcement: The 28th May will mark the 75th Anniversary of the first publication of Brideshead Revisited. Our Curator will run a … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Events
Tagged Castle Howard, Chris Ridgway, Webinar
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Another Tourist in Africa
What is probably Evelyn Waugh’s least read book is A Tourist in Africa (1960). Cyril Connolly proclaimed it to be “quite the thinnest piece of book-making which Mr Waugh has undertaken.” The hardback copies were remaindered after his death and … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Nation (Kenya), John Fox
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Evelyn Waugh and “Sylvia Scarlett”
The Turner Classic Movies channel will tomorrow broadcast the 1935 George Cukor adaptation of Compton MacKenzie’s 1918 novel The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett. Waugh came close to adapting the screenplay for the film. According to TCM’s notes … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Interviews, Television Programs
Tagged George Cukor, John Collier, Turner Classic Movies
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Roundup: Booklists Abound
There have been several lists of recommended books or TV adaptations published in the last week as the Wuhan coronavirus lockdown continues. A number of these have included works by Evelyn Waugh: –The Daily Telegraph published two “Top 100” lists … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Forbes magazine, Harper's Bazaar, New York Public Library, Quadrant, Sight & Sound
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Waugh Transformed
Simon Heffer in the Daily Telegraph has written an article entitled “How the Second World War transformed British literature”. The subject is a good bit more narrow than the title suggests. In fact, he considers primarily how WWII transformed the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Graham Greene, Simon Heffer
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Waugh’s V-E Day
Milena Borden has forwarded the following article to commemorate the 75th anniversary of V-E Day as experienced by Evelyn Waugh: A few days before the Victory in Europe (V-E Day), which marked the formal end of Hitler’s war, Waugh was … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Helena, Interviews, Waugh in Abyssinia, World War II
Tagged Benito Mussolini, V-E Day
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