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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Virginia Troy: A Champagne Flute with an Iron Spine
An essay by Washington-based writer Eve Tushnet has been posted on the website of the conservative think tank Russell Kirk Center. This is entitled: “Champagne Flute with an Iron Spine: Dystopia and Providence in Five Novels.” Her topic is five … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Eve Tushnet, Joseph Pearce, National Catholic Register, Russell Kirk Center
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D J Taylor on the Roman-à-Clef
In this week’s TLS, D J Taylor has contributed an essay in the Freelance column entitled “Write who you know: Ending up in a roman-à-clef.” This begins with a discussion of the four post-war novels written by William Cooper, starting … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Politiken, roman-à-clef, TLS
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Waugh and the Sitwells
The Daily Mail reports in Sebastian Shakespeare’s gossip column that the Sitwell family is selling off one of its principal properties: The Sitwells were once among the most celebrated of society families, inspiring the quip that they belonged to ‘the … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Renishaw Hall, Sitwell Family, Weston Hall
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Waugh’s Religious Conversion
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent in the Western Christian churches, and perhaps in recognition of this date, the Catholic Herald has reposted an article from April 2016 relating to Waugh’s conversion to the Roman Catholic faith. This … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Catholicism, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Catholic Herald, Constance Watson
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Shrove Tuesday Roundup
–The BBC has announced plans to release a collection of audio recordings of Jeremy Front’s radio adaptations of several works by Evelyn Waugh. This will include Brideshead Revisited and Decline and Fall as well as several others not identified specifically … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Audiobooks, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC Radio, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, LitHub.com, Sally Rooney, The Times
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Upcoming Waugh Events
Two Waugh-related events have been announced for late next month. Unfortunately, they occur on the same day but do not necessarily conflict: –The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh Project in Leicester has announced a reading from a new play based … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Events, Festivals, Oxford, Theater
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Loughborough, Sophie Swithinbank
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Otto Silenus Rides Again in New Criterion
The cutural journal New Criterion posts an editorial in its current issue relating to the recent announcement of a new Federal policy on architectural style. This is entitled “Decline, fall & rise: On ‘Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again’”. The article … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged architecture, Hugo Charteris, New Criterion
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Town & Country Remembers Waugh
This month 75 years ago Town & Country magazine, based in New York, completed the serial publication of Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited with its fourth monthly installment issued in February 1945. This abbreviated version preceded by several months the first … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Lettice Lygon, Town & Country
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Nancy Mitford Joins Waugh Pantheon
In his latest posting, Duncan McLaren has Nancy Mitford join Evelyn Waugh’s friends gathering for the imagined reunion at the upcoming Brideshead Festival at Castle Howard. See previous posts. In this entry, Mitford muses over her first two novels (Highland … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Festivals, Humo(u)r, Vile Bodies
Tagged Duncan McLaren, Nancy Mitford
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