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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Craig Brown’s 100 Favorites
The Daily Mail has published a list of humorist Craig Brown’s 100 favorite books. He explains that these are not necesarily his picks for “greatest” books but those he most enjoyed reading and would recommend to a friend. It is … Continue reading
Weekend Roundup: Waugh in the Book Reviews
The Daily Telegraph reviews a book by Julie Summers entitled Our Uninvited Guests about the wartime use of British country houses to shelter evacuated refugees from the bombed out cities or provide military bases. The review is by Robert Leigh-Pemberton … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Helena, Letters, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, World War II
Tagged America, Bob Dylan, Daily Telegraph, Margaret Millar, Mark Twain, Ross McDonald, Thomas Merton, Wall Street Journal
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First Volume of Complete Essays, Articles and Reviews Now for Sale in USA
Volume 26 of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh: Essays, Articles and Reviews 1922-1934 is now for sale in the USA. This is a few weeks ahead of the previously announced USA release date of 1 May 2018. The book was … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Collections, Complete Works, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Donat Gallagher
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West Virginian Poverty and African Diversity
Mark Sadd writing an opinion column in the Charleston (WVa) Gazette-Mail opens with this quote from Evelyn Waugh: “Ah, well,” wrote Evelyn Waugh, “to the journalist every country is rich.” And to the media, one can add, every West Virginian … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Africa, Charleston Gazette-Mail, Mark Sadd, Steve Sailer, Taki's Magazine, West Virginia
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Happy Warriors to Broadcast
A London theater website (mytheatremates.com) has announced that a performance of Happy Warriors, the play about Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill in WWII Yugoslavia, will be recorded for broadcast. In connection with this, tickets for the performance on Friday, 13 … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, London, Television Programs, Theater, World War II
Tagged broadcast, Happy Warriors, James Hugh Macdonald, London Live, MyTheatreMates.com, Paul Vale, thestage.co.uk, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
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Yugoslavia and Ishmaelia
Dr Robert Hickson has posted another of his “essays” on Waugh’s life and works on the weblog catholicism.org. These should not be mistaken for religious dicussions but are rather compilations of writings from Waugh’s works or memoirs of his contemporaries … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Humo(u)r, Scoop, Theater, World War II
Tagged Abyssinia, Erich Wagner, Happy Warriors, Randolph Churchill, Robert Hickson, Yugoslavia
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From African Kleptocracy to Spark’s Legacy
A feature length article in the Australian edition of the Spectator deals with the political flap over policy toward immigration of white South African farrmers into Australia. This is entitled “Kleptocracy on the Cape” by Thomas Jones and opens with … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop, Television Programs
Tagged Africa, Guardian, Leo Robson, Muriel Spark, New Statesman, Rachel Cooke, Spectator (Australia)
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Weekend Roundup: From Sword of Honour to Women of Knossos
In a recent issue of The Australian, Greg Sheridan writes about how his countrymen should deal with the shame of the recent cricket cheating scandal. This is entitled “National brand needs tending, not tears.” As an example of how the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Labels, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Boris Izaguirre, El Huffpost, kath.net, The Australian, The National Review, Weekly Standard
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