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Category Archives: Festivals
Another Waugh Literary Debut
The Daily Mail in Richard Eden’s gossip column, reports the literary debut of another descendent of Evelyn Waugh: …Panda La Terriere, his great-granddaughter, has become the talk of the Edinburgh Fringe festival with a play she’s written about someone addicted … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Newspapers, Theater
Tagged Daily Mail, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Isle of Muck, Naomi Adedokun, Panda La Terriere
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Evelyn Waugh at the Hay Festival
An article in Vanity Fair describes an event at this year’s Literary Festival in Hay-on-Wye that featured a reading from a work of Evelyn Waugh. So far as appeared from the schedule, there were no events in which a Waugh … Continue reading
Alexander Waugh to Chair Panel at Literary Leicester Festival
A panel has been announced for the Literary Leicester Festival on the subject “Remembering Alexander Chancellor (1940-2017).” He was editor and contributor to several journals, including most notably The Spectator. The panel will he chaired by Alexander Waugh, his son-in-law … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Festivals, Humo(u)r
Tagged Alexander Chancellor, Literary Leicester Festival, University of Leicester
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Interview at Castle Howard
The Sunday Times published an interview earlier this month of Victoria Howard. She is described as the new chatelaine of Castle Howard in North Yorkshire where both the TV and cinema versions of Brideshead Revisited were filmed. She refuses to … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Film, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Castle Howard, Eleanor Doughty, Sunday Times, Victoria Howard
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Evelyn Waugh at the National Trust, Edinburgh Festival and Houston,TX
Evelyn Waugh is appearing all over the place in today’s media reports: In the internet newspaper iNews, there is a story about problems being rained upon the National Trust, one of Britain’s once most beloved institutions. The Trust are the stewards of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Al Murray, Edinburgh Festival, Houston TX, iNews, Letters Live, National Trust, The American Conservative, Waugh Drive Bridge
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Waugh Events Announced
There will be a panel on Evelyn Waugh at the Blenheim Palace Festival of Literature, Film & Music in October. This will consist of Paula Byrne, Alex Preston and Justine Picardie who will discuss the life and loves of Evelyn Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Festivals, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Alex Preston, Blenheim Palace Festival, Harper's Bazaar, Justine Picardie, New York Public Library, Paula Byrne
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Waugh and the Q & A
Humorist Craig Brown writing in the Daily Mail makes a case for the elimination of the Q&A following any vocal presentation by an author. He is particularly bothered by the typical literary festival as a waste of time. In the article, … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Interviews, Lectures, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Craig Brown, Daily Mail
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Waugh Panel at Cologne Literary Festival
A discussion of Evelyn Waugh is scheduled as part of the International Literary Festival “lit.Cologne”. This will be convened on board the ship MS Rhein Energie at Frankenwerft, KD Anleger, 50667 Cologne on Saturday, 18 March 2017, at 21:00pm. Here’s an abbreviated … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Festivals
Tagged Joachim Krol, lit.Cologne, Paul Ingendaay
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