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Category Archives: Combe Florey
Waugh and Mitford: Grave Problems
Waugh’s friend Nancy Mitford is in the news relating to the publication in the USA of her biography by Laura Thompson, Life in a Cold Climate. See previous posts. The Wall Street Journal (10 January 2020) has a favorable review by … Continue reading
Posted in Combe Florey, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged graveyards, Laura Thompson, LitHub.com, Nancy Mitford, Wall Street Journal
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Weekend Roundup: Somerset in the News
Most of our Waugh news in this week’s roundup come from or relates to the county of Somerset: An Australian radio program on the ABC network announces the upcoming TV series on the career of politician Jeremy Thorpe. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Ronald Knox, Waugh Family
Tagged ABC Network, Ancedotal Evidence, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jeremy Thorpe, John Preston, Somerset Live, The Farmers Arma, The New European
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Dursley in the News
The Mirror has identified Dursley (where Evelyn Waugh lived from 1937-1956) as a “commuter hotspot”. This is determined by its proximity to Bristol and is measured by the annual growth in housing prices. The Mirror puts Dursley at #2 in … Continue reading
Posted in Combe Florey, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Dursley, Gloucestershirelive.com, Piers Court, Stinchcombe, The Mirror
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Take a Pew, or Not, as the Case May Be
In “The Times Diary” column of today’s edition of the paper, Patrick Kidd writes this about relations between Evelyn Waugh and John Betjeman: WAUGH OF WORDS Visitors to Combe Florey, the family home of Evelyn and Auberon Waugh, used to … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Combe Florey, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Cecil Beaton, John Betjeman, Jonathan Smith, New Statesman, Patrick Kidd, The Times
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Alastair Graham, Steven Runciman and More Misfits
A blogger named John (who lives in the Southern US) posted on his weblog Notes from a Common-place Book a report of his recent trip to England. This posting is dated 4 September 2017. He sought out gravesites of writers he considered “misfits” … Continue reading
Waugh Ear Trumpet to be Displayed in Glastonbury
BBC Radio Somerset has interviewed the director of the South West Heritage Trust which recently acquired one of Evelyn Waugh’s ear trumpets. This is Tom Mayberry who is interviewed by Radio Somerset’s Charlie Taylor. Mayberry explains that the ear trumpet is intended to … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Interviews, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio Somerset, Church of St Edward the Confessor Kempley, ear trumpet, Hereford Times, Lygon family, Somerset Rural Life Museum, South West Heritage Trust, Tom Mayberry
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Combe Florey Parish Council at Risk
The Parish Council of Combe Florey is at risk of dissolution for lack of interest. According to the Somerset County Gazette, there are only two council members remaining in their seats as a result of others having resigned. The Parish Council … Continue reading
Posted in Combe Florey, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Combe Florey Parish Council, Somerset County Gazzette, Taunton Deane Borough Council
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Waugh Sites
Several newspapers have recently recommended visits to sites in England that have been associated with Evelyn Waugh. The Daily Telegraph in its Property column has a fairly detailed description of Renishaw Hall. Although still owned and occupied by the Sitwell … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Decline and Fall, Labels, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Castle Howard, Daily Telegraph, Irish Examiner, Madresfield Court, Renishaw Hall, SomersetLive.com
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Pub in Combe Florey Damaged in Fire
A fire last week in The Farmers Arms, a pub in Combe Florey, damaged the structure and forced its closure pending extensive repairs. This was reported in the Somerset County Gazette. According to a later report on ITV news, the pub was … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Combe Florey, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged ITV News, Somerset County Gazette, The Farmers Arms
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Combe Florey, Pevsner and the Waughs
In a recent article in the Guardian, literary journalist Ian Jack pays homage to the late Nikolaus Pevsner on the occasion of completion of the work he began in the 1950s. This occurred with the publication of the final volume of the Buildings of Scotland, … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Combe Florey, Newspapers
Tagged Nikolaus Pevsner, Penguin Guides
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