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Category Archives: Locations
Wodehouse Exhibit at British Library
The British Library will host an exhibit entitled P G Wodehouse: The Man and His Work. This will open on 27 November 2018. According to a related posting on the website Plumtopia, the exhibit will include materials from the Wodehouse … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Lectures, London
Tagged British Library, P.G.Wodehouse
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Weekend Roundup: Brideshead to the Fore
Two bloggers have posted reviews of the new Folio Society edition of Brideshead Revisited (mentioned in a previous post): –Adam on roofbeamreader.com was sent a review copy and expressed his gratitude accordingly: I’m drawn in by the incredible cover art … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop
Tagged Elizabeth Longford, Folio Society, New York Times, Penguin Books, Weblogs
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Waugh Welcomes Students
Several student-oriented papers have quoted Evelyn Waugh in their greetings to students arriving or returning to university studies: —The Times Higher Education Supplement invited advisory Twitter messages to be posted in an effort to make first year students feel welcome. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford, Twitter
Tagged Cherwell, George Orwell, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, Times Higher Education Supplement
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Mid-Month Roundup: Schoolroom Confusion
Our latest roundup starts with references to Waugh’s school days and ends with the 1970s Penguin reprints: —The Independent newspaper has published a list of what it considers the Top 10 examples of celebrities overlapping at the same school. Private … Continue reading
Waugh’s University Challenge
This week’s University Challenge quiz on the BBC featured Clare College, Cambridge against Hertford College, Oxford. In his introductory remarks. presenter Jeremy Paxman mentioned among Hertford’s best known alumni John Donne, Jonathan Swift and Evelyn Waugh. He went on to … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Oxford, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Hertford College, University Challenge
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V S Naipaul (More)
More articles have come to light in which V S Naipaul’s attitude toward the writings of Evelyn Waugh is discussed: In the online newspaper The Daily Beast there is a story by Alice McNearney about the accidental destruction of Naipaul’s … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Literary Review, V S Naipaul
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Faringdon Auction Includes Waugh Portrait (Update)
In an earlier post, we described a portrait of Evelyn Waugh as a child that was the subject of an auction sale. This included several items from the Faringdon Estate, former home of Lord Berners and his heir Robert Heber-Percy. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Auctions, Items for Sale, London
Tagged Frederick Etchells, Peter Ellis Bookseller
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Memory of Wartime Piers Court
A letter reposted from the magazine This England recalls WWII schooldays at Piers Court. The magazine appears quarterly, and this letter is in its Autumn 2018 issue. This is from an evacuee who now lives in America. The letter is … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Hampstead, Heath Mount, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, World War II
Tagged Muddy Stilettos, Otago Daily News, Piers Court, This England
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Another Waugh School Under Threat
Last week, The Spectator reported the threat of closure faced by the Downside Abbey School. (See previous post). Now the Daily Mail has announced that another Waugh-related school is endangered, although there is no imminent threat to its continued existence. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Lancing, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, IKEA
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Roundup: From Australia to Europe via Mexico
–A recent issue of The Australian has an essay by Paul Monk entitled “Western Civilisation: A primer for willing readers.” This includes a broad consideration of liberal arts educational experiences over the years. Among those discussed are the Oxford years … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Put Out More Flags, Remote People, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Alex Murray, Edward Gibbon, FiveBooks, Junge Welt, Project MUSE, The Australian, TLS
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