- Drag Amazon+EWS to your favorites bar for all your Amazon needs and support the Evelyn Waugh Society at no extra cost to yourself.
Category Archives: Locations
Two Openings and a Debut
A Waugh quote opens an article in the South China Morning Post about Djibouti: Not that long ago, Djibouti was known for little more than French legionnaires, atrocious heat and being at the other end of a railway line to … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Hampstead, Newspapers, Remote People
Tagged Djibouti, Elsa Lanchester, Risk.net, Running Past, SCMP, The Scarlet Woman
Comments Off on Two Openings and a Debut
Waugh and Wales and Fashion
A recent article in the TLS entitled “Do the Welsh Just Sing?” by Samuel Graydon opens with a quote from Decline and Fall: “The Welsh . . . are the only nation in the world that has produced no graphic or … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Film, Newspapers, Wales
Tagged Alice Vincent, Charles James, Daily Telegraph, Samuel Graydon, TLS, Welsh literature, Wikipedia
Comments Off on Waugh and Wales and Fashion
Waugh Echoes in Kevin Kwan Trilogy
Singapore-born novelist Kevin Kwan has just completed a trilogy of comic novels which began with Crazy Rich Asians in 2013. According to the Seattle Times, the trilogy is set among three intergenerational and ultrarich Chinese families and peppered with hilarious … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Crazy Rich People Trilogy, Daily O, Kevin Kwan, Seattle Times, The Metro, Toronto Star, Victoria "Plum" Sykes
Comments Off on Waugh Echoes in Kevin Kwan Trilogy
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
Comments Off on Waugh Ear Trumpet to be Displayed in Glastonbury
Christ Church Dust-up Brings Waugh Cites in Press
A recent incident at Christ Church, an Oxford college, has been widely reported in the British press. This involved a student, Lavinia Woodward, who was studying to be a surgeon. In a reportedly drug-induced rage, she stabbed her boyfriend (whom … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Christ Church, Daily Mail, Guardian, Lavinia Woodward, Peter Hitchins, Simon Jenkins, Tom Winnifrith
Comments Off on Christ Church Dust-up Brings Waugh Cites in Press
Maggs Bros to Mount Waugh Artwork Exhibit
Maggs Bros Ltd, a London bookselling institution since 1853, will move into new quarters in Bloomsbury later this month. After many years in Berkeley Square, they will now be quartered at 48 Bedford Square from 25 May. According to an … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Events, London
Tagged Maggs Bros booksellers, Waugh artwork exhibit
Comments Off on Maggs Bros to Mount Waugh Artwork Exhibit
Promotion Begins for US Broadcast of Decline and Fall
Several internet sites that track TV streaming services have noted Acorn TV’s offering of the BBC adaptation of Decline and Fall. This will begin on May 15. The most interesting is a review on the website TV Equals by P … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, American Spectator, Guardian, TV Equals
Comments Off on Promotion Begins for US Broadcast of Decline and Fall
