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Waugh in the OED
The Oxford English Dictionary has made available an inventory of its quotations of Evelyn Waugh’s works. This is cached on Google at this link. According to this summary, Waugh is the 775th most quoted author and Put Out More Flags is his most … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Oxford, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Oxford English Dictionary
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Waugh and Shakespeare
Alexander Waugh, Evelyn’s grandson, in the April issue of the Literary Review, has written an article entitled “Where There’s a Will There’s a Waugh.” He there notes that the anniversaries of the deaths of both his grandfather and William Shakespeare are being … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Articles, Combe Florey, Waugh Family
Tagged William Shakespeare, writer's gravesites
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Successful Failures at Oxford
An Oxford student blog has compiled a list of students who were academic failures at Oxford but went on to become successful writers. At the top of the list is Evelyn Waugh. His entry begins with a quote: “You spend … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Humo(u)r, Letters, Oxford
Tagged failures, Oxford Student
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Waugh at the London Library
The Irish Times yesterday ran an article on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the London Library. This is being celebrated this week with a festival in St James’s Square opposite the library entrance. The article, by Denis Staunton, … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Letters, London
Tagged Denis Staunton, Irish Times, London Library, Mary Lygon
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Waugh Graves (More)
A newspaper website called This is the West Country (made up of local papers including the Taunton Star, the Bridgwater Mercury, and the Somerset County Gazette) carries a story with additional details of the problems arising from permissions to repair … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Articles, Combe Florey, Newspapers
Tagged Combe Florey churchyard, Taunton Deane Council, Waugh Family gravesite
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Vile Bodies to be Celebrated at London Event
The Late Night Library Club of London had announced a rescheduled celebration of Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies and the Bright Young People who populated its pages. This will occur on Saturday, 25 June from 7pm-130am at the Sutton House Museum … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Humo(u)r, London, Vile Bodies
Tagged Late Night Library Club, Sutton House Museum
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Waugh Lecture on Friendship with Nancy Mitford
Lancing College has posted a report on the annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture which was presented last week at the college by Selina Hastings: Selina’s subject for her talk was the literary and epistolary relationship between Waugh and his lifetime friend, … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Events, Lancing, Lectures, Letters
Tagged Nancy Mitford, Selina Hastings
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Selina Hastings to Give Annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture
Waugh biographer Selina Hastings will deliver the annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture at Lancing College on Thursday. The lecture is not open to the public, but anyone interested in attending should contact Claire Welling at Lancing re making special arrangements: (click … Continue reading
Posted in Lancing, Lectures
Tagged Evelyn Waugh Lecture, Selina Hastings
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Telegraph Publishes Remembrance of Waugh
In today’s Sunday Telegraph, Nicholas Shakespeare writes a remembrance of Waugh. Shakespeare never apparently met Waugh personally but wrote and directed the three-part 198os BBC Arena documentary of Waugh. He is also editor of the Everyman edition of Waugh’s collected travel … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Documentaries, Interviews, Lancing, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Television Programs, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC Arena, Dudley Carew, Graham Greene, Nicholas Shakespeare, Sunday Telegraph
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