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Category Archives: Locations
Evelyn Waugh 1962 Paris Review interview
In April 1962 Julian Jebb interviewed Evelyn Waugh for the Paris Review: He showed me into a comfortable, soberly furnished room, with a fine view over the trees across Hyde Park. As he moved about the room he repeated twice … Continue reading
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Tagged 1962, Paris Review
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The Culture Show: Writers in the Blitz
A recent episode of the BBC’s series The Culture Show (November 6, 2013), entitled Wars of the Heart, dealt with the experience of several writers during the Blitz. The presenter was James Runcie. The focus was on Graham Greene and … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Documentaries, London, Sightings, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, Graham Greene, Henry Yorke, James Runcie, Lara Feigel, The Culture Show, The Love-Charm of Bombs, Wars of the Heart
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Shoreham WordFest Evelyn Waugh evening at Lancing College, Sept. 27th
The Shoreham WordFest literary festival, “[a] celebration of the spoken and written word, with readings and discussion, poetry, song, books, plays and other writings,” will begin its 2013 program of activities with an evening devoted to the life and works … Continue reading
Lancing College remembers Brideshead Revisited
A report by Sussex Living magazine on the 2013 Evelyn Waugh Lecture at Lancing College.
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Fiction, Lancing, Lectures, Television
Tagged Anthony Andrews, Derek Granger
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“Isn’t it true that the only liquid Americans drink is ice water?”
Dave Wood, of the (Wisconsin) River Falls Journal, considers Evelyn Waugh and recalls a story told him by the Roman Catholic American author and sometime Waugh houseguest J. F. Powers.
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Lancing College 2013 Evelyn Waugh Lecture announced
Lancing College, the school which Evelyn Waugh attended between 1917 and 1921, has announced that the 2013 Evelyn Waugh Lecture will be given on April 18th by Anthony Andrews, the actor who played Sebastian Flyte in the celebrated Granada Television adaptation … Continue reading
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Transcript of Lancing College 2012 Evelyn Waugh Lecture now online
The fourth (2012) annual Lancing College Evelyn Waugh Lecture was given on April 19th, 2012 by Reverend Professor Richard Griffiths, who discussed Waugh’s Lancing diaries and the lessons that can be learned from them in relation to his other written works. … Continue reading
Evelyn Waugh’s Hampstead days
The Ham(pstead) & High(gate) website features a Jan. 12th article by Adam Sonin on Evelyn Waugh’s Hampstead days.
Plas Dulas to be demolished
From the North Wales Weekly News (Nov. 10, 2011): Plas Dulas, which dates back to the 1780s, will make way for a housing development following a unanimous decision by Conwy County Council planners yesterday. Developer Alex Davies was granted permission … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Locations, Wales
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Waugh meets a Lancing Old Boy at the Dorchester
The EWS thanks Mr. Ric Cooper for the following delightful anecdote, which arrived by email: My father, Giles Cooper, dramatised Sword of Honour for BBC television in 1966. Before the project could be confirmed, he and his long-time collaborator Donald … Continue reading
