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Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Roundup: Decline in Standards and Increase in Price
—The Times has published a sort of interview with William Boyd on the occasion of the publication of his latest novel, Gabriel’s Moon. Here’s an excerpt: There is no point attempting to whitewash old attitudes. Trying to tidy up the bad … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic World Report, Evening Standard, Guardian, Jonkers Booksellers, The Oldie, The Times, William Boyd
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Evelyn Waugh, d. 10 April 1966. R. I. P.
Evelyn Waugh died on this day in 1966 at his home in Combe Florey, Somerset.
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Ann Pasternak Slater to Join Hertford College Event
It has been announced that Waugh scholar Ann Pasternak Slater, editor of Waugh’s short stories and author of the recent study Evelyn Waugh (Writers and their Work) will join Alexander Waugh and Barbara Cooke at the previously announced lecture at Hertford … Continue reading
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Scoop Recommended on World Book Day
Today is World Book Day. The Daily Telegraph marks the occasion issuing another list of recommended reading–this is the Top 20 and includes Waugh’s Scoop: Last year Telegraph writers put together a list of the 100 novels everyone should read. From … Continue reading
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Guardian Includes The Loved One in Top 10 Hollywood Novels
The Guardian in this week’s “Top 10” books column considers books about Hollywood. Evelyn Waugh’s 1948 novella The Loved One is among those selected by Tim Walker who has himself just finished his own contribution to the genre (Smoke Over Malibu). … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Miscellaneous, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged Greg Sheridan, Guardian, The Australian, Tim Weeks
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Waugh and Nostalgia
The Washington Post’s theatre critic Peter Marks waxes nostalgic in response to the current period of political turmoil consuming the United States. Most prominently, in a recent column entitled “Nostalgia! Yestalgia!”, he harks back to the “soothing” musical comedies of Rodgers and … Continue reading
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Tagged Nostalgia, Peter Marks, Washington Post
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Nicholas Sheetz (1952-2016) R.I.P.
The death of Nicholas Sheetz, former librarian of Georgetown University’s Special Collections, has been announced. Nick is well known to Waugh scholars and was always helpful to those using the collections. He was also always ready to offer help to … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Collections, Miscellaneous
Tagged Georgetown University, Nicholas Sheetz
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Evelyn Waugh’s Birthday
Evelyn Waugh was born on this date in 1903.
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Mixed Results for Waugh in Imaginary Booker Prize Competitions
The results are in from the competition at the Cheltenham Literary Festival to determine which book would have won the Booker prize for the year 1945 had there been one. Brideshead Revisited was on the shortlist and its case was … Continue reading
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Tagged Booker Prize, Cheltenham Literature Feastival, Gloucestershire Live, London Review Bookshop
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The Herald Scotland Reviews Period Dramas
In the wake of the TV premieres of Victoria (ITV) and Barbarians Rising (History Channel) as well as the launch of the second season of BBC’s remake of Poldark, The Herald Scotland decided to name the top 12 period TV … Continue reading
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