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Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Plashy Fen at Risk
One of the cover stories in this week’s TLS is “Plashy Fens: The Limitations of Nature Writing” by Richard Smyth. Or so its title is described on the contents page, if not in the heading of the on-line version of the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Scoop, Sightings
Tagged Nature writing, Richard Smyth, Robert Macfarlane, TLS
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Evelyn Waugh Makes Election Appearance
The Guardian has dragged Evelyn Waugh into its U.K. election coverage. In an article on Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish National Party candidate, her apparent popularity is described as the “greatest constitutional crisis since the abdication, which Theresa May [Home Secretary in current government] … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Miscellaneous
Tagged Abdication Crisis, Daily Telegraph, Election, Guardian, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, UKIP
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“That Tipsy Don”: Sir Raymond Carr (1919-2015)
In an obituary last week, the Daily Telegraph announced the death of Sir Raymond Carr, Professor of History and Warden of St. Antony’s College at Oxford. His special area of study was Spain, and he is said to have been to … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Letters, Miscellaneous
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Lady Mary Charteris, Sir Raymond Carr
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Times Diary Reports Waugh Advice on Letters to America
Patrick Kidd in today’s Times Diary reports a talk given at last week’s Waugh conference in Leicester by biographer Selina Hastings: Waugh’s correspondence with Nancy Mitford, included advice on how he dealt with fan mail. Some (university clubs, creative-writing students, … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Letters, Miscellaneous
Tagged Nancy Mitford, Selina Hastings
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Decline and Fall on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting a dramatization of Evelyn Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. The script is by Jeremy Front, who recently adapted the award-winning radio version of Sword of Honour. Among the cast are Tom Hollander (as Otto) who … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Miscellaneous, Radio, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Front, Tom Hollander. James Fleet
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Complete Works of P. G. Wodehouse Completed
The final volume of the complete works of novelist P.G.Wodehouse has been issued. This brings to closure a 15 year project of publisher Everyman’s Library. For the first time all 99 of Wodehouse’s books are in print from a single … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Conferences, Events, Miscellaneous
Tagged Oxford University Press, P.G.Wodehouse, University of Leicester, Yorkshire Post
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Lancing College Announces Annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture
Lancing College has announced this year’s lecture, named for one of the most famous “OLs” (as its former students are called). The speaker is Charles Moore, former editor of the Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, biographer of Margaret Thatcher and convert to Roman … Continue reading
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Three Waughs Mentioned in Independent Article
In last week’s Independent on Sunday, columnist and novelist D J Taylor mentioned three Waughs in his column. He was discussing the hardships worked on the children of successful parents as they sought to find their own careers. After discussing … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Miscellaneous, Waugh Family
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Independent on Sunday, Kurt Cobain
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Waugh Recognized as Expert on Style
In yesterday’s Guardian, Waugh is named twice by novelist and bibliophile Joseph Connolly in his list of Top 10 books on the topic of “style.” Connolly (no apparent relation to Waugh’s friend Cyril Connolly a/k/a Everard Spruce) names Brideshead Revisited as … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Miscellaneous, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Allan Massie, Black Velvet, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Joseph Connolly, Noblesse Oblige
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The Loved One Added to Recommended Books about L.A.
Last month the Guardian issued another in its series of book recommendations about U.S. cities. This one related to books about Los Angeles. Others have dealt with San Francisco and New Orleans. The original L.A. list contained no books by … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Letters, Miscellaneous, The Loved One
Tagged Guardian, Los Angeles
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