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Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Waugh Identified as Character Model in Daughter-in-Law’s Thriller
Ephraim Hardcastle, a gossip columnist for the Daily Mail, has identified Evelyn Waugh as a possible model for the villain in his daughter-in-law’s new thriller. Hardcastle writes in the paper’s 25 November edition about the latest novel (A Long Hot Unholy … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Miscellaneous
Tagged Daily Mail, Ephraim Hardcastle, Lady Teresa Waugh
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Waugh Cameo in BBC Series on Tatler Magazine
BBC has started a series of three programs on Tatler magazine: Posh People: Inside Tatler. In the first episode (Monday, 24 November) Matthew Bell, newly appointed Commissioning Editor, is among those interviewed. He was formerly the society diarist for the Independent … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Documentaries, Miscellaneous, Oxford, Television Programs
Tagged BBC 2, Bullingdon Club, Hertford College, Matthew Bell, Tatler Magazine
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Guardian Adds Scoop to Top 100 Novels List
Robert McCrum, novelist and literary journalist, has for several months been writing a weekly Guardian column naming and discussing what he considers the 100 best novels in English. He is working through the history of English novel year by year … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Miscellaneous, Scoop
Tagged Guardian, Robert McCrum, Scoop
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Scoop Included in Daily Telegraph Top 100
Last month the Daily Telegraph published a list of the 100 novels everyone should read. This includes translations as well as books in English. There is no explanation of how or by whom the list was compiled or whether the books … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Scoop
Tagged Daily Telegraph
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Memoir of Lord Berners’ Menage is Published
A memoir of the residents of Lord Berners’ Faringdon House estate in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) has been written by the granddaughter of one (or possibly two) of them. This is The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me , … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Miscellaneous
Tagged Literary Review, Lord Berners, Robert Heber-Percy, Sofka Zinovieff
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Last Mitford Sister Dies at 94
Deborah Cavendish (nee Freeman-Mitford), Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, died earlier this week at the age of 94. Evelyn Waugh and she were friends, though she was not nearly as close to him as were her older sisters Nancy and Diana. … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Miscellaneous, Ronald Knox
Tagged Chatsworth, Deborah Mitford, Mitford Sisters
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Waugh and Spanish Civil War
Waugh’s views on the Spanish Civil War recently came up for comment in the TLS. In his review (July 4) of a recent book about war correspondents in Spain, Hotel Florida by Amanda Vaill, Jeremy Treglown commented that it was … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Miscellaneous
Tagged Spanish Civil War, TLS, War Correspondents
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Waugh on Weddings
As the month of June approaches, Moira Redmond was inspired to contribute an article to the Guardian newspaper for May 20, 2014 entitled “Marriage plots: the best wedding dresses in literature.” The article is included in a regular column called Books Blog … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Miscellaneous, Waugh Family
Tagged Guardian, Margaret Waugh, Moira Redmond, weddings
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Waugh Wins Place in Literary Bad Mothers Competition
In recognition of English Mother’s Day and to counterbalance the rash of greeting card excess, the Guardian has published an article by Moira Redmond entitled Bad Mothers in Books: a literary litany. Top award goes to Charles Dickens with a hat … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Articles, Miscellaneous
Tagged Brenda Last, Guardian, Lady Marchmain, Moira Redmond, Mother's Day, Nancy Mitford
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