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Category Archives: Newspapers
St Patrick’s Day Roundup
–The Sydney Morning Herald has an article about the “co-authored novel”. This is written by Drew Turney and opens with this: Evelyn Waugh is credited with saying “I never can understand how two men can write a book together. To … Continue reading
Early March Roundup
–An exhibit in London which may be of interest is mentioned in the papers. This is Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture. Here are the details: 300 years after his death, a major new exhibition exploring one of the UK’s greatest … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Exhibits, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Adrian Aldridge, Medium, The Spectator, The Times, Vanbrugh
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Daily Telegraph Reviews BBC Waugh Series
The Daily Telegraph has posted a review of Russell Kane’s series of programs about Evelyn Waugh and his works. (See earlier posts.) This is by Jane Shilling, but it is not clear whether she has seen the entire series. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Lectures, Newspapers, Radio, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Russell Kane
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Lenten Roundup
–Lancing College has announced the details of this year’s Evelyn Waugh Lecture. Here is the announcement: The Head Master, Dr Scott Crawford, requests the pleasure of your company at the Evelyn Waugh Lecture and Annual Foundation Dinner, to be held on Thursday 30 … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Lancing, Lectures, Newspapers
Tagged Guardian, Tablet, The Spectator
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Spectator Compares Waugh Novel to Current BBC Series
The Spectator has an article by Alexander Larman in which he compares the current BBC drama series Industry to Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. Given the contents of Industry, which follows the careers of several young characters working at a London … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged 'Industry', Alexander Larman, BBC, The Spectator
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Allan Massie (16 October 1938 – 3 February 2026) R.I.P.
Novelist and journalist Allan Massie has died earlier this week. Among his obituaries, several mention a connection of his early fictional works with those of Evelyn Waugh. His son Alexander Massie writes: …His novels … ranged widely. He began with … Continue reading
Two Interesting Waugh Articles
On the same day late last week, two interesting and provocative articles were posted, both of which revolve around Waugh and his fictional characters. The first is entitled “Waugh Warned Us”. It was written by Paul Bauman and appeared in … Continue reading
Roundup: MLK Day (US) Edition
–The Financial Times has an article by Janan Ganesh entitled “The right will want a United States of Europe”. It opens with this: Auberon Waugh, son of the novelist Evelyn, died a quarter of a century ago this month. Never … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Cherwell, Financial Times, The Conversation, The Imaginative Conservative, The Irish Aesthete, The Spectator
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Roundup: Writers on Waugh
–Two writers have posted a discussion of Waugh’s novel The Loved One. This is on YouTube and involves PhDs Kevin McAleer and Bruce Newsome, each of whom has written a book satirizing California. Here is a description of their talk: … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Helena, Newspapers, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Selina Hastings, The Critic, The Tatler, YouTube
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First-of-the-Year Roundup
—Prospect Magazine has posted an interview of novelist William Boyd by Cosmo Adair. It begins with a discussion of Boyd’s latest novels (several dealing with spies) and proceeds back from that. Here’s an excerpt: …Of all the spy writers, Graham … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Heath Mount, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Los Angeles County Library, Prospect Magazine, The Spectator
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