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Category Archives: Newspapers
Roundup: Cigars, Paula Byrne and The Latin Mass
–The Evening Standard newspaper has published an article about a noted shop on St James’s Street. This is J J Fox and the product they have on offer is cigars. After a discussion of their history, in which it is … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Internet, Newspapers
Tagged Cigars, Latin Mass, Paula Byrne
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Octoberfest Roundup
–The scripts of the TV series “All Creatures Great and Small” are being posted on the internet. Here’s an excerpt from an episode from the final series (No. 6) in which one of the vets is being introduced to a … Continue reading
Jilly Cooper (1937-2025) R.I.P.
British comic novelist Jilly Cooper has died earlier this week. Writer Philip Hensher is among the first to pay his respects. This was published in The Spectator where he offered a thoughtful description of her writings, noting that they fell … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Obituaries
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Jilly Cooper, Philip Hensher, The Spectator, The Times
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End of the Month Roundup
–Alexander Larman in The Spectator reviews two new books about religion: Twelve Churches by Fergus Butler-Gallie and God, the Science, the Evidence by Miles-Yves BollorĂ© and Olivier Bonnaissies. The article opens with a brief reference to the religious writings of … Continue reading
Summer’s End Roundup
–An article in the New Statesman describes luncheon at the Inner Temple amongst the barristers who frequent the premises. The article is by Finn McRedmond and concludes with this: …And so, here I am eating my greens in Inner Temple, … Continue reading
Mid-September Roundup
–A post on the website UnHerd.com seems to have been inspired by the recent book of Eleanor Doughty on the British aristocracy Heirs and Graces. This has been mentioned in several previous posts. The article is written by Pratinav Anil … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged America, BBC, Foreign Policy, The Critic, UnHerd.com
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Early September Roundup
–The online journal American Thinker has posted an article by Lars Møller entitled “Evelyn Waugh’s England: A Lament for a Lost World”. Here are the opening paragraphs: In the mid-twentieth century, the English novelist Evelyn Waugh chronicled, with elegance and … Continue reading
Labour Day (US) Weekend
–Journalist Eleanor Doughty has made a career of writing articles about the British aristocracy. Now she has expanded her writing on the subject into a book entitled Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern British Aristocracy. This has just … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Financial Times, The Spectator
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Bank Holiday (UK) Roundup
–Some of those around London may be interested in an event planned for Bank Holiday Monday. Here’s a description from the Londonist website: ISLINGTON WALK: The Bring Your Baby guided walks team offers a tour around Islington, aimed at parents and carers … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, London, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Londonist, Patrick Hamilton, UnHerd.com, Virginia Quarterly Review
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Roundup: 3 Novels–2 new and 1 renewed
—The Spectator reviews a new “campus novel”. This is called Seduction Theory and is written by Emily Adrian. Here is the opening paragraph: There is a fine tradition of campus novels that stretches from Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited (1945) and Kingsley … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Stanford University, The Claremont Institute, The Guardian, The Spectator, Washington Examiner, Washington Post
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