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Advent Roundup
–The religious website Thinking Faith has posted an essay by Gerard Kilroy, who is, inter alia, co-editor of the recently published volume of Edmond Campion in the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. In this essay, Kilroy explains in some detail the … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Roundup
–James Marriott writing in The Times offers some thoughts on the new film Saltburn (mentioned in several previous posts). Here’s an excerpt: …With the complacency characteristic of her class, Fennell [writer/director of film] never pauses to reflect that a person … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Christie's, The Herald (Scotland), The Nation, The Oldie, The Times
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Roundup: a Film, a Warrior and a Hoax
—The Conversation has posted an article by literary scholar Christine Berberich, who teaches at the University of Portsmouth and is well known to members of the society through her writings and participation in its events. This latest essay explains the … Continue reading
Armistice Day Roundup
—The Spectator carries an article revealing renewed interest in the works of innovative novelist Ronald Firbank. This is by contemporary novelist Alan Hollinghurst and is inspired by the recent erection of a Blue Plaque commemorating Firbank’s residence at 33 Curzon … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Complete Works, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Andrew Wylie, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Ronald Firbank, The Guardian, The Spectator, TLS
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Roundup: Rereading Black Mischief
–A recent column of The Times “Rereading” series contains a brief essay on Waugh’s 1932 comic novel Black Mischief. The column, published in today’s edition, is by Will Lloyd. Here’s the opening: One afternoon in the absurdly early Thirties, Evelyn … Continue reading
Roundup: A Major Auction and News from the Antipodes
–Auction house Bonham’s has scheduled the sale of several of Waugh’s books. These were presentation copies to F B Walker who worked at Chapman & Hall in the period of their publication. Bonham’s describes the importance of Walker to Waugh … Continue reading
Roundup: Letters and A Lecture
—BBC Radio Four Extra has announced the rebroadcast of a 1996 adaptation of Waugh’s novel A Handful of Dust. This will be contained in two one-hour episodes. The first is broadcast on Tuesday, 24 October at 0500 repeated at 1500 … Continue reading
Late September Roundup
–A recent issue of the Financial Times carries a story of the impact of Evelyn Waugh and his contemporaries on the latest mens fashions. Here’s an excerpt: This season, menswear has embraced the gimlet-tinged mood of Cecil Beaton’s diaries, the … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Boston Herald, Financial Times, Jonathan Raban, Rupert Murdoch, Washington Post
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