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Category Archives: Newspapers
Decline and Fall and British Humour
Writing in Standpoint magazine (“War on Waugh”), Waugh’s great grand-daughter Constance Watson expresses dismay at the reaction to the BBC’s adaptation of Decline and Fall which recently concluded its three-episode run on BBC One (emphasis supplied): The great British sense … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs, Twitter, Waugh Family
Tagged Alex Larman, BBC, Constance Watson, Guardian, Standpoint
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Cousin Jasper’s Advice
Rosamund Urwin in the Evening Standard has written an article about degree results. She opens with this: In Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, the protagonist Charles Ryder receives advice from his cousin Jasper before starting his Oxford degree. “You want a … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop
Tagged Diana Cooper, Evening Standard, Literary Hub, Lord Speaker, The American Conservative
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Mugwump Redivivus
In the present UK electoral climate, The Spectator has republished a 1959 article by Evelyn Waugh in which he expressed his views of elected governments: ‘Mugwumps‘ are in the news today, after Boris Johnson used the term to describe Jeremy Corbyn. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Alex Renton, boarding schools, Boris Johnson, elections, Lara Prendergast, mugwumps, The Spectator
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Philip Sassoon, The Duke of Kent and the Sitwells
Waugh crops up in a number of articles about the upper class in the interwar period. In Spear’s magazine, editor William Cash reviews a book by Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone and Hythe. This is a biography of Philip Sassoon entitled … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Christina Beevers, Damian Collins, Duke of Kent, John McLeod, Renishaw Hall, Scottish Daily Mail, Sheffield Star, Spear's magazine, William Cash
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Milk in First (More)
Two papers today have independently quoted Evelyn Waugh on the issue of when to add milk to one’s tea. In the Liverpool Echo there is a feature article on the subject that opens with the claim that “Liverpool is the … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged A N Wilson, Daily Express, landline telephone, Liverpool Echo, milk in first, Sir Ian Ogilvy, Sydney Morning Herald, The Huffington Post
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More Praise for BBC’s Decline and Fall from the Spectator
The Spectator in a blog column by Douglas Murray has added to its earlier praise for the BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s Decline and Fall. This follows Friday’s transmission of the final episode of the series and focuses on that episode. But … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Television
Tagged BBC, Douglas Murray, The Spectator
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TLS Reviews BBC’s Decline and Fall
In a departure from its usual practice, the TLS has added a TV column to its current issue. This contains Robert Douglas-Fairhurst’s review, entitled “Vile Buddies,” of the BBC adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall which concluded with last night’s … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Television
Tagged BBC, James Wood, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, TLS
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Biffing: A History
Today’s Times notes the issuance of the UK paperback edition of a WWII history which has Wavian overtones. This is The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Churchill’s Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat by Giles Milton. In his brief notice, Lawrence James explains: The Castrator, … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Giles Milton, Lawrence James, The Times, unconventional weapons
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Times Previews Episode 3 of Decline and Fall
The Times has provided a detailed preview of tonight’s final episode of the BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. Not surprisingly, given the darker contents of the latter part of the novel, the preview by James Jackson finds … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Newspapers, Television
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, James Jackson, Radio Times, The Times, Venice
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The Caramanserai and Objets D’Arcy
The current issue of The Tablet has a feature length article about Frederick Copleston, SJ entitled “The Cleverest Jesuit”. This is by John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University and University of St Andrews. He begins by describing the context … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Newspapers, Oxford, Vile Bodies
Tagged Frederick Copleston SJ, Heythrop College, Jesuits, Prof John Haldane, The Tablet
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