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Category Archives: Newspapers
Waugh in the News
Several papers have alluded to Evelyn Waugh or his works in recent stories: The Irish Times has an article in its “London Letter” column inspired by an interview with David Hockney in which the artist expressed his acquiescence in if not outrught support … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Bild, Brexit, Daily Telegraph, Gay Times, Guardian, Irish Times
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In the Beginning was the Waugh
Journalists and bloggers are making a practice of opening stories with quotes from or cites to the works of Evelyn Waugh. Here are two notable recent examples: The Guardian in a story about today’s match between England and Wales in … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Film, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, The Loved One, Vile Bodies, World War II
Tagged A Reality-Based Community, Guardian, Six Nations tournament, W H Auden
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Scoop Italian Style
Novelist and journalist Enrico Franceschini has written a novel about journalists. It is published in Italian with the title of Scoop, an obvious nod to Evelyn Waugh. The allusion may be somewhat lost on Italians, however, because, as Franceschini concedes in an … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Enrico Franceschini, Il Libraio
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Hat Trick for Waugh in The Spectator
This week’s Spectator features three articles mentioning Evelyn Waugh. The first is in a memorial for Tara Palmer-Tomkinson who died this week at the age of 45. The magazine reprints an article she wrote which appeared in the 27 July … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged Cosmo Landesman, Independent (Ireland), Kirsty Blake Knox, Ludovic Kennedy, Nicholas Shakespeare, Tara Parker-Tomkinson, The Spectator
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New Service on Djibouti-Addis Ababa Railway
The New York Times has announced opening of service on the new railway line from Djibouti to Addis Ababa (including videos of opening ceremony and trains): The 10:24 a.m. train out of Djibouti’s capital drew some of the biggest names … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Newspapers, Remote People, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Djibouti, Ethiopia, New York Times, Railroads
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Waugh in Happy Valley
A recent story in the Tatler recounts the present day difficulties of the British aristocrats and their descendants who settled in that country’s area known as Happy Valley during the days of the Empire. The story centers on three members of … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Newspapers, Remote People
Tagged Happy Valley, Kenya, Raymond de Trafford, Sophia Money-Coutts, Tatler
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Waugh Sites
Several newspapers have recently recommended visits to sites in England that have been associated with Evelyn Waugh. The Daily Telegraph in its Property column has a fairly detailed description of Renishaw Hall. Although still owned and occupied by the Sitwell … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Decline and Fall, Labels, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Castle Howard, Daily Telegraph, Irish Examiner, Madresfield Court, Renishaw Hall, SomersetLive.com
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Alexander Chancellor (1940-2017): Savior of The Spectator
Journalist and editor Alexander Chancellor has died at the age of 77. He is probably best known as the man who saved the Spectator. He became editor at a low point in 1975 and remained for 9 years during which the magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Alexander Chancellor, Daily Telegraph, The Spectator
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Evelyn Waugh, Henry Green and Living
Novelist Adam Thirlwell has written an article in The Nation on Henry Green’s early novel Living (1929), citing, inter alia, the importance of Evelyn Waugh to the novel’s success: [Green] had written one of the most radical novels of his era. It … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Adam Thirlwell, Bookforum, Henry Green, Sarah Nicole Prickett, The Nation
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Dudley Carew (More)
The current issue of The Cricket Monthly includes a major article about Waugh’s school friend Dudley Carew. See earlier post. This article, by Gideon Haigh, has particular reference to Carew’s career as a reporter on cricket for The Times and his 1936 cricket-themed … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Articles, Lancing, Newspapers
Tagged Arthur Waugh, Dudley Carew, Gideon Haigh, The Cricket Monthly
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