Category Archives: Newspapers

Waugh Novel Included in Best Books of Past 75 Years

Parade magazine is marking its 75th anniversary. It was started in 1941 by what has now become the Chicago Sun-Times as a weekly insert for Sunday newspapers. They asked novelist Ann Patchett to make a list of the best 75 books … Continue reading

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Evening Standard Reviews New Biography

Yesterday’s Evening Standard published a review of Philip Eade’s new biography of Evelyn Waugh. This is the first daily newspaper review of the book, which is to be published next month in the UK. See earlier post. The review is … Continue reading

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Film Inspired by Brideshead Revisited Released on DVD

The Bay Area Reporter, a San Francisco area weekly newspaper dedicated to reporting news of interest to the LGBT community, has reviewed a recent film entitled Those People. This has just been released on DVD and is “loosely based” on … Continue reading

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Swiss Publisher Completes Reprints of Waugh Fiction

The Swiss publisher Diogenes Verlag has completed the republication in German of all of Waugh’s fiction (including collected stories). The project was brought to conclusion in March to mark the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. It began in 2013 with Brideshead … Continue reading

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Brideshead Reviewed in Brighton (More)

Drama critic David Guest has reviewed the Brighton performance of Brideshead Revisited in the Chichester Observer. He found the production to be “undeniably brave but extremely bitty,” and that it might “make the audience feel that they are just mugging up … Continue reading

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British Satire Enjoys Renewed Interest in Sweden

The newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reports a renaissance of British satirical novels in Sweden. In an article by Charlotta Lindell, this is attributed largely to the positive reception of the Swedish translations of the works of writers such as Edward St. … Continue reading

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Waugh Works Named in Newspaper Shortlists

Two of Waugh’s books feature in recent newspaper shortlists. In the Daily Mail, novelist Charles Cumming names Scoop as his desert island book. Cumming is a writer of spy novels said by some to be the John Le Carre and … Continue reading

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Brideshead Reviewed in Worcestershire (More)

The Redditch Advertiser and other local papers has published a review of the Malvern performance of the Brideshead Revisited stage production. This is by Alan Wallcroft who emphasizes that the performance in Malvern is a “nostalgic homecoming” for this story: which owes … Continue reading

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The Daily Beast on The Daily Beast

In an article in the online newspaper The Daily Beast, Robert Bateman describes the origin of the paper’s name. He recounts how the 1935 Abyssinian War was influenced by the First Abyssinian War of 1895-96, which Italy lost disastrously. Benito Mussolini was 13 … Continue reading

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Waugh and Ian Fleming

In an article published in the Guardian, Nicholas Lezard reviews the recent collection of Ian Fleming’s letters entitled The Man with the Golden Typewriter. This is edited by Fergus Fleming, author of several books and Fleming’s  nephew (son of his … Continue reading

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