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Category Archives: Newspapers
Roundup (Exhibits and a Lecture)
–The Historical Association (Richmond & Twickenham Branch) has announced a lecture later this year that may be of interest to our London area readers: Takes Place: 28th September 2023 Time: 8pm Venue: Richmond Library Annexe, Quadrant St, Richmond TW9 Description: a fascinating … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Forest Lawn Museum, Historical Association, The Herald (Glasgow), The Independent, The Press (NZ)
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Mother’s Day (US) Roundup
—The Oldie has posted an article by Mark McGinness to mark the 75th anniversary of the death of Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy on 13 March 1948. In this, he tells the story of her meeting and engagement with Billy Cavendish, Marquess … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Hampstead, Letters, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Antiques Trade Gazette, Kathleen Kennedy, The Globe and Mail, The Oldie, The Spectator
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Piers Court Update in Daily Mail
The Daily Mail has posted an update on the recent auction sale of Piers Court, Waugh’s former residence near Dursley. The article by James Fielding is entitled: “Defiant Evelyn Waugh superfans are STILL living in the literary giant’s £3M Cotswold … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Newspapers, Piers Court
Tagged Daily Mail
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Twofer: Waugh and the Country House
–An essay in current issue of The Critic is devoted to the threatened demise and later salvation of the English Country House. This is by Lara Brown and is entitled “Waugh saves the English country house.” She begins by explaining … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers
Tagged country house, Graham Swift, Mothering Sunday, Prospect Magazine, The Critic
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Roundup: Mostly Books and a Makeover in North Wales
—The Spectator reviews a book by journalist and author Simon Winchester entitled Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic. Reviewer Dennis Duncan mentions that there is a discussion of Waugh’s Scoop in the book: … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Daily Mail, Franco, Jacobin.com, Literary Potpourri, National Catholic Register, The Spectator
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Mary Quant: R I P (1930-2023)
The Spanish language fashion magazine S Moda has published a retrospective article on the life and career of fashion designer Mary Quant on the occasion of her recent death. It contains a reference to the relationship of her husband Alexander … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Mary Quant, Richard Plunket Greene, S Moda
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Tax-Day Roundup
—Country Life magazine has posted a 2-part essay on the history of Edwin Lutyens design and the building of Campion Hall at Oxford. Waugh was involved in the process. Here’s an excerpt from part 1: …Waugh celebrated the Hospitality of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Newspapers, Oxford, The Loved One, World War II
Tagged Country Life, Georgetown University, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Welt
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‘The Loved One’ Remembered
The New Criterion magazine has posted an essay on the writing, publication and history of Waugh’s 1948 novel The Loved One. This is by John P Rossi who is Professor Emeritus of History at La Salle University in Philadelphia. While … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe, The Loved One
Tagged Cyril Connolly, Edmund Wilson, John P Rossi, The New Criterion
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Elizabeth Jane Howard Centenary: b. 26 March 1923
The Oldie has published a remembrance by Mark McGinness of novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard’s centenary which occurs today. Here’s an excerpt: Elizabeth Jane Howard would have been 100 on 26 March. Her stepson, Martin Amis, paid tribute to her “penetrating … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Interviews, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mark McGinness, The Oldie, The Times
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