- Drag Amazon+EWS to your favorites bar for all your Amazon needs and support the Evelyn Waugh Society at no extra cost to yourself.
Category Archives: Newspapers
Waugh in Academia: Shanghai and Oxford
A paper relating to Waugh will be presented later this week at an academic conference in China. This is entitled “Hearing Voices: The Extended Mind in Evelyn Waugh’s The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold“. It will be offered on Saturday, 21 September … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers, Oxford, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Daily Mail, Duke Kunshan University, Jeremy Paxman, Yuexi Liu
Comments Off on Waugh in Academia: Shanghai and Oxford
Mid-September Roundup: Applause and Design
—The Times newspaper carries an excerpt from David Cameron’s new memoirs For the Record in which he recalls his education. After prep school and Eton, he discusses Oxford and concludes with this about his membership in the Bullingdon Club: I … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged Christanity & Literature, Daily Telegraph, David Cameron, Omega Workshops, The Times
Comments Off on Mid-September Roundup: Applause and Design
BBC “Great Lives” Revisited
In this week’s issue of The Tablet, columnist Christopher Howse revisits last December’s BBC Radio 4 broadcast of the series Great Lives in which Evelyn Waugh was the subject. See previous posts. Presenter Matthew Parris interviewed panelists Russell Kane, a … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Christopher Howse, Great Lives, The Tablet
Comments Off on BBC “Great Lives” Revisited
Croatian Version of A Handful of Dust
The Zagreb-based publisher Mozaik Knjiga has issued a Croatian translation of Waugh’s novel A Handful of Dust. The Croatian title is Pregršt prašine and the translator is Petra Mrduljaš. The book is reviewed in the weekly Croatian national news magazine Nacional … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Newspapers
Tagged Croatia, Glas Istre, Mozaik Knjiga, Nacional
Comments Off on Croatian Version of A Handful of Dust
Early September Roundup
–Waugh biographer Selina Hastings has reviewed D J Taylor’s recent literary history Lost Girls in the Literary Review. See earlier posts. Her review concludes with this: In Lost Girls, Taylor presents a colourful portrait of this fascinating, sophisticated and highly … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Remote People, Vile Bodies, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Catholic Herald, Flood Magazine, Lana Del Ray, Literary Review, The Spectator
Comments Off on Early September Roundup
Dystopias and Novellas
Novelist Robert Harris has written an essay in The Sunday Times about and extract from his new novel The Second Sleep that will be published next week in the UK (19 November in the USA). The novel is written in … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe
Tagged flashdesigner.com.hk, Jerry House, Robert Harris, The Sunday Times
Comments Off on Dystopias and Novellas
Waugh and The Brexlit Novel
The Australian literary journal Quadrant has posted an article entitled “Brexit and the Decline of the English Novel” in which a new genre of novel is described. This is the “Brexlit” novel and has already chalked up a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Fiction, Newspapers
Tagged Brexit, David Martin Jones, Quadrant
Comments Off on Waugh and The Brexlit Novel
Labor Day Roundup: Waugh by Design
–Bristol-based interior decorators Jane Clayton & Co have announced a new line of household fabrics called Marchmain. As described on their website: The decadence of a bygone era is evoked in this collection of richly coloured velvet and chenille woven … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Mail, GQ, Guardian, Jane Clayton & Co, Oxford Times, Screen Spiel Podcast
Comments Off on Labor Day Roundup: Waugh by Design
Basil Seal Rides Yet Again
The Daily Telegraph has a review of a book entitled Master of Deception: The Wartime Adventures of Peter Fleming by Alan Ogden. This is about something called D Division (or “deception organization”) in the Inter-Services Liaison Department. Peter Fleming, Ian’s older … Continue reading
Posted in Basil Seal Rides Again, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Peter Fleming
Comments Off on Basil Seal Rides Yet Again
“Lost” Rex Whistler Painting to Be Exhibited
A recent issue of The Oldie has an article about a painting by Rex Whistler which had been thought to be lost or stranded and unappreciated in an unknown private collection. The article is by Mirabel Cecil, co-author with her … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged Malcolm Bullock, Mirabel Cecil, Rex Whistler, The Oldie
Comments Off on “Lost” Rex Whistler Painting to Be Exhibited
