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Category Archives: Newspapers
Conference to Consider War Correspondents Between the Wars
A conference will be convened on 9-10 May at the University of Angers, France, to consider the history of war correspondents reporting during the period between the two world wars. The title of the conference is “Correspondants de guerre: aire … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Newspapers, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged George Steer, University of Angers, War Correspondents
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Easter Roundup
–The Australian religious journal Catholic Weekly has posted an essay entitled “The Easter yearning”. This is by Karl Schmude and begins with a discussion of the many ways Easter is misunderstood today. Among the examples is this from Evelyn Waugh: … Continue reading
Bellamy’s Boosted
Two London papers have this week profiled Bellamy’s restaurant on Bruton Place in Mayfair: Ben McCormack in the Daily Telegraph on Monday (15 April) begins by making a meal (if you will excuse the expression) of the two visits by … Continue reading
Posted in London, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Bellamy's, Ben McCormack, Daily Telegraph, Tanya Gold, The Spectator
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Evelyn Waugh and the Notre Dame Fire
References to Evelyn Waugh have appeared in two stories relating to the destructive fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Posted in the Spectator, an article by Douglas Murray opens with this: Civilization only ever hangs by a … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Diaries, Newspapers
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, Catholic World Report, Notre Dame Fire, The Spectator
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Roundup
–A recent post in the website Beforeitsnews.com announces that the Holy Stairs in Rome have recently been reopened after an extended period of restoration. The story cites Evelyn Waugh’s Helena for background: The great Catholic novelist Evelyn Waugh had a … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Edmund Campion, Helena, Newspapers
Tagged Colm Tóibín, Gulf News, London Review of Books, Lucy Freeman, New Statesman, Roger Scruton, Thomas Stukeley
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Fleabag and Julia Flyte
The final episode of Fleabag’s second TV series was broadcast yesterday on BBC. The series has occasioned more than the usual amount of comment in the press. See earlier post. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Serena Davies has high praise … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Fleabag, Graham Greene, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Serena Davies
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The Oldie Does Auberon
The Oldie has been running on its weblog a series of excerpts of Auberon Waugh’s Rage columns from its early issues. The latest posting from 1995 deals with aging and is one of the better ones to surface. He begins … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Collections, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged Brexit, Catholic Herald, Harry mount, Jeffrey Bernard, The Oldie
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Roundup: Lenten Love and Lots of Books
–In the Church Life Journal published by University of Notre Dame, Patrick Tomassi has written an essay on the themes of love in Brideshead Revisited and their particular relevance to the observance of Lent. Here is a summary: Sorting out … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alec Waugh, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop
Tagged Church Life Journal, Daily News (Sri Lanka), Evening Standard, Guardian, Mississipi State University, Palestine Chronicle
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The Art (and Power) of the Book Blurb
In the current issue of the TLS, DJ Taylor addresses in the “Freelance” column “blurb-writing” for book covers and promotional materials. He begins with a discussion of the various considerations brought to bear in composing a successful blurb. These are … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Blurb-writing, Catch-22, DJ Taylor, Muriel Spark, TLS
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Justin Cartwright (1943-2018): R.I.P.
In a recent issue of TLS, DJ Taylor reviews the works of South Africa-born British novelist Justin Cartwright who died late last year in London at 75. He wrote 17 novels (although, as Taylor notes, he disowned some early ones) … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Guardian, Johannesburg Review of Books, Justin Cartwright, TLS
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