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Category Archives: Newspapers
End-of-June Roundup
—The Times newspaper has a story by Magnus Linklater about the recent gift of a substantial book collection to the charity Christian Aid in Edinburgh. Here are some excerpts: …Among the books collected over a lifetime by Halla Beloff, senior … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Interviews, Items for Sale, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged Lovestruck Books, New York Times, The Guardian, The Spectator, The Times
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Summer Solstice Roundup
–Literary journalist and novelist D J Taylor has a review in the 21 June 2025 edition of The Spectator. This relates to a new book by Nicola Wilson entitled Recommended! The Influencers Who Changed How We Read where she discusses … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Interviews, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Television Programs
Tagged New York Times, Radio Times, The Spectator, The Times
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Simon J. James (1950-2025) R.I.P.
Duncan McLaren has advised that literary scholar Prof. Simon J James died earlier this week. He was active in the EWS and was editor of the Decline and Fall volume of the OUP’s Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. This would be … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Obituaries, Vile Bodies
Tagged Simon J James
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Juneteenth Roundup
–This week’s Sunday Telegraph has an article entitled “The books that every 16-year-old boy should be reading.” This included short selections by several writers, including Simon Heffer who recommends Waugh’s Decline and Fall: When I was 16 and thinking of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law, Scoop, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged Baltimore Sun, Sunday Telegraph, Victorian Blood Book, Women's Wear Daily
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Early June Roundup
–A recent issue of the Daily Telegraph reports the death of Roger Cooper. This includes a discussion of Cooper’s extended imprisonment in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Iran: Roger Cooper, who has died aged 90, was a British journalist and businessman who was … Continue reading
Roundup: Books, Paintings and Photographs
–The latest edition of The Oldie contains an article that may be of interest. This is by A N Wilson and is entitled “Great War Stories”. Here is the opening paragraph: WWII inspired Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell and Olivia Manning … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Combe Florey, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged A N Wilson, Duncan McLaren, Edward Burra, Eleanor Doughty, The Economist, The Oldie, The Times
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Memorial Day/Bank Holiday Roundup
–The Garden Museum in Lambeth, London, has opened an exhibit called “Cecil Beaton’s Garden Party.” This was described in a recent article in The Observer by Vanessa Thorpe: …The strong horticultural influence on Beaton’s work is recognised now in an … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Events, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Cecil Beaton, Garden Museum/Lambeth, Harvard Crimson, The Observer, The Oldie
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May Day Roundup
—The Times newspaper has published an article by Max Hastings on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII. In it Hastings explains: Almost five decades after publishing my first book about war, I am no longer … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Clive James, Dark Academia, Max Hastings, The Times newspaper, William Boyd
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Easter Week Roundup
British journalist Eleanor Doughty, well known to our readers, has made a revisit to Castle Howard. What she finds is described in an article in the Times newspaper. Here is an excerpt: There is nowhere on earth like Castle Howard. … Continue reading
