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Category Archives: Newspapers
Waugh in Croatia
As noted in a previous post, Brideshead Revisited was recently translated into Croatian and published there earlier this year as Povratak u Brideshead. That translation was reviewed last week in the daily newspaper Glas Slavonije published in Osijek. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Croatia, Glas Slavonije, Zlatek Kramaric
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Midwinter Thoughts in Australia
This week was winter solstice in Australia and, in connection with that time of darkness and depression, the Sydney Morning Herald ran an article about suicide. The article, by David Astle, opened with this: Evelyn Waugh walked down to the … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Public Schools, suicide, Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, The Times
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Early Summer Roundup: Promotions and Lists
Hertford College, Oxford, has prepared a gallery of its illustrious alumni for use on its promotional website. Waugh is the youngest of the 12 Old Hertfordians included. The unattributed entry is a well-presented summary of his writing career. It begins … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged Catch-22, Conde Nast Traveller, David Bowie/Alladin Sane, Heatherley School of Fine Art, Hertford College, Literary Hub, Marseille, National Catholic Register
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New Swedish Brideshead
A review by Johan Norberg of a new translation of Brideshead Revisited into Swedish appears in the Stockholm newspaper Expressen. The translation is by Hans-Jakob Nilsson and the title is En förlorad värld–åter till Brideshead (“A Lost World: Return to … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Expressen, Hans-Jakob Nilsson, Johan Norburg, Swedish translations
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Roundup: Ruins, Snobs and Remittance Men
An art exhibit in Sheffield is named for a Waugh story. This is Love Among the Ruins at the S1 Artspace gallery. The gallery is temporarily located in the garage of the Park Hill housing estate while another part of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Oxford, Remote People, The Loved One
Tagged Hertford College, Professor Mondo, The Mercury (South Africa), The Star (Sheffield), Volksstimme (Basel)
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Desert Island Confusion
The Independent newspaper in London has a story in a recent issue about the BBC’s long-running program Desert Island Discs. This article by Alex Johnson focuses on book lists and this week opens with a discussion of the choices made … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Alex Johnson, BBC, Desert Island Discs, The Independent
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Janetta Parladé (1921-2018)
The Daily Telegraph has announced the death of Janetta Parladé. As a young woman, she was a member of the Horizon magazine social set centering on the editor Cyril Connolly. Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Cvil War: Janetta … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Cyril Connolly, Daily Telegraph, Horizon magazine, Janetta Parladé, The Times
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Another Private Chapel Story
The Times reports that singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran plans to build a private chapel near his home in Suffolk. This seems to be becoming a trend. See earlier posts. The article by Libby Purves opens with a reference to a Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Ed Sheeran, Private Chapels, The Times
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Cecil Beaton Documentary Available Online
The full length documentary film of Cecil Beaton’s career that was released last December is now available online. See previous post. This is entitled Love, Cecil. The film was briefly reviewed at the time of its release in the Daily … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Newspapers
Tagged Cecil Beaton, RogersMovieNation.com, Vogue
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Waugh and Proust: A Handful de Chez Quoi ?
A brief letter in this week’s TLS raises several interesting points about Waugh’s understanding of Marcel Proust’s A la Recherche du Temps Perdu. This is from Dorothy McMillan at the University of Glasgow: Sir, – As your correspondents have shown … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Dorothy MacMillan, Marcel Proust, Tatler Lady Kinvara Balfour, The Hill, TLS
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