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Category Archives: Newspapers
U and Non-U (more)
The U and Non-U debate continues in the pages of the TLS. The latest batch of comments centers on the proper salutation before having a drink. A letter takes issue with the Non-U status imposed on “Cheers” by Nancy Mitford, … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Men at Arms, Newspapers
Tagged TLS, U and Non-U
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Put Out More Flags Reconsidered
John Rossi, Professor of History at La Salle University cites Put Out More Flags as underrated, while nevertheless being considered by some as the best novel of WWII. This is in the latest issue of the American Conservative Magazine. Rossi … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, World War II
Tagged John Rossi, The American Conservative, Weekly Standard
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A Naïve Domestic Little Unicorn
Writing in Forbes magazine, John Mariani surveys wine writing and finds that this is one area where inexperienced “experts” tend to bring too much imagination to bear on their work. He uses a scene from Brideshead Revisited to illustrate his … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Forbes magazine, James Mariani, James Thurber, New Yorker magazine, Wine
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Boa Vista in the News
Boa Vista, a remote city in northern Brazil, received considerable attention in Evelyn Waugh’s 1934 travel book Ninety-Two Days, as it was the furthest point reached on his trip from neighboring British Guiana. The city is again receiving attention as a … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days
Tagged Boa Vista, Brazil, New York Times, refugees, Venezuela
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Haphazard Dust-bins
Spanish novelist Imma Monsó has written an article inspired by the publication in Spanish of US novelist James Salter’s The Art of Fiction. Salter’s book is based on a series of 2014 lectures he gave at the University of Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged A Little Order, Daily Mail, Imma Monso, James Salter, La Vanguardia
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Roundup: Vile Media
The magazine GQ India had an article about Asian-based novels satirizing Asian-based rich people. This opens with a reference to one of Waugh’s novels: It is an unassailable truth that where there is money, a thinly veiled roman-à-clef documenting the … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Collections, Decline and Fall, Edmund Campion, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Catholic Herald, Gallery of Living Catholic Authors, GQ India, Guardian, New Statesman, University of Regina
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TV Series Previewed: Like Trainspotting Written by Evelyn Waugh
The Sunday Times has an interview of Benedict Cumberbatch and a preview of his new Patrick Melrose TV series. Cumberbatch both produced the series and plays the leading role. The books were adapted for TV by David Nicholls who previously … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Edward St. Aubyn, Emily Temple, Literary Hub, Patrick Melrose Novels, Stuff.co.nz, World Book Day
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U and Non-U in TLS
The U and Non-U debate about social class distinctions that raged (if that’s the correct word) in the 1950s has resurfaced in the TLS. This appears in its N.B. column that is written by J. C. (believed to be James … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Discussions, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged James Campbell, Nancy Mitford, TLS, U and Non-U
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From Anatolia to Catalonia
A Turkish website which looks like a promotional books blog (okuryazar.tv) has posted a brief introduction and excerpt from the Turkish translation of A Handful of Dust (in Turkish Bir Avuç Toz). After a plot summary, the introduction continues: A … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Arabalears, Marina P de Cabo, Turkish translation
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