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Category Archives: Newspapers
Waugh, The Revisionist
The latest edition of Commonweal magazine has an essay by veteran Waugh scholar Robert Murray Davis. This is entitled “‘Brideshead’ Revisited and Revised: The Mixed Reception of Waugh’s Most Famous Novel.” In this, he traces the critical reception of Brideshead … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Commonweal, Robert Murray Davis
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Celebrities and Waugh: Roundup
The press is replete with celebrities citing Evelyn Waugh this week. In the Daily Express, actor Freddie Fox cited Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited as one of his six favorite books: “Oxford, in those days, was still a city of aquatint” is … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Express, Freddie Fox, Irish Times, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Prendlebury, Taki's Magazine, The Tatler
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Orwell’s Religion in this Week’s Tablet
D J Taylor writing in the latest edition of The Tablet addresses the issue of George Orwell’s attitude toward religion in general and the Roman Catholic church in particular. This is in an essay entitled “The Other Saint George: George … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged D.J.Taylor, George Orwell, Michael G Brennan, The Tablet
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New Edition of Lady Chatterley Reviewed
Peter Hitchens has revisited the 1960 obscenity trial of D H Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover. This is in response to the reissuance of the novel by Macmillan in a new “deluxe” edition. The review appears in the religion and … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged D.H. Lawrence, First Things, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Peter Hitchens
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Penguin Book Cover Exhibit Opens
An exhibit has opened at the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft devoted to a Penguin Book “modern makeover by designers from the worlds of music, fashion and street art (including Banksy).” This began in 1998 and is explained by one … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Events, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged 20 Years of Penguin Essentials, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, John Hamilton, Penguin Books, The Independent
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New Year’s Roundup
A recent review in The Times of Tina Brown’s new book The Vanity Fair Diaries opens with this: “Where you see zippy, zesty lesbian Jewesses bubbling with new ideas, I see plodding, ill-mannered, bottomlessly earnest boobies . . . I do not … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Events, Newspapers, Scoop, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Daily Mail, Guardian, honours list, Paul Bradbury, The Times, Tina Brown, Total Croatia News
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New Memoir by David Lodge
The Times has interviewed novelist David Lodge to mark the second volume of his memoirs. This is entitled Writer’s Luck and will be issued next week. In the interview (reported by Robbie Millen) Lodge discusses the fact that he has never had … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers
Tagged David Lodge, Memoirs, Robbie Millen, The Times
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Correspondence in Spectator re Waugh’s Oxford “Degree”
Alexander Waugh’s letter in the 25 November 2017 issue of The Spectator regarding the conclusion of his grandfather’s Oxford career has engendered a chain of responses comparable to those in which his grandfather used to engage. Alexander’s letter stated: “Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Dr Geoffrey Thomas, Peter Loring, The Spectator, Timothy O'Sullivan
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Waugh’s New Year in Dutch Journal
An Amsterdam newspaper has posted an article on an Evelyn Waugh New Year’s celebration. This is entitled “Brideshead is een diamant” (“Brideshead is a diamond”) by Willem Pekelder and is on the website of the newspaper Trouw. It was inspired … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Television
Tagged New Year's, Trouw de Verdieping, Willem Pekelder
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Waugh and Hugh Johnson
In an interview for a recent issue of The Sunday Times, wine expert and author Hugh Johnson mentions commissioning articles by Evelyn Waugh on the subject of wine. This appears in the introduction to the interview by Andrew Lynch: In … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Hugh Johnson, The Sunday Times, Wine and Food
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