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Category Archives: Newspapers
Waugh and the Nazis?
An article in the independent news and opinion website PULSE has an article by Anas el Hawat entitled “On the Astonishment That Nazis Can ‘Still’ Have Taste” that opens with this: Evelyn Waugh [sic], on a visit to Germany in … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged German politics, Nazi party, PULSE, Sir Evelyn Wrench
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Literary Drinking Bouts
In today’s Guardian there is an article in the “Rereading” column by Mark Forsyth discussing the 10 most entertaining discriptions of drinking bouts in literature. One of those included is from Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall: Decline and Fall starts … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged binge drinking, Guardian, Mark Forsyth
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A Handful of Hard Cheese
Michael Deacon writing in the Daily Telegraph finds echoes of Waugh in a recent story. This involves the rescue of TV presenter and explorer Benedict Allen from the jumgles of Papua New Guinea into which he had disappeared. Deacon is: … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Alexandra Jacobs, Daily Telegraph, Michael Deacon, New York Times
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Cecil Beaton Film and Graham Greene Radio Drama
The director of a new documentary film about Cecil Beaton discusses his life in an article in The Times: “The dark side of Cecil Beaton.” This is Lisa Immordino Vreeland and her film is entitled Love, Cecil. Here’s an excerpt … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Biographies, Letters, Newspapers, Radio
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Cecil Beaton, D.J.Taylor, Graham Greene, The Tablet, The Times
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Alexander Waugh Replies: Whose Howlers?
In a previous post, we noted Lewis Jones’ selection in The Spectator of Alexander Waugh’s recent book on the identity of Shakespearian authorship as a book of the year. Jones had some reservations about the book, to which Mr Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Independent Theatre Adelaide, Lewis Jones, Shakespeare, Spectator
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Waugh’s Helena at the Museum of the Bible
A new institution has opened in Washington, DC. This is the Museum of the Bible. It is spread over eight floors of a purpose built structure and is reviewed in the the conservative journal Washington Free Beacon by Micah Meadowcraft. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Newspapers, The Loved One, Theater
Tagged GlamAdelaide.com.au, Guardian, Irish Times, Stuff.co.nz, The Museum of the Bible, Washington Free Beacon
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Joan Didion Reviews Sword of Honour
In an article posted on the website Acculturated, Nic Rowan discusses novelist and essayist Joan Didion’s early career of reviewing books for the National Review in the 1960s. Rowan claims that her later career cannot be fully understood without considering … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged Acculturated, Joan Didion, National Review, Nic Rowan
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Waughs in Spectator Books of the Year
The Spectator is publishing its annual list of Books of the Year selected by various writers. Among the choices in this week’s column is this one by journalist Lewis Jones, who writes for both the Spectator and the Telegraph: I … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged Books of the Year, Lewis Jones, Shakespeare, The Spectator
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Evelyn Waugh, Essayist
A Spanish language website has reposted a 2011 article from the Guardian’s “Top 10” series in which journalist Harry Mount, now editor of The Oldie, lists his favorite essays. He begins by defining the term: There’s not much point in … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Essays, Guardian, Harry mount, iNews
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