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Category Archives: Newspapers
Mary Wesley Letters Published
The letters between novelist Mary Wesley and her second husband Eric Siepmann have been published and are reviewed by D J Taylor in The Times. The book is entitled Darling Pol and is edited by Wesley’s biographer Patrick Marnham. Wesley and … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Eric Seipmann, Mary Wesley, Patrick Marnham, The Times
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Waugh Featured in Spark Memoir
Alan Taylor in his recently published memoir of Muriel Spark (Appointment in Arezzo) considers what writers most influenced Spark’s works. This was published in connection with Spark’s centenary next year and is included in what is apparently an excerpt from … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Alan Taylor, HeraldScotland, Muriel Spark
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Interview with The Loved One’s Scriptwriter
The San Francisco Chronicle has reprinted an interview with scrptwriter Terry Southern from 28 October 1964. This would have been after he had finished the script for the film adaptation of The Loved One and perhaps while the film was … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Interviews, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Entertainment Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Terry Southern
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Boris Johnson Wins “Pennyfeather Prize”
Michael Deacon writing in the Daily Telegraph reports on Boris Johnson’s overblown responses to parliamentary questions: …Virtually his every answer was a speech, lasting two, three, four minutes…Whether the committee found Mr Johnson’s views enlightening, I couldn’t say. But as … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph, Michael Deacon
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Waughs Feature in Spectator Strip Cartoon
Evelyn Waugh and his son Auberon feature in this week’s strip cartoon in the Spectator’s “Title Stories” column. The cartoon is by Gary Dexter and is entitled “Writers’ Letters: Evelyn Waugh on Auberon Waugh.” The first panel shows an accurate … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Humo(u)r, Letters, Newspapers, Portraits
Tagged Alexander Waugh, Gary Dexter, Martin Luther, Reza Aslan, Strip Cartoons, The Spectator
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Shakespeare’s Grave: Contrary Voices
In a previous post, we reported the conclusions of Alexander Waugh, Evelyn’s grandson, that William Shakespeare was buried in Westminster Abbey, not Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. It is not surprising that the Stratford-upon-Avon Herald has published differing views: THE Shakespeare … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Shakespeare's grave, Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, Weekly Standard
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Sheed and Ward and Waugh
The Catholic Register, based in Toronto, has published a background story on Frank Sheed, who was a founder of the publishing house Sheed and Ward, among whose authors was Evelyn Waugh. The story begins: Born in Australia in 1897, Frank … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Edmund Campion, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic Register (Toronto), Frank Sheed, Sheed and Ward
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BBC Radio 4 Features Anthony Powell Biography
Hilary Spurling’s new biography of Anthony Powell, novelist and contemporary of Evelyn Waugh (see previous posts), recently featured as the Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. It can be accessed worldwide on BBC iPlayer, and all of the … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Anthony Powell, BBC Radio 4, Book of the Week, Hilary Spurling
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Lady Burghclere’s Maid
The Mail on Sunday has published extracts from letters relating to the break-up of Evelyn Waugh’s first marriage. These letters were written by Ethel North to a friend of hers (Elsie Merrall) over a a period of years (1919-33) during … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Ethel North, Lady Burghclere, Mail on Sunday
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Evelyn Waugh’s Birthday 28 October 2003
Today is the 114th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s birthday. This has been announced in several news sites that track this sort of thing. Perhaps not coincidently, the Guardian has chosen this date to report that Waugh’s grandson, Alexander, will announce … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Edward de Vere, Guardian, Shakespeare, Westminster Abbey
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