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Category Archives: Newspapers
Waugh and the Horn
Another article has appeared contrasting Evelyn Waugh’s dismissive attitude toward Djibouti in the 1930s with the bustling activity there today. This is entitled “Scramble for the Horn” by Oliver Miles in the London Review of Books: Evelyn Waugh, who passed through … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Remote People
Tagged Djibouti, London Review of Books, Oliver Miles
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Waugh and Lodwick and Ludovic
D J Taylor in this week’s Spectator reviews a book about the life of a post-war British writer named John Lodwick. This is A Forgotten Man by Geoffrey Elliott and depicts a prolific writer of over a score of books whose … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Geoffrey Elliott, John Lodwick, Spectator
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Opera on Life of Siegfried Sassoon to Debut
The Guardian reports on the debut of an opera based on the life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon this weekend at the Garsington Opera in Buckinghamshire. Waugh and Sassoon were contemporaries but not friends, although they were connected through their … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Guardian, Joanna Moorhead, Opera, Ronald Knox, Siegfried Sassoon, Sister Jessica Gatty, Stephen Tennant
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Reminder: Lecture on Waugh’s Graphic Art Tommorrow
This is a reminder that Rebecca Moore will lecture tomorrow (Tuesday, 25 July) at Maggs Bros books on her recent research into Waugh’s graphic art. The lecture is at 630pm in Maggs Bros new premises at 48 Bedford Square, London WC1. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Collections, Complete Works, Manuscripts, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged A N Devers, Anny Carpenter, Fine Books and Collecting, Maggs Bros booksellers, Phaidon, Spear's magazine
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Two Hitchenses on Waugh
Articles on Waugh by brothers Christopher and Peter Hitchens have recently been resurrected on the internet. These are Christopher’s essay “The Permanent Adolescent” which originally appeared in The Atlantic magazine for April 2003 and was later collected in Arguably. This is now … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Articles, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, Waugh Family, World War II
Tagged Aleteia.com, Christopher Hitchens, Mail on Sunday, Peter Hitchens, YouTube
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One of Waugh’s Clubs Will House a School
The Guardian reports that the building at 106 Piccadilly from this autumn will house the Eaton Square Upper School: …the first new co-ed private school in central London for decades, which is preparing to open its doors to the children … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Locations, London, Newspapers
Tagged Guardian, Savile Club, St James's Club, White's Club
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Eade Biography Paperback Available in UK
Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh has been issued in paperback in the UK by publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The recommended price is £10.99 (Amazon.co.uk £10.68). The Daily Mail has a brief review by Jane Shilling in its Must Reads column that concludes: … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Charlotte Heathcote, Daily Mail, Jane Shilling, Philip Eade, Sunday Express
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Waugh’s Article on Catholics in America Quoted
Author and critic Terry Teachout who writes for the Wall Steert Journal and Commentary has posted on his arts news weblog, without comment, a quote from Evelyn Waugh’s 1949 Life Magazine article entitled “The American Epoch in the Catholic Church”: … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Life Magazine, Terry Teachout
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The Eater at Quaglino’s with Waugh
The London edition of Eater.com, an online food journal, has done a profile on the long-lived Mayfair establishment of Quaglino’s. Waugh’s association with Quaglino’s was mentioned in a previous post that was based on the restaurant’s own advertising copy. In her article … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, London, Newspapers
Tagged Audrey Lucas, Duncan McLaren, Eater.com, Phillipa Snow, Quaglino's, restaurants
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Arcadia and Country Houses (More)
The BBC Radio 3 broadcast of the Words and Music episode on the subject of “Arcadia” is now available on the internet at this link. It is more music than words, and if you want to know source of either, you … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 3, Laura Freeman, Phyllis Richardson, Times newspaper, Words and Music
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