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Category Archives: Newspapers
Waugh and the Hendon Nudists
An article appears in the Londonist (an online magazine devoted to local news about London, past and present) relating to a 1930 incident when a group of nudists chose to sunbathe unclothed at a Hendon lake called the Welsh Harp. This was … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Humo(u)r, London, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Londonist, nudism, sunbathing
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Telegraph Reviews Opening of Waugh Art Exhibit
On the occasion of the opening of the exhibit next week at Maggs Bros booksellers relating to Waugh’s work as a graphic artist, Michael Bird reviews his career in that field in today’s Sunday Telegraph. After describing Waugh’s movement from modernist iconoclast to opponent of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Events, London, Newspapers
Tagged EW Pinxit, Maggs Bros booksellers, Michael Bird, Sunday Telegraph
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“Scoop-like” Novel Boosted
In Peter Wilby’s New Stateman column, the new novel Splash! by Stephen Glover often likened to Waugh’s Scoop has been given another boost. As explained by Wilby, Scoop: … drew on Waugh’s experience of covering Mussolini’s invasion of Abyssinia (as it … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Mail, New Statesman, Peter Wilby, Stephen Glover
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Waugh and Country Houses
There have been several recent articles that mention Evelyn Waugh in connection with English country houses: Carlton Towers. As noted in a recent post, this house was the setting of Hetton Abbey in the 1980s film version of A Handful of … Continue reading
Waugh and the Q & A
Humorist Craig Brown writing in the Daily Mail makes a case for the elimination of the Q&A following any vocal presentation by an author. He is particularly bothered by the typical literary festival as a waste of time. In the article, … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Interviews, Lectures, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Craig Brown, Daily Mail
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Evelyn Waugh and Amanda Craig
The Sunday Telegraph has a feature length article in which columnist Allison Pearson reviews a new novel by Amanda Craig in her “Shelf Life” column. This is The Lie of the Land and is described as the first state of … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Allison Pearson, Amanda Craig, Brexit, state of the nation, Sunday Telegraph
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NR Marks 10th Anniversary of Latin Mass Revival
An article in the National Review cites today (7 July 2017) as the 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict’s action to revive the Latin Mass. This was an action that had been sought by the founder of the National Review, William … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Labels, Newspapers
Tagged Latin Mass, marriage, National Review, Tablet Magazine
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Waugh and Mussolini
The Tablet has published a review of two new books about Benito Mussolini, Italy’s Fascist dictator in the 1930s and Hitler’s ally in WWII. The review by Robert Carver opens with this summary of Mussolini’s reputation in Britain before the war: In … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Waugh in Abyssinia, World War II
Tagged Benito Mussolini, The Tablet
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Arnold Bennett Anniversary Remembered
The South China Morning Post has marked the 150th anniversary of novelist and critic Arnold Bennett’s birth. This appears in the paper’s travel column by Adam Nebbs which seems odd until he explains that Bennett wrote two books that took place in London’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Arnold Bennett, Savoy Hotel, South China Morning Post
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American Castles and Brutalist Towers
The latest issue of the National Review has an essay by Michael Knox Beran entitled “Why We Love McMansions and Other Modern Castles.” …America, though born in the faith that all men are created equal, is infatuated with castles — … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged architecture, Grenfell Tower, Michael Knox Beran, National Review, Richard King
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